Accountant - Management at Anglo American

Job Description:

• Provide professional accounting services ensuring quality, integrity, accuracy, and timely processing of all DBSSSA Operational finance transactions, including working, project, and capital expenditures. Seek opportunities to improve accounting processes. Collaborate with the Midstream Finance and DBCM Finance teams to support business planning and performance reporting.

The role will primarily focus on the following key priorities:

Key Tasks

• Ensure quality and accuracy of finance transactions
• Improve accounting transaction processes
• Support business planning and performance reporting
• Analyze data, diagnose problems, and provide solutions
• Financial Reporting and Control:
• Manage period end close schedule, includingGL processing and reconciliations
• Control GL master data
• Support External Audit process
• Planning and Analysis:
• Contribute to long-term business planning
• Coordinate budgets and forecasts
• Prepare management reports and provide insightful analysis
• Support costing of projects, products, and services
• Governance, Risk and Compliance:
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders and auditors
• Review business processes and ensure compliance with regulations
• Maintain contract, compliance, and policy registers
• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations and accounting standards

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or related field (desirable) 
• Professional accounting certification, ACCA/ACA, CIMA (or equivalent)

Experience and Knowledge:

• Demonstrable experience of financial and management reporting and data analysis at middle management level
• 10 + years of solid management accounting experience, preferably with audit experience and training
• Previous experience of being responsible for all aspects of Finance administration
• Technical accounting knowledge and experience of statutory reporting requirements
• Understanding of effective financial systems principles
• Good working knowledge of taxation and transfer pricing
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Good understanding of project management tools and their application
• SAP and HFM experience desirable
• Knowledge of governance and compliance processes and their impact on the business
• Ability to use a range of data and information sources to perform analysis and produce management reports

Soft Skills:

• High level of commercial acumen and business understanding
• Able to communicate effectively with all areas of the business
• Strong analytical skills and numerical ability
• Attention to detail and quality assurance
• Positive, proactive attitude and self-starter
• Capable of using personal initiative and working as part of a team