Group Financial Accountant

IVANHOE MINES is looking for a Group Financial Accountant.

Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future. Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa. The development ofthe Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa,the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo and exploration on the Western Foreland, near Kamoa-Kakula.

The Group Financial Accountant is a key junior management role within the Finance Department. As a mining group with all 3 major projects in development and production, this role is responsible for all aspects of project accounting on a standalone and consolidated basis. This role will be involved in all aspects of Group Financial Reporting, Financial Planning and Analysis and Tax as it would rotate between these departments on a periodic basis.
The output of this position is included in published external reporting as well as reports presented to executive management and the Board of Directors.
Some of the key focus areas for this role include consolidations and financial reporting, budget preparation and monitoring, treasury management, financial modelling and tax. These functions are crucial to the successful operation of not only the project companies but also to the listed Canadian company. The output of this department and role is vital in ensuring the financial wellbeing of Ivanhoe.

• A newly qualified and (eligible to register with SAICA)
• Experience with in the mining industry
• Experience with complex accounting treatment of financing transactions and the treatment of pre- production mining costs and deferred revenue
• Experience in accounting for revenue in the mining industry and remeasurement of contract receivables
• Experience in the budgeting process
• Experience in the treasury administration process

• Consolidations preparation within a multi-currency, multi-jurisdictional environment
• Preparation of reports that are externally published and provided to a multi-faceted stakeholder base
• Forecasting and budgeting of mining companies that are not yet in an advanced stage of production

As a critical junior management role within the department, the key responsibilities of this role (operating on a rotational basis between Financial Reporting, FP&A and Tax) are:

• Group and joint venture consolidations, accounting and reporting to external shareholders on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. This involves multi-currency and multi- jurisdictional reporting.
• Project accounting and reporting for inclusion in group consolidated results which are published externally on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Assist with the financial planning and analysis process involving preparation of budget workbook templates, consolidation of budgets received from various budget holders across the Interrogation of the accuracy of budgetary information prepared by other departments. Analysis and tracking of budgeted costs against actual costs.
• Timely preparation and submission of periodic facilities compliance requirements for Group companies.
• Input into the preparation of internal and external reports such as the Group Financial Statements, CFO report and Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
• Detailed…