Senior Financial Accountant
Full-Time @First Quantum Minerals (FQM) posted 9 months ago in Accounting & Finance Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 9971
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Offered Salary 1000
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Career Level Others
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Experience 2 Years
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Gender Both
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Industry Banking & Finance
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Description
Senior Financial Accountant
At First Quantum, we free the talent of our people by taking a very different approach which is underpinned by a very different, very definite culture – the “First Quantum Way”.
Working with us is not like working anywhere else, which is why we recruit people who will take a bolder, smarter approach to spot opportunities, solve problems and deliver results.
Our culture is all about encouraging you to think independently and to challenge convention to deliver the best result. That’s how we continue to achieve extraordinary things in extraordinary locations.
Job description: Senior Financial Accountant
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: Senior Financial Accountant
- 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: Senior Financial Accountant
- Must be able to work with Pronto, MS Excel, MS Word and MS Powerpoint.
- Decision making
- Team building
Job Attributes: Senior Financial Accountant
- 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 Senior Financial Accountant
- 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
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