Financial Controller at Exxaro Resources

PURPOSE:

• To manage both cost and financial management issues.
• To maintain Financial Accounting processes and Fixed Asset registers for the Business Unit.

Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:

•    N Dip: Accounting (Essential/Minimum)
•    BCom Accounting (Recommended/Desirable)
•    Certificate First Line Management (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 3-5 years Relevant Accounting, Finance or related experience (Essential/Minimum) Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

•    Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
•    Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
•    Competence: SAP Position Specific Module (Essential/Minimum)
•    Competence: MS Office Relevant Package (Essential/Minimum)

Duties & Responsibilities
Accounting Services    

• Sets up the control budget in the financial management system and then manages accounts against budget
• Forms part of the approval chain for the cost management change notices, Purchase Requisitions, and variation orders
• Responsible for capturing SAP PR's and expediting of orders
• Assumes responsibility for Goods Received Voucher (GRV)'ing of all items in SAP
• Prepares accounts for project, processes invoices, prepares payments to contractors, and manages the project payroll
• Reconciles all transactions across both the cost and financial management systems every month-end to ensure alignment
• Produces cash flow forecasts, attends monthly controls review meetings held with the management team
• General office administration
• Execute responsibilities in a manner that is in accordance to set guidelines and standards
• Provide consultation consistent with customer agreements
• Identify performance improvement opportunities associated with area of responsibility
• Ensure customers within the Company are satisfied with the delivery of services

Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

• Executes and implements responsibilities in adherence to legislative and corporate governance principles
• Make informed decisions and recommendations regarding existing policies
• Manage the risk and consequences of non-compliance
• Ensure all information and reporting has integrity and is in strict compliance with proper accounting principles and the law
• Ensure policies and procedures are in alignment with government legislation and charters (e.g. Mining Charter, Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE), etc.)
• Manage International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) compliance, including special projects and provide updates to the finance team
• Keep up to date regarding changes in legislation and accounting standard.

Customer, Stakeholder and Client Relationship Management    

• Manage internal and external relations, including the interface with service providers and applicable Business Units (BU’s), as well as other functions responsible to ensure that the business needs are met and employees are satisfied
• Ensure quality service delivery

Functional Excellence    

• Adhere to functional policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, end- to-end processes, tools, templates etc.
• Assist in standardising, simplifying and speeding-up functional processes, eliminating duplication/bureaucracy
• Apply functional best practices, promote sharing of best practices/knowledge
• Assist in the execution of functional excellence initiatives

Functional Management    

• Governance: Ensure function adheres to Group governance, policies and standards, statutory and legal compliance. Entrench a culture of discipline
• Ensure alignment between budget, cost and demand

People Management    

• Performance management: Adhere to performance management procedures
• Culture/functional climate: Uphold the Company culture and values within the function. Foster effective teamwork and unity
• Promote an inclusive environment which maximizes the contributions of all individuals
• Articulate, adopt, embrace and live the Group values
• Foster an environment that focuses on process execution excellence, high performance and continuous improvement
• Perform fair and reasonable tasks related to the job and working environment, at the discretion of the Manager (direct superior)

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

• Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations

Behavioural Alignment    

Demonstrates the following:

• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective