Senior Management Accountant FP&A

Globe 24-7; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Globe 24-7, in partnership with a growing South African mining company, is seeking a qualified finance professional to join its Johannesburg-based Group Finance team.

The Senior Management Accountant will focus on budgeting, forecasting, life-of-mine costing and performance analysis, providing decision support and cost control across operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the mining sector.
• Relevant qualification in Accounting, Finance or Management Accounting.
• Strong FP&A across budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and life-of-mine costing.
• Experience in stock and inventory control, valuation and reconciliation.
• Strong cost and variance analysis, financial modelling and business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Prepare budgets, forecasts and long-range financial plans, including life-of-mine cost models.
• Analyse performance against budget and forecast, investigating and explaining key variances.
• Translate production plans and operational assumptions into financial forecasts and scenarios.
• Monitor operational cost drivers, unit costs and inventory valuation, reconciliations and controls.
• Prepare FP&A reports and partner with stakeholders to identify performance trends, risks, opportunities and cost improvements.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Long-range planning

Life-of-mine costing

Inventory management

Variance analysis

Financial modelling

Business partnering

Cost analysis

Education

Accounting/Finance/Management Accounting degree

Job description

Globe 24-7, in partnership with a growing South African mining company, is seeking a qualified finance professional to join its Johannesburg-based Group Finance team.

The Role

Reporting to the Group Financial Manager: FP&A, the Senior Management Accountant will provide financial planning, operational cost analysis and decision support. The role focuses on budgeting and forecasting, life-of-mine costing, inventory management and performance analysis.

The Responsibilities

• Prepare budgets, forecasts and long-range financial plans, including life-of-mine cost models.
• Analyse performance against budget and forecast, investigating and explaining key variances.
• Translate production plans and operational assumptions into financial forecasts and scenarios.
• Monitor operational cost drivers, unit costs and inventory valuation, reconciliations and controls.
• Prepare FP&A reports and partner with stakeholders to identify performance trends, risks, opportunities and cost improvements.

The Requirements

• Proven experience in the mining sector.
• A relevant qualification in Accounting, Finance or Management Accounting.
• Strong practical FP&A experience across budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and life-of-mine costing.
• Experience in stock and inventory control, valuation and reconciliation.
• Strong cost and variance analysis, financial modelling and operational business-partnering skills.