Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

The position responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Accounts Payable duties including: maintaining vendor’s billing information, creditor statement reconciliations, payment run processing, payments setup in online banking system and managing queries

Assist with maintaining the company’s accounting records in the Company’s accounting software (Pronto), including:

o    Process general ledger journal entries (including reversing journals);
o    Assist with month end closing and reconciliation of General Ledger balances, including weekly bank reconciliations;
o    Maintain the fixed asset register and cost and depreciation schedules;
o    Work with Payroll function to process payroll on a monthly basis;
o    Reconcile actual versus budget/forecast expenditures;
o    Provide quality financial reports from Cognos and QlikView reporting tools;
o    Provide accurate and timely capture of Development and Exploration expenditures including project coding and tenement coding;
o    Prepare and process regular standing journals including accruals, depreciation, foreign exchange revaluations, intercompany loans, and petty cash;
o    Ensure accurate data capture for statutory and taxation reporting purposes and local content reporting (i.e. annual corporate tax returns, VAT returns, and local content returns, etc.)
o    Maintain the reporting calendar within Pronto to ensure periods are closed off and data is captured in the correct period.

?    Assist the Finance Team with preparation of quarterly, half-year and annual financial reports, as required;
?    Assist with the preparation of various Management Reports;
?    Assist with Tenement Management and Reporting, management of the tenement module and exploration reporting;
?    Assist with the preparation and lodgement of statutory returns including tax obligations on a monthly basis as well as payment of any related TRA obligations (i.e. PAYG, NSSF, withholding taxes, VAT, etc.);
?    Assist the Finance team to liaise with the Company’s auditors during the Half Year review and Full Year audit (e.g. providing any reconciliations and documentation requested by the auditor);
?    Assist with ongoing cash flow forecast management based on Accounts Payable (outflows) and Accounts Receivable (inflows) knowledge;
?    Provide general advice and support as necessary to complete the above items including assistance to the Tanzanian Finance Team; and
?    Undertake any additional tasks that may reasonably be requested.

These roles and responsibilities may vary from time to time.

Qualifications:

A degree qualification in Accounting or Finance or equivalent, or be undertaking a formal qualification in Accounting or Finance.

Experience:

3 - 5 Years’ working experience in a similar role, extensive experience with Pronto Xi ERP System and Microsoft Office Suite is essential with particular experience in Excel, Outlook and Word.

Key Skills:

?    Hands-on Pronto ERP experience, including Accounts Payable, General Ledger and Fixed Assets
?    Understanding spreadsheets (Excel), data analysis and reconciliation procedures.
?    Strong administrative and procedural skills.
?    Excellent attention to detail.
?    Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
?    A positive attitude.
?    Initiative and integrity.
?    Ability to work well autonomously and within a team.