Job Description

Together with our client, a manufacturing company in Centurion, we are recruiting a Cost Production Accountant (CPA) to Prepare monthly financial reports, ensuring overall objective of profit improvement & efficiency enhancement as well as ensuring that the company is compliant as per IFRS, Legal & Statutory requirements. The Ideal Candidate needs to have a minimum of 3 - 5 years of experience in a Finance and accounting environment and must hold a BCom Accounting Degree.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of job:

• To ensure that the reporting data is accurate & on time in order to meet the group reporting
• To be compliant i.e. statutory & legal requirements.
• To analyse the data provided in order to make proper financial decisions.
• To identify variances & put in place preventive controls.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Assist internal staff i.r.o all financial requirements and requests.
• Provisional/recurring and adjustment of journals.
• Prepare and manage provisions and accruals for the site.
• Maintain and control the critical stock levels.
• Maintain and control all consumable stock items
• Reliable and accurate inventory reconciliation for both FG and consumables. Controlled on a monthly basis
• Report on any deviation on financial matters to the Mine Manager, Operations Manager and Senior finance team.
• Identify variances and implement preventive controls.
• Verification of fixed assets.
• Analysing the Income Statements and other financial reports (Technical & External Services).
• Cost Control and implement cost reduction measures.
• Handling queries pertaining to expenses.
• Prepare and submit on time daily, weekly and month-end reports as required by Site and Head Office.
• Assist in budget preparation.
• Execute Ad-hoc requests and duties from management.
• Assist during annual audits, both internal & external audits.
• Manage site administrator, storeman, mine driver, and their activities.
• Ensure compliance with company procurement policy and processes.
• Assist with Stock Counts and processing on system
• Manage vehicle licensing process.
• Participate in weekly Site HODs meetings.
• Flash Report on a weekly basis and to be discussed with the Mine Manager.
• FG and Consumable stock adjustment.
• Creation of new item codes for FG and consumables.
• Processing various journals & Compiling of backup when processing reversal journal.
• Generate month end reports and analyse and explain variances (Act Vs Budget) (Technical, External Services, Provision & HM).
• Stock reconciliation for FG and Consumables items (Variance must be signed off by Operations Manager and Financial controller before adjusting variances).
• Petty Cash Management
• Any other ad hoc duties as required by Management

Job Specifications- Qualifications; Experience; Knowledge, skills and attributes:

• BCom Accounting Degree
• Minimum 3-5 years experience
• Computer knowledge of MS Office and ACCPAC
• Previous experience within the mining industry preferred
• Unendorsed drivers licence, travelling is required for this position
• Sound knowledge of processes, IFRS
• Attention to detail
• Good communication skills

Salary: R 35 000.00 - R 40 000.00 CTC per month

Start date: Immediately

Only candidates who meet all the minimum requirements stipulated in the advert will be considered. Please consider your application unsuccessful if you dont receive any feedback within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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