Sector Metal Accountant

Johnson Matthey is a company with many years of experience in the global market, with established systems for standards and quality.

The prestige award for Best Employer for 2022 and 2023 – in the category of foreign investment in the Republic of North Macedonia, is a great recognition for all team members, who make Johnson Matthey a great place to work and develop talents!
With more than 205 years history, join us and help to accelerate the transition to net-zero! As a Metal Accountant you’ll contribute to JM’s mission as a world leader in sustainable technology, transforming energy and reducing carbon emissions for a cleaner, brighter future.

As a Metal Accountant, you will help drive our goals by:

• Support the Metal Accounting Supervisor in preparing monthly Metal Trial Balance and ensuring all metal transactions are properly and accurately accounted for including preparation of journals on a regular basis. This includes all steps in the coverage process;
• Ensure all metal balances are properly reconciled including hedged metal, customer metal, committed metal and PMM balances and understand metal variances;
• Liaise with other Clean Air business unit counterparts on metal requirement, especially in relation to toll and customer’s customer/committed metal when managed jointly;
• Run the inter-group and metal accounting processes between sites;
• Ensure the review and closure of metal relevant Process Orders is made on a regular daily basis in order to properly reflect any metal gains and loss in coverage process;
• To work closely with Commercial & Supply Chain and Group PMM teams to identify metal requirements and to borrow or hedge metal as necessary;
• Managing working capital in relation to precious metal inventory and support plant Management Accountants with working capital forecast inputs.
• Support stock take of metal balances and ensure accurate and timely reconciliation to financial records;
• Support the team in ensuring the timely closure of actions to address the issues relating to metal identified in Internal Audit reports;
• Carry out ad hoc duties as directed by the Metal Accounting Supervisor or Metal Financial Controller.

Key skills that will help you succeed in this role:

• University degree qualification;
• Professional accounting qualification, e.g. ACA, CIMA or equivalent will be considered as advantage;
• Accounting Standards Ability to apply knowledge of applicable Accounting Standards and Cost;
• Significant experience embedding compliance to accounting policies and controls in a global organization;
• Significant and substantial experience within Finance function preferably in the manufacturing environment;
• Microsoft Office and knowledge of SAP;
• Strong communication skills;
• Strong analytical skills.

Even if you only match some of the skills, we’d love to hear from you to discuss further!

What we offer:

We are supportive of hybrid and flexible working where applicable, and other benefits that support our employees’ financial and physical wellbeing, such as:

• Competitive salary
• Private health insurance
• Discretionary annual bonuses & salary reviews
• Incentivized referral bonus program
• Remote working
• Team building events
• Professional development budget (Certifications, e-learning platforms and conferences)
• Psychological Health Support Program (Elements and other wellbeing initiatives)
• Wellbeing support

This is a fixed term contract duration of 12 months (maternity cover)

Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career!

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