Jul 14, 2010

Chief Financial Officer at Morgan McKinley

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A global professional recruitment consultancy, Morgan McKinley connects specialist talent with leading employers across multiple industries and disciplines. Since 1988, our business has become synonymous with exceptional levels of service, an in-depth knowledge of our markets, a determination to be the best and above all a proven track record of success. This reputation has established us as a preferred supplier to many of the major players in our specialist sectors, as well as to thousands of smaller local employers.

Our professional recruitment expertise spans across:

Banking & Financial Services
Commerce & Industry
Public Practice
Public Sector & Not For Profit

Today, a worldwide network of offices and an international candidate management system offers our clients and candidates the best talent and opportunities from all corners of the globe.

For more information please visit our website at www.morganmckinley.com









Chief Financial Officer





Our client is a market leader in media. They are seeking a CFO to support the company’s mission by managing Accounting, Financial Management, Tax, Treasury, Risk Management and Information Services for the regional businesses in Asia.

Chief Financial Officer

Competitive salary

As a key member of the Executive Management Team, the CFO will report directly to the Managing Director and will participate in setting broad organisational goals, objectives and policies. Tasks include

  • Support project management and rights acquisition activities
  • Facilitate Board needs and requirements for all financial areas, make financial presentations at Board meetings and Executive Management meetings
  • Oversee financial policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with accounting principles and regulatory requirements
  • Manage cash flow and cash forecasting, optimize the handling of banking relationships. Initiate strategies to manage currency risks including hedging
  • Lead the annual budgeting, long range planning and reforecast processes, evaluate and submit capital budgets. Direct Tax compliance and effective tax planning
  • Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities
  • Review and maintain sound internal control safeguards, co-ordinate all audit activities
  • Participate in establishment, negotiation and management of joint ventures

Providing leadership to a team of around 64 within APAC a minimum of 12 years experience in increasingly responsible financial positions encompassing a broad range of managerial roles is essential.

Experience with conducting and managing businesses in various Asian countries including direct complex joint venture experience is expected.

Strong strategic planning, financial and leadership skills are a must along with a high level of integrity, dependability and a strong sense of urgency.

Mandarin a plus along with knowledge of the media industry.

For more information or a confidential discussion, please send your resume in WORD format stating job reference number LIRO14085 to lross@morganmckinley.com.sg

NOTE: only short listed candidates will be notified.

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Jul 1, 2010

Senior Processing Engineer at Zijin Mining Group

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Zijin Mining Group

As a famous gold mining enterprise and one of the Top 500 Enterprises Top 500 Enterprises in China, Zijin Mining Group Company Limited is an H-share company listed at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock name: Zijin Mining; stock code: 2899). Zijin Mining was included in the FTSE Mining sector Indexes on 20 December 2004; it was added to the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index on 20 March 2006; and on 20 October 2006, it entered into the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index. According to FORBES, Zijin Mining Group ranked 17th among the name list of China Top Enterprises and 16th among the list of China 's Overseas Listed Companies with the Most Investment Value (1st of all mining enterprises) in 2006.

Centering upon non-ferrous metals such as gold and copper, Zijinshan Gold Mine, the core enterprise of Zijin Group, has been developed into a gold mine that boasts the largest utilizable and ensured reserves of monomer mines, the biggest scale of ore mining & mineral processing, the greatest amount of gold production, the lowest beneficiation feed grade of ores, the lowest unit cost of ore processing and the best economic performance in China.Its composite cost for the gold produced from mining is RMB 58.53 Yuan/g and its cost control level is at the leading place in the country. The Gold Smelting Plant of Zijin Mining Group has been added to the directory of gold suppliers by the London Bullion Metal Association (LBMA). Standard gold produced by Zijin is marketable all over the world. And its gold products are authorized to adopt ISO Standards of Product Markings.

According to the statistics of China Gold Association, total gold production of China was 240.078 tons in 2006, 179.848 tons of which were produced from mining with an increase of 0.72% over the previous year. Zijin Group had 49.28 tons of gold output and the gold produced from mining reached 20.70 tons in 2006, respectively accounting for 20.53% of China 's total gold production and 11.51% of the gold produced from mining in China during the same year. Total profits of the gold mining industry of China amounted to RMB 6.1085 billion Yuan in 2006, and Zijin Group made the profit of RMB 1.705 billion Yuan (profits excluding gold itself) or 27.91% of those of whole China .

The Company has established 88 subsidiaries in more than 20 provinces across China including Fujian where its head office is located, Xinjiang , Guizhou , Inner Mogolia, Jilin , Qinghai , Tibet , Heilongjiang , Henan , etc as well as in 7 overseas countries. The Company has successfully invested in Nari Tolgoi Gold Mine of Mongolia, Tai-Pan Lead-zinc Mine of Vietnam and its neighboring Iron Mine with the transfer of those companies’ shareholding rights. Besides, it has become the largest shareholder of Ridge Mining, a listed company on the London Stock Exchange, and has made via tender offer the successful acquisition of Monterrico, another listed company on the London Stock Exchange. At the end of 2006, according to the calculation of equity interests, the ensured metal (ore) resources/reserves of the Group Company were as follows: about 455 tons of gold (57 tons of which were associated gold), 151 tons of platinum & palladium, 6.7 million tons of copper, 2.38 million tons of zinc, 544,600 tons of nickel, 400,000 tons of lead, 260,000 tons of molybdenum (30,000 tons of which were associated molybdenum), 100,000 tons of tin, 188 million tons of iron ore, and 300 million tons of coal. By the end of 2006, the Group Company had obtained 179 prospecting rights covering a total area of 5,972 square kilometers and 27 mining rights covering a total area of 41.3 square kilometers.

The Company has undertaken a number of national key projects in scientific and technological research, an industry-leading position in the utilization of low-grade gold mine as well as in the technical study and application of hydrometallurgy. With the approval of the Ministry of Personnel, Zijin established the first Postdoctoral Scientific Research Station of China's gold industry in 2001. In 2006, the Company was qualified as a state-certified technology center.

With the aim of "benefiting people and contributing to the motherland by developing the enterprise with emphasis on the mining industry" and "becoming a major manufacturer of gold and non-ferrous metals in the world", the Company is striving to "help promote the economic growth of both China and the world at large with its high-quality mineral materials". The Company advocates the value of “coordinated development of the enterprise, staff and society”. Zijin's spirit of “pioneer with painstaking efforts and exploit with innovative spirit” has come into being throughout the years. Based on the operation concept of “human orientation and pursuance of excellence”, Zijin has put forward the three-step development strategy of “leading in domestic gold industry, leading in domestic mining industry, and finally ranking top in international mining industry”. The overall objective of the Company is to build Zijin into a super high-tech international mining group with good economic performance.

Senior Processing Engineer

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and approving process plant material balance, process design criteria, plant layouts and 3-D models, technical specifications.

• Developing process circuit design from testwork program results.
• Directing process plant reviews and managing resolution of action items.
• Participating in design reviews and managing resolution of action items.
• Managing project process engineering activities.
• Mentoring and training junior process engineers.
• Providing on-site support during construction and commissioning.

Qualifications

• Degree in Metallurgy/Chemical/processing Engineering or a related discipline.
• 10+ years experience in mineral processing operations and/or design, with a minimum of 3 years experience with gold projects.

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GRADUATE TRAINEE at NEW FRONTIER SOLUTIONS PTE LTD, Australia

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NEW FRONTIER SOLUTIONS PTE LTD

NFS Australia is part of NFS (www.nfs-asia.com); a young and dynamic company of Management Resultants. We take a quantitative approach to solving our clients’ challenges. We serve clients in both the financial and logistics sector. Our core competence is in the areas of operations research and econometrics. We are looking for enthusiastic new colleagues to join our team. We offer an attractive compensation package at international level, in line with the applicant’s education and experience. The working location is Sydney/Melbourne.
GRADUATE TRAINEE

General Qualifications:

1. Minimum Master degree from a reputable university, with major in engineering discipline (min.GPA 3,5)
2. Very strong analytical skills
3. Fluent in English, both oral and written
4. Strong interpersonal, communication
5. ‘Let’s get things done’ attitude
6. Entrepreneurial & willing to travel

Those with additional below qualifications have a preference:

1. Programming experience (Java, C++)
2. Those with a degree in operations research or econometrics have an adavantage
3. Experience with solvers (e.g. cplex)

Fresh graduates and those with limited working experience are welcome to apply

Education Background:

1. Industrial Engineering, or
2. Petroleum Engineering, or
3. IT, or
4. Mathematics


Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

Salary level is subject to qualifications and experience.

Please send your complete resume with recent photograph to:

hrd@nfs-asia.com
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