Metal Accountant

At Johnson Matthey, your work will matter!

As a Metal Accountant, you’ll join a world leader in platinum group metals with over 200 years of history and innovation. You’ll help tackle the world’s biggest challenges - cutting emissions, powering modern society and enhancing lives - as we continue to apply, refine and recycle metals that matter, for a healthier and more resilient future.

The role:

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

• Prepare and maintain accurate precious metal accounting records, including monthly reconciliations, journal entries, and Metal Trial Balance reporting.
• Monitor and reconcile metal inventories, hedging activities, customer metal balances, and coverage processes to ensure financial accuracy and compliance.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Supply Chain, and global business teams to identify metal requirements, manage metal borrowing/hedging activities, and support intercompany transactions.
• Manage precious metal working capital and inventory processes, including stock takes, forecasting inputs, and analysis of metal variances.
• Support audit and compliance activities by ensuring timely resolution of metal-related findings, accurate process order closures, and adherence to internal controls.

Key skills that will help you succeed in this role:

• University degree qualification
• Accounting Standards Ability to apply knowledge of applicable Accounting Standards and Cost
• Microsoft Office and knowledge of SAP
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Significant experience embedding compliance to accounting policies and controls in a global organization 
• Ability to work collaboratively and provide appropriate challenge and insight, often under time pressure

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

What we offer:

We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical 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
• Hybrid model of working
• Team building events
• Professional development budget (Certifications, e-learning platforms and conferences)
• Psychological Health Support Program (Elements and other wellbeing initiatives)
• Wellbeing support

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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