Senior Accountant (Afrimat Nkomati Anthracite) at Afrimat

Minimum Qualifications / Experience

• Grade 12
• A relevant Honour’s degree is required with SAICA, SAIPA or CIMA articles preferred
• Advanced skills in Excel (including Vlookups and pivot tables) with working knowledge of AccPack and SAGE
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Mining industry
• Must be proficient in English
• Ability to work under pressure and independently without close supervision
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to plan, organize and control priorities with good administrative and communication s
• Good working knowledge of tax laws in SA
• Strong knowledge of business standards, policies, procedures
• Strong knowledge of accounting and auditing standards
• Ability to supervise and train employees, including organizing and scheduling of work assignments and keeping a team engaged
• Candidates must be medically fit to perform duties (Determined by Occupational Medical Practitioner).

Duties and responsibilities

• Populate error-free monthly and quarterly financial reports (Qualitative and Quantitative).
• Manage fixed assets register.
• Preparation and submission of monthly management accounts
• Balance sheet account reconciliations
• Maintain general ledger accounts
• Month end checks:
• Creditor reconciliations review
• Debtors’ reconciliations review
• Depreciation entries
• VAT calculations compilation
• Bank reconciliations review
• Analyse and provide feedback on trends and variances in financial reports
• Analysis and Interpretation of production reports
• Compiling of project and operational finance models
• Assisting with identification of potential internal process and system weaknesses
• Manage finance teams as and when required
• Manage, coach & mentor of the finance team
• Communicate with clients to resolve any issues on accounts.
• Ability to identify weaknesses in the business processes and systems (diesel consumption etc.)
• Assist with internal and external audits when required
• Knowledge of BEE requirements/scorecards within the mining industry
• Cashflow forecast
• Banking – help with banking administration. Payment checking and releasing
• Monthly provisions
• Monthly journals
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting processes and procedures