Assistant Financial Controller

Sakhona HR • Other • Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa • $200 - $300 / year • 4h ago

A leading supplier of services to the mining industry, a global partner adding value to mining, waste and infrastructure through smart solutions. Our offering includes mineral processing, tailings dam construction and tailings management.

The Role

Purpose
This role exists to ensure site costing (actual, budget and forecast) is produced timeously and accurately and responsible for the review of the quality control of information entering the finance and related systems. The role creates a vital link between the Finance and Operations management and will further be responsible for the ongoing financial training and development of operational staff.

Responsibilities

Reporting
Assist in preparing and supplying of operational finance information to Divisional stakeholders.
Report on day-to-day cost management of the Division.
Assist with any reporting requirements.
Governance
Identify any audit areas or potential risk.
Prepare relevant annual audit files for external Auditors, various reconciliations and assist external Auditors with queries.
Assist internal audit during annual internal audit process.
Budget and Forecast
Create, advise and consolidate budget and forecast on site and business unit level for operations.
Assist with the monthly rolling forecast calculations.
Operational Management
Develop financial budget for sites.
Monitor revenue and costs vs budget.
Identify trends e.g. daily productions against program.
Assist in managing overtime hours worked.
Compile and implement corrective action plans to rectify negative trends.
Analyse, drill down and identify variance amongst the budget, forecast and actuals.
Ensure policies and procedures are adhered to.
Provide quality accounting support and technical advice to key internal stakeholders.
Transactional Shared Services
Assist with internal/external audits.
Maintain procedure manuals for all related site administration procedures.
Present forecast for all sites.
Prepare general ledger monthly reconciliations.
Conduct regular site visits.

Qualifications

National Diploma in Cost Accounting or Financial Accounting.

Experience

Three years related experience in a construction, mining or tailings environment.
Sage ERP experience would be advantageous.
Contract allowances accounting.

Skills, Qualities And Abilities Required

Good communication (verbal and written).
Self-starter.
Highly self-driven.
Detail oriented.
Highly analytical.
Problem-solving.
Strong prioritizing and organizing.
Interpersonal.
Professionalism.

Ideal Profile

You have at least 3 years related experience within the Construction, mining or tailings environment.
You have experience in Contract allowances Accounting.
You have a National Diploma in Cost Accounting or Financial Accounting.
You are highly goal driven and work well in fast paced environments.
You pay strong attention to detail and deliver work that is of a high standard.
You possess strong analytical skills and have good written and verbal communication skills.