Digby Wells Environmental is a South African company with international expertise in providing Environmental and Social services to South African and International clients, with the focus predominantly on the Mineral Resources and Energy sectors in Africa.
Digby Wells Environmental (Digby Wells) is the brand under which the services of the group of companie...
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We are looking for a highly capable project accountant to provide accounting and project support. The candidate must be able to provide project managers with accurate financial information and possess extensive experience in accounting.
Job Objectives:
ERP Job module super user
Develop and automate monthly reports e.g. Charged and Chargeable hours reports
Report on group Work in Hand
Authorize the issue of project Purchase Orders in line with the procurement policy
Maintain and develop a sub-contractor procedure and monitor implementation
Develop and maintain a budget tracking tool on the group ERP system -
Annual updates of resource selling rates and system maintenance
Develop and maintain cash payments system for projects, ensure cash reconciliations are carried out and other good financial management actions are in place
Maintain job costing templates for pricing and tenders
First line of approval of any rate deviations.
Assist with monthly reconciliation of the ERP Job module to the general ledger.
Ensure company costs including, resource time, vehicle and field equipment cost are charge to jobs and recovered monthly
Review costing templates for large proposals
Flag projects risks and project costs out of budget to CFO / Finance and Risk Committee
Lead monthly project write off committee
Project budget and cost control standards and monitoring
Liaise with project managers and administrators to ensure the management system is up to date and issues are resolved by each month end
Implement control on spend (limits of authority)
Ensure project cash flow remaining positive
Approval of costs in line with budget and petty cash process
Coordinate annual rate increases
Coordinate Audits and reconciliations as required
Forecast cost to completion as required.
Job Requirements
Skills
Financial Reporting
Detail Orientated
Project Management
Reconciling
Communication Skills
Innovation
Capability to Prioritize tasks
Experience
10 years on project accounting, quantity surveying or cost control
Microsoft Business central knowledge advantages
Microsoft BI or similar reporting experience advantageous
Knowledge of rates and overhead recovery calculations advantageous
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