Vacancy title:
Senior Financial Accountant
Jobs at:
First QuantumDeadline of this Job:
Thursday, February 06 2025
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 27 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Purpose of the Role:
To be responsible for Financial and Statutory reporting
To be responsible for supervising and developing the team (Financial Accountant, Accounts Payable Supervisor, Account Clerk)
To be the contact for internal and external auditors in their area of responsibility
To be responsible for primary review of general ledger reconciliations in their area of responsibility.
Specific Job Responsibilities:
Review and responsible for the following balance sheet reconciliations:
Cash Accounts
Prepayments
Finished Goods & Ore Stockpile Valuation Accounts
Warehouse Inventory, Open Rotable Repairs, Goods in Transit, Obsolete Stock Provision Accounts and ensure Inventory Revaluation is clear.
Accounts Payable Account and ensure Purchase Variance Clearing Account and Accounts Payable Suspense are clear.
Goods Received Not Invoiced
Consignment Inventory Control
Accounts Payable Other
Shipments Accounts
Interest Bearing Debt Accounts
Asset Restoration Obligation Account
Develop, maintain and enforce financial controls in their area of responsibility.
Prepare financial statements
Coordinate internal and external audits in their area of responsibility
Coordinate monthly group reporting in their area of responsibility.
Team supervision in their area of responsibility
Oversee preparation of statutory reports (e.g. BOZ, Ministry of Mines, ZEITI)
Maintain production statistics
Oversee the mine plan in the budgeting/forecasting process including stock valuations and stripping calculations.
Provide coaching and appraise the performance of direct reports
Work closely with the Mining and Processing departments in reviewing/reconciling monthly mining and production figures
Maintain accounting/valuation models
Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Job Specific Competencies:
Must be able to work with Pronto, MS Excel, MS Word and MS Powerpoint.
Decision making
Team building
Job Attributes
Must uphold the company and professional code of ethics
Must have leadership skills
Must pay attention to detail
Must be confident
Must be able to handle competing work demands
High levels of integrity and discretion
Experience required to perform in this job
The Senior Financial Accountant will require knowledge, skills and experience in the following areas:
Analytical skills and working with volumes of data
Well-rounded understanding of Mining operations
Expert knowledge international financial reporting standards (IFRS)
Up-to-date knowledge of relevant Zambian laws and regulations (e.g. Companies’ Act, Tax laws etc.)
Good command of the English Language (speaking and writing)
Proficiency in MS Excel and Word
Qualifications
Degree in Accounting and full professional accountancy qualification (e.g. CA Zambia, ACCA, ZICA etc.)
Minimum five (5) years of accounting experience
Member of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA). Is a must
All qualifications must be certified by ZAQA
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
Interested and qualified, Click here to apply.
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