• 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

Qualificationsls

• 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