Jnr Project Cost Accountant

SUMMARY:
Are you a junior Cost Accountant looking for a challenging and exciting contract role within the mining sector?

Based in Cape Town CBD, this exciting position requires your sound Accounting knowledge, out of the box thinking, coupled with advanced Excel skills.

POSITION INFO:
REQUIREMENTS

• Professional Financial / Cost Accounting qualification
• 3 - 5 Years Financial / Cost accounting experience
• Knowledge and experience of IFRS, SAP (or similar ERP systems)
• Highly skilled – Excel, Power Point, Word and other planning tools advantageous
• Experience working in a high paced Project environment would be advantageous
• Strong analytical ability, attention to detail & deadline driven
• Ability to work flexibly, independently and in a team
• Adaptability and ability to work under pressure
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel & Power Point,
• Have experience workingon any Accounting Software (Pastel, Sage, etc.)

• Alignment of SAP vs. Cost management system
• Updating comparison reports for weekly engineering cost meetings
• Providing Engineers with Weekly Cost updates
• Attending and minuting weekly engineering cost meetings
• Updating of vendor data sheets
• Follow up on outstanding invoices, capturing of data for cash flow purposes
• Tracking and reporting on project and contract cash flow vs. forecast
• Updating and tracking of Potential Deviation Notice’s, Capital Funds Request’s, and their respective registers
• Updating of project transfer register
• Cost verification and tracking of project funds transfers
• Updating eB system with relevant documentation (PDN’s, CFR’s, PDN and CFR Registers, Transfer’s and transfer registers)
• Mathematical check of Interim and Final accounts
• Tracking of Interim and Final Accounts
• Scrutinize costs recorded for accuracy and identify re-allocations of costs
• Monthly journals, allocations & accruals