Metal Accountant

About the position

Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitor trends in the plant and compare with best practices if negative variations are found, identify and proposesolutions;
• Ensure that technical data is accurate;
• Compile accurate and concise reports at intervals required by management;
• Continuously liaise with the operations management on process control activities;
• Continuous liaison with the group Management Accountant relating to targets, budgets, benchmarking and technical data required by the finance department;
• Ensure that all matters relating to mass and metal balancing, recoveries and accountabilities are addressed;
• Continuous liaison with Business Analyst on all matters relating to Concentrator performance;
• Data collation, reporting and management;
• Liaise with the Production Department, to ensure correct quality of reporting to management;
• Support efforts to overcome operational problems;
• Co-ordinate, report on the movement of final concentrate from all operations as per off-take agreement;
• Liaise and maintain a good working relationship with the company's smelter client(s) and attend to matters relatingto concentrate dispatches;
• Liaise and maintain a good working relationship with all other relevant stakeholders;
• Monthly reconciliations;
• Liaison and reconcile final concentrate deliveries with off-take partner;
• Reconcile material purchases with operations and Management accountant;
• Calculations and reports as per requirements;
• Understanding of IT requirements for the Weighbridge / Bar Coding, Metal Accounting and Evaluation needs presentand future;

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Matric Certificate/ Grade 12 (with Mathematics and Science);
• Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering Degree is essential;
• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience in a metal accounting role
• Minimum of 3 years' experience on PGM plants;
• Sound knowledge of Metal Control for PGM and Base Metals for Mass and Metal Balancing.
• Must have plant processing knowledge on PGM flotation, Chrome recovery plant experience will be advantageous;
• Good computer literacy, administration skills are essential;
• Must be in possession of a valid certificate of fitness;
• Must have a valid code 8 driver's license and own transport.

Desired Skills:

• Metal Accountant

About The Employer:

Join a large and stable company and utilise your metal accounting skills.