Management Accountant - JHB at Glencore

Accountability:

This role is responsible to support and action routine activities and deliverables within the cost and management accounting and reporting and reporting function within the Copper Africa environment to ensure compliance to Group reporting, IFRS and external reporting requirements.

Key Relationships

• Regional Finance Controller- Copper Africa
• Copper Africa Finance Teams
• Copper Finance Service Functions (Business Analysis and Planning, Financial Reporting, Information Systems , Supply Chain, Transaction Services

Qualifications & Skill Requirements:

• Post-Graduate Degree in Commerce/Accounting
• Graduate Degree in Commerce/Accounting (minimum)
• CIMA is an advantage

Competencies:

• Ensures Accountability
• Develops Talent
• Drives Engagement
• Instils Trust
• Collaborates
• Customer Focus
• Plans and Aligns
• Strategic mindset
• Communicates effectively.
• Decision Quality
• Courage
• Being Resilient

Work Experience:

•  Minimum 5 years Accounting experience (preferably in natural resources industry) with similar requirements
• Prior exposure to cost and management reporting functions and technical accounting within a robust control environment

General Accountability:
Financial Perspective

• Adherence to rigorous and robust governance and oversight processes for Copper Africa by applying best practices in line with fiscal and monetary regime/s within which the function resides; and by supporting accounting and reporting functions to ensure financial governance and discipline across finance functions and related service delivery. 
• Assist in the adherence to financial reporting cycles in Copper Africa by ensuring timeous reporting of site financial and operating results; ensuring information is accurate, meaningful and prepared per standards in line with group reporting, industry, regulatory, IFRS, and other requirements.  
• Prepare/Assist with review all GCF financial reporting deliverables (monthly, quarter-end and year-end) for the dormant companies (corporate entities other than GCA) and GA by applying technical accounting knowledge and skills, by drawing on appropriate templates, and by interrogating as appropriate where apparent anomalies are identified. 
• Apply routines efficiently relating to accounting, financial and reporting systems and processes within sphere of influence and control of Copper Africa by following set procedures and working within set systems (e.g. SAP) for effectively delivery of outputs 

 Operational Perspective

• Support financial governance and oversight activities by assisting with the guidance of the Finance & Admin Manager and the Financial Controller in the implementation of financial, accounting and reporting (Copper Africa) routines and procedures, focusing on statutory accounting, financial reporting, technical accounting with due regard to the control/compliance environment. 
• Adhere to financial reporting cycles by ensuring timeous reporting by Group entities, ensuring data is accurate, meaningful and properly prepared on standardized template/s per regulatory requirements (e.g. OHADA, IFRS) and group reporting requirements and chart of accounts. 
• Prepare financial reporting deliverables of Group and the dormant companies (corporate entities other than GCA)by interrogating SSD and SAP, reviewing comments submitted, ensuring accuracy and reviewing calculations, comparing cumulative data and information, discerning ‘spikes, and interpreting exceptions. 
• Monitor structure & procurement processes (coordination of Sourcing & Transaction Services).  
• Monitor overheads (recurring transactions, incl. leases, etc.) and business support (consultants, ad hoc suppliers, projects) 
• Monitor accruals, prepayments, transactions (WFlow, PR, PO & SES, GRNI, Budget control) and ensure recurring expenses, accruals and provisions are correctly accounted for. Co-ordinate project cost of Fixed Assets (Incl. PR & SES). 
• Prepare intercompany recovery schedules, validate incoming charges and prepare data analysis for the different Operations. 
• Assist in the performance of stewardship reviews on balance sheet, sub-ledgers, financial arrangements- and policies for Group and dormant entities (corporate entities other than GCA) annually by reviewing balance sheet reconciliations; ensuring policy compliance; and checking calculations using financial accounting conventions, knowledge and skills. 
• Track and monitor of open actions and close out of open actions relating to internal, external, insurance audits and Stewardship reviews by using information systems and through vigilant review and follow-up with Group entities and Operations.  

 Cost & management reporting, forecasting and budgeting 

• Prepare inputs to the annual Budget and subsequent estimate/forecast updates and non-financial submissions. 
• Prepare and load budget and forecast templates. 
• Prepare monthly cost center reports for distribution to Copper Africa CFO, FM and individual department managers with detailed explanations for exceptions and variances compared to budget. 
• Required to work closely with various departmental managers in order to understand their costs and cost estimates to be included in the budget. 
• Update cost center owners and changes in DOA

 Customer Perspective 

• Advise and support site finance teams and Group entities to execute on their accountabilities within guidelines set by Regional Financial Controller 
• Maintain professional contact with finance teams on an ongoing basis to understand underlying operating environment issues and events on site 
• Build and maintain open and constructive relationships with Group entities to ensure practices within the financial/accounting and reporting (Copper Africa) are consistently implemented 
• Work collaboratively with finance teams as appropriate to implement on general and specific accountabilities relating to financial/accounting and reporting (Copper Africa) requests from Financial Controller 

 People Management (Learning & Growth) 

• Implement tasks and resolve problems as directed by the Finance & Admin Manager and the Regional Financial Controller to meet finance/accounting and reporting (Copper Africa) objectives by drawing on finance/accounting, reporting and other knowledge and skills, combining with SAP functionality and Excel/computer tools, and by using organizational knowledge and experience. 
• Strive to meet finance/accounting and reporting (Copper Africa) performance objectives by understanding the importance and urgency of tasks/projects, and by applying knowledge, skills and experience toward task accomplishment to the benefit of the team, department and/or organization. 
• Ensure levels of self-knowledge, -skill and -competence are in place to meet finance/accounting and reporting (Copper Africa) objectives, and to contribute meaningfully toward departmental goals