1. JOB DETAILS:
Position Title: Senior Accountant: Financial Management
Broad Band: M10: Professional
Talent Pipeline Layer: Managing Self Technical/Professional
2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:
Financial accounting is responsible for the summary, analysis and reporting of financial transactions related to business applying standardised processes and guidelines; this involves the preparation of financial statements such as an income statement or a balance sheet (available to external stakeholders)
3. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
Qualification:
B Com (or relvant Degree including Accounting)
or Incomplete B Com
Certified MA
Experience:
4 Years (B Com)
6 Years (Incomplete B Com)
Skills:
* Sound knowledge of discipline processes and procedures
* Able to independently manage own work planning and delivery according to targets; proven application
* General knowledge of finance trends, interpretation and application of industry knowledge
* Effective verbal and written communication skills
* Advanced analytical and problem solving skills
* Sound decision making skills
* Presentation and facilitation skills
* Ability to cope with pressures and setbacks
* Ability to follow instructions and procedures
* Advanced persuading and influencing skills
* Global mindset
* Ability to adapt and respond to change
* Curious and innovating
* Design thinking
* Sound working knowledge and compliance to relevant regulatory and statutory requirements
* Sound knowledge and understanding of Ma’aden codes, regulation, rules, procedures and processes
* Following rules, regulations and procedures
* Competent in using applicable software and/or systems
* Teamwork and ability to deal with diversity
* General understanding of fundamentals of business processes
* Proficient attention to detail
* Coping with pressures and setbacks
* Critical thinking
4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Focus Area
Get results through individual contribution, effort and self management
Operational / Functional
1. Consistently delivers on all service level agreements
2. Quality results through cost effective service and on time support
3. Cost awareness and control
4. Technical expertise and advice
5. Technical/operating systems and models
6. HSE targets
• Prepare all accounts payable supporting documents secured, approved and payment run scheduled; run payment exception reports and investigate and resolve blocked invoices
• Resolve suppliers’ queries resolved or escalated for action
• Prepare cash flow forecasts for accounts payable
• Review and approve monthly supplier reconciliations
• Process specialised creditors functions relating to pre-payments, early payments, retentions and foreign exchange contracts and guarantees in compliance to company policies and procedures
• Validate invoices against payment
• Ensure accurate and complete vendor master data
• Balance sub-ledger with control account in General Ledger
• Conduct monthly General Ledger reconciliations
• Compile management reports relating to the accounts payable function (Vendor Age Analysis)
• Reconcile and control the GRIR account daily
• Negotiate settlement discounts with vendors for early settlement within limits of authority
• Ensure that all new assets are recorded in asset register, physical verified and monitor asset register in financial system
• Run system to calculate depreciation of assets
* Establish, track and close capital projects
• Ensure compliance to audit and regulatory requirements
• Monitor and compile report on daily cash balances and approve and reconcile petty cash
• Accurate processing of electronic transfers according to company policy and confirm accuracy with bank before payment of telegraphic transfers
• Manage foreign creditors cleared in Finance System
• Processes electronic transfers and foreign payments in accordance to contract terms
• Administers physical banking activities within the business section
• Prepare journals for posting/authorisation in ledger and reconcile general ledger accounts with necessary follow-up actions and review accounting and related systems for accuracy and completeness
• Prepare cash flow forecasts for accounts receivable
• Process sales documentation and issue invoices in compliance with financial procedures
• Process journal entries on Financial System e.g. management fees, commissions etc.
* Prepare and analyse financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, trail balances, cash flow, etc)
Leadership
1. Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals
2. Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness
3. Supports and articulate personal goals that are aligned to the business direction, that lead to personal development and effectiveness; Continuously strives to improve personal mastery, professional growth and business skills (ensuring technical/professional development in specialist area)
4. Establish professional standards for work, project plans and organization to ensure service provision and effective individual contribution
5. Share expertise freely and often during the application/review of policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods
6. Conduct analysis to formulate recommendations and design solutions and implement them effectively, problem solving and decisions quality - Analysed, formulated recommendations, designed solutions and implemented them effectively
7. Progress monitoring, reporting and corrective action
8. Statutory compliance and professional practices
* High performance role model acting as coach and mentor within team to more junior staff
* Ensuring continuous personal and professional growth and development
* Improve group work processes
* Facilitatie transformation and change processes
* Facilitatine continuous improvement
* Communicate best practices, technical reports and positions statements with team and the appropriate stakeholders
Relationships
1. Build constructive working relationships with manager, peers, clients and other service providers (all stakeholders) to ensure effective stakeholder relationships
2. Supports peers/team members to achieve team objectives through knowledge sharing, networking and collaboration with colleagues and other teams
3. Maintain Manager and peer relationships marked by professional communication, behaviour and actions that results in high levels of credibility, trust and respect throughout the business unit or function
4. Consistently meet customer and business requirements through technical/professional communication
5. Puts forward new ideas, thinking and approaches adopted and supported by the business
* Build credibility and constructive working relationship with teams, managers and business leaders to enhance the knowledge base of the company
* Maintain healthy and stable relations with consultants and cost owners
* Create and maintained well developed internal and external network
* Liaise with external and internal auditors and co-ordinate audit reports
5. COMPETENCIES:
Technical/Functional
* Sound understanding of the regulatory / legal and economic environment as well as the competitive landscape and financial risks / opportunities of the industry
* Advanced knowledge accounting and financial management principles in order to contribute to organisational operating decisions
* Advanced data gathering and analysis applying complex data gathering techniques)
* Sound understanding of financial concepts and technics and structure the analytical approaches to be used to support the business
* Strong financial management capabilities
* Detailed knowledge of the establishment of financial plans, budgets and forecasts and their associated processes
* Sound knowledge of the overall philosophy and functionality of financial and management accounting systems and their interrelationship with other related/affected systems in and outside of Ma'aden
* Sound knowledge of internal control procedures
* Sound knowledge and understanding of risk management concepts and tools
* Understand the impact of decisions on strategic and financial goals
Leadership
• Developing self
• Embrace digitalisation within the function
• Teamwork and collaboration
Safety
• Safety advocate - anywhere and everywhere
• Sound knowledge and application of HSE rules and procedures
• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others
• Ability to pro-actively identifying safety hazards and act accordingly