Perseus Mining is a dual listed (Australia, Toronto) gold miner and explorer focused on the West African region. Perseus Mining (Ghana) Limited (PMGL) has recently commissioned the world-class Edikan gold project in the Western Region of Ghana.

Edikan Gold Mine (EGM) has a current mining reserve of 3.3M oz of gold from a resource base of 4.3M oz. The Edikan processing facility has been designed as a 5.5Mtpa processing facility with the ability to expand this to 8Mtpa in the future. The plant is capable of producing at a rate of 220-270,000oz gold

Responsibilities:

The successful applicant will report to the Financial Controller and will have the following responsibilities:

•   Preparations of periodic financial reports to assist in management decision making
•   Ensuring confidentiality of information at all times
•   Ensuring the proper administration of Treasure and Fixed Assets systems
•   Establishing and maintaining good communication channels between departments to allow accurate and timeous dissemination of relevant information to the right people
•   Understanding interpreting and applying relevant Ghana tax laws in business transactions
•   Ensuring the development and training of subordinates
•   Liaise with Auditors and Tax Advisors on issues relating to Tax and Audit
•   VAT, Inter-company receivables, Employee related advances and loans .loaning of goods to the other mining companies ,goods issued from Mine stores to third parties and contractors at arm-length agreements, other contractual related receivables such as rent and electricity and non-mining related receivables from Community activities  and environmental projects.
Management of all personnel in your section employed by the Perseus Group in Ghana;
•   Liaison with the auditor of Perseus Ghanaian companies;
Develop training and development matrixes with plans for all personnel in your section
•   Provide succession planning within the section and overall people development program;
•   Justify additional training requirements for sectional personnel as part as their professional development.

Remuneration: Attractive conditions of service will be offered.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Tertiary qualification in Accountancy. Tertiary qualifications in Business degree or equivalent is desirable
•   Ghana Professional Accounting body (or equivalent), ACCA, CA, Qualified Professional Accountant
•   Minimum of 5 years' experience on operational mine sites and specifically in Finance
•   Exposure to Finance Management Systems and protocols
•   Pronto - ERP Skills

Location: Ayanfuri, Central Region

How To Apply For The Job

Applications will only be received by email to:

hr.pmgl@perseusmining.com.gh  with the  position Financial Accountant as the subject line of the email.

Closing Date: 09 September, 2014