Senior Financial Accountant - Johannesburg at Minopex

Duties & Responsibilities:

Manage, train and work with Financial Accountants to ensure:

• Creditor reconciliations, payments and follow-up completed accurately, within Company policy and timeously
• Review cashbook payments to ensure it is completed accurately, within Company policy and timeously
• Ensure all bank and cashbook accounts are reconciled on time and accurately
• Ensure all debtors transactions are captured timeously and accurately
• Identification and reporting of potential debtor risk and bad debt
• Approve intercompany invoices in line with Company policy
• Review and approve intercompany reconciliations
• Review and approve reconciliation of fixed asset register to general ledger and ensure assets are accounted for in line with IFRS and Company policy
• Review and approve VAT declarations and reconciliations to ensure VAT is declared and paid in line with the VAT Act
• Review and approval of payment batches
• Prepare/ review journal batches and processing
• Ensure above transactions comply with relevant tax requirements (VAT, PAYE and Income Tax)
• Ensure all long-term liabilities and leases are recorded accurately and in line with IFRS

Budgets/ Forecasts:

• Collation and data preparation from Project Management Accountants to prepare and compile annual budgets and monthly forecasts for legal entities
• Balance sheet and Income statement:
• Preparing of management accounts to all relevant stakeholders timeously and accurately
• Collation and review of variance analysis of month and year-to-date against Budget
• Produce management packs monthly with executive commentary on any material variances
• Implement and monitor financial policy changes
• Review and sign-off of balance sheet account reconciliations
• Review and sign-off of monthly accruals and provisions

General:

• Perform internal audits on sites/legal entities as required
• Review and advise on cost improvements
• Report and follow up on non-compliance on financial policy when found
• Ensure that monthly reporting deadlines and format is adhered to
• Update and maintain all statutory records in line with Company law
• Any other ad hoc duties
• Compile and review specific DRA Group Reports

Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) Degree
• A Postgraduate Finance qualification or studying towards will be advantageous

Experience and Skills Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Cost and Management Accounting as well as Financial Accounting
• Minimum 5 years Mining Industry experience of which at least 3 years should be in a Head Office role
• Advanced computer literacy in MS Office
• Sage X3 experience - preferable