Accountant

Financial Accounting

• Perform month-end transactional activities e.g., review of adjustments, month-end closing procedures and recon preparation etc.
• Provide second-level support in terms of call and query handling across AECI.
• Review bank reconciliations prepared by the FSSC.
• Review, approve and post predefined manual journal entries and supporting documentation and narration to the journal (ensure journal entries are valid, accurate and complete).
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and follow up on long outstanding items.
• Prepare a monthly memorandum of balance sheet recon issues for review by the in-country team.
• Calculate the monthly license and service fees based on the established parameters.
• Ensure that invoices for internal recoveries from AECI subsidiaries are issued before the end of the month.
• Ensure timely submission of the monthly VAT return for AECI Mining Limited & timely cross-segmental postings.
• Ensure all invoices from AECI are accurately coded.
• Perform Cognos month-end transactional activities.

Intercompany Loan Accounts

• Maintain intercompany loan accounts.
• Oversee intercompany monthly confirmations.
• Oversee monthly intercompany reconciliations.
• Manage relationships with AECI subsidiaries.

Hedging Process

• Maintain the hedging process in line with AECI Treasury policy & ensure that all imports and exports are hedged accordingly on a weekly basis.
• Oversee treasury reconciliation and submit to AECI as per the deadline.
• Request the draw-in of FEC contracts by AECI for foreign payments and receipts.
• Request spot cover to be taken out by AECI for Rand payments.
• Ensure compliance with all legislation concerning SARB & accounting matters.

Treasury and Cash Management

• Follow up with FSSC on any outstanding bank reconciliation items.
• Inform FFSC of the minimum amounts required to open bank accounts in country.
• Liaise with banks on any queries.
• Manage relationships with banks and financial institutions.
• Manage monthly management accounts for a portfolio of internal and external customers.
• Correspond and interact with clients to obtain information required to complete tasks and to make them aware of filing deadlines and other obligations.
• Maintain operators in the various banking profiles and ensure compliance with AECI Banking policy.

Bank and Cash Management

• Capture loading of EFT payments i.e., non-vendor related payments.
• Release of EFT payments (not for the same country for which you have loaded payments).
• Process of non-vendor related payments in SAP.
• Conduct cash book processing and bank reconciliation preparation.
• Ensure all long outstanding and reconciling items on bank reconciliation are timeously cleared.
• Process petty cash transactions.
• Ensure petty cash books are reviewed and timeously signed off.
• Facilitate urgent payment requests.

Relationship Management

• Engage with stakeholders at an operational level to address any service delivery issues.
• Ensure attendance of monthly governance meetings.

Business Controls and Governance

• Comply with all legislation relating to IFRS.
• Identify internal control weaknesses and assist in developing and implementing improvement opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with SLA criteria (specific to area of responsibility).
• Keep abreast on legal and regulatory issues relating to accounting matters.
• Comply with Safety, Health, and Environment standards.

Audit Coordination

• Review audit instructions and compile/prepare supporting documentation for the audit process.
• Resolve audit queries and discuss with internal / external auditor where required.