KoBold Metals
Natural Resources
ExecutiveAnalystAfrica
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“Executive Analyst Africa at KoBold Metals. Skills: Financial modeling, Commodity analysis, Strategic analysis. Structure ambiguous problems. Build financial models”
Industry & Context.
Proactive problem-solving; First-principles thinking; Synthesize complex information
Frequent travel, Zambian nationals only
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years experience, STEM or economics degree, Legally authorized to work in Zambia
Nice to Have
Python experience preferred, Financial modeling experience preferred, French speaker advantageous
What You'll Do.
Structure ambiguous problems
Build financial models
Build operational models
Provide recommendations to CEO
Create supply/demand forecasts
Write commodity outlook reports
Perform operational modeling
Perform financial modeling
Model KoBold technology decisions
Write investment memos
Develop scientific communication materials
Aggregate existing research
Conduct original research
Build forecasts for commodity markets
Build forecasts for KoBold operations
Build forecasts for mine development
Answer strategic questions for CEO
Develop visual products for Board
Develop analytical products for Board
Develop visual products for investors
Develop analytical products for investors
Use first-principles approach
Make decisions on operational efficiency
Improve operational efficiency
Model costs for technology
Model costs for exploration
Report carbon emissions
Conduct trade-off analyses
Conduct sensitivity analyses
Conduct analytics for mine development
Build financial models for project economics
Maintain financial models for project economics
Support global analytics team
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Global Commercial Analytics team; KoBold functions
Communication Scope
Visual products; Analytical products; Scientific communication
Full Job Description
About the Company KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures. KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors. Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methods KoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP. About the position In this role, you will report directly to KoBold Metals Africa’s Chief Executive Officer. You will work closely with the global Commercial Analytics team (across North America and Europe) to structure ambiguous problems, build financial and operational models, and
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