Mining Accelerator for Mining Companies

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Solver Mining Accelerator

Mining CFOs can't rely on static budgets in a volatile market as commodity prices shift, production changes and costs move.  Yet many finance teams are still trying to manage this complexity in Excel. The question is not whether uncertainty exists. It's whether your systems allow you to respond to it.

The Solver Mining Accelerator is a ready-to-deploy planning and forecasting solution built specifically for mining companies, designed to replace fragmented spreadsheets with structured, scenario-driven forecasting. 

The problem with Excel in mining finance

Most mining organisations are still dealing with: 

  • Multiple versions of spreadsheets across sites
  • Manual consolidation of budgets and forecasts
  • Slow response to commodity price changes
  • Limited ability to run meaningful scenarios
  • High reliance on key individuals

Creating delayed decision-making with increased risk of errors and limited visibility across the business.

What leading mining finance teams are doing differently

They are moving to:

  • Structured planning systems
  • Integrated production and financial models
  • Real-time reporting and dashboards
  • Rapid scenario modelling

They are building finance functions that can respond, not react. And in mining, timing matters.

Introducing the Solver Mining Accelerator

A pre-built mining planning solution powered by the world-class Solver Planning Solution, designed to fast-track your transformation. 

What's Included

Mining-specific budgeting and forecasting models

Production-driven revenue modelling  

Cost structures (labour, fuel, maintenance)  

Capital expenditure planning  

Scenario modelling capability

Commodity price sensitivity

Production variability

Cost fluctuations

FX impacts

Structured data inputs

Standardised site-level data collection  

Controlled workflows  

Reduced manual handling  

Power BI dashboards

Near real-time financial and operational visibility  

Site and group-level reporting  

Executive-ready insights  

Integration-ready architecture

Designed to connect with your existing systems  

Scalable for future data warehouse development  

Leverage your existing knowledge and budget templates 

What this means for your business:

The Solver Mining Accelerator transforms budgeting and forecasting from an Excel based manual, reactive process into a strategic capability.

  • Faster budgeting cycles. Reduce time spent on data collection and consolidation.
  • Improved forecast accuracy. Leverage driver-based models aligned to operational realities.
  • Single source of truth. Eliminate spreadsheet silos and ensure consistent data across the organisation.
  • Real-time decision making. Access up-to-date insights across sites and business units.
  • Scalability for complex operations. Support multi-site, multi-entity, multi-currency mining organisations.
  • Enhanced governance and control. Built-in audit trails, version control and structured workflows.

Take a look the Solver Mining Accelerator for Budgeting and Forecasting

Why Partner with Access Analytic for Solver

Successful budgeting and forecasting transformation requires more than just software—it requires deep industry understanding and strong data expertise.

Mining industry understanding

We understand the operational and financial drivers unique to mining organisations.

Deep expertise in Solver and Power BI

Ensuring seamless integration between planning, reporting and analytics.

End-to-end data and analytics capability

From data integration through to executive reporting, delivering scalable, production-ready solutions.

Accelerated implementation approach

Pre-built frameworks reduce time to value.

What Clients are Saying

We’ve helped organisations transform their budgeting and forecasting processes by replacing manual, spreadsheet-driven approaches with integrated, scalable solutions.

“You can’t budget a single static budget. You’ve gotta be nimble.”

Matthew Allen, Mining CFO (now CEO) of Andean Silver and Solver client

“You need to stress test the business across a whole range of scenarios.”

“You have to make decisions with imperfect information on imprecise outcomes.”

Useful Resources

Why CFO’s Love Budgeting & Forecasting Solutions

Find out why CFOs are embracing budgeting and forecasting solutions. Not as a technology upgrade, but as a
strategic capability.

Why CFO’s Love Budgeting & Forecasting Solutions

Top 10 Challenges Faced by CFOs in Rapidly Scaling Mining Companies

A guide to help you navigate the exciting but potentially tricky process of growing your business.

Top 10 Challenges and How to Address Them

Why IT Loves Solver

A practical guide for CIOs, IT Managers and security teams. Find out why IT teams
consistently approve Solver.

Why IT Loves Solver

Why IT Teams are Saying Yes to Solver

Increasingly, IT teams are comfortable approving modern planning solutions like Solver.

Here’s why:

Why IT Teams are Saying Yes to Solver

FAQ’s

Because planning systems contain highly sensitive information:
• Payroll data
• Salary forecasts
• Banking and cash flow information
• Board and investor reporting
• Strategic growth scenarios
From IT’s perspective, this isn’t “just a finance tool.” It’s a core system containing confidential business data

Zero Trust is a security model based on: “Never trust. Always verify.”
It means:
• Users must authenticate every time
• Access is role-based
• MFA is enforced
• Systems assume breach and limit exposure
Modern SaaS planning platforms align well with this because they integrate with Azure AD, support MFA, encrypt data, and restrict access by role.

It depends on execution but for most mid-market organisations – Yes.
Hyperscale cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure provide:
• Enterprise-grade encryption
• Geo-redundant backups
• Continuous monitoring
• Formal disaster recovery processes
These capabilities often exceed what internal IT teams can realistically maintain for mid-sized businesses.

SOC 2 is an independent audit framework assessing a vendor’s
controls around:
• Security
• Availability
• Processing integrity
• Confidentiality
• Privacy
It doesn’t mean “no risk.” It means the controls are independently evaluated and monitored annually. For IT, this significantly reduces vendor risk during procurement.

These are disaster recovery metrics:
• RTO (Recovery Time Objective): How long systems can
be down before being restored.
• RPO (Recovery Point Objective): How much data loss
(measured in time) is acceptable.
For finance systems, low RTO and RPO are critical — especially around month-end and board reporting cycles.

No. In a properly architected SaaS environment:
• Infrastructure resources may be shared for scalability
• But each customer operates within a logically separated database
This provides efficiency without compromising data isolation.

Typically, the opposite.
IT no longer manages:
• Servers
• Database tuning
• Backups
• Patch management
• Upgrade projects
Instead, IT focuses on governance, identity management and security oversight.

Modern planning platforms typically:
• Read data from ERP systems
• Do not write back automatically
• Use secure outbound encrypted connections
This reduces operational risk and avoids compromising core financial systems.

Early.
The most successful implementations happen when:
• Finance defines business requirements
• IT validates architecture and security
• Both functions align on governance
When CFO and CIO are aligned, projects move faster and with less friction.

It’s about maturity.
As businesses scale, planning becomes:
• More complex
• More strategic
• More scrutinised
Modern planning platforms represent a shift from spreadsheet dependency to governed, collaborative forecasting. That’s as much a governance evolution as it is a technology one.

Ready to transform your budgeting and forecasting?

If your mining organisation is still relying on spreadsheets and manual processes, the Solver Mining Accelerator can help you move to a more accurate, efficient and scalable approach. Choose the option that suits where you’re at. A phone chat if you want to talk through your reporting first, or a demo if you’re ready to see the platform working with production, cost, and board data like yours.

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