What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Accountant position at HECLA MINING CO.?
If you are a seasoned financial professional with strong leadership skills, honed analytical abilities, and a commitment to compliance, come join the team at Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company! We are one of the world's leading providers of silver and critical minerals, located in Juneau, Alaska. As our Sales Accountant, you will get to experience the marketing, sales, and shipping side of our concentrate from the time it comes out of the ground to when it is sold to a customer. By joining our team, you will play a vital role in maintaining Hecla Greens Creek's high standards of compliance and accuracy.
About Us
The Greens Creek Mine, located on Admiralty Island 18 miles south of Juneau, is an underground polymetallic mine operating since 1989, employing approximately 530 people. The mine is owned and operated by Hecla Mining Company, headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Established in 1891, Hecla has a rich history as a distinguished and respected precious metals producer. Winner of numerous safety and environmental awards, Greens Creek is seeking new team members committed to professional growth and success.
Here’s what you can expect in this role:
- You'll receive department-level training that not only covers job-specific tasks but also prioritizes safety protocols. Additionally, you will attend comprehensive MSHA training, ensuring you're equipped with essential safety knowledge before visiting our mine site located on Admiralty Island outside of Juneau.
- Your role will revolve around offering your technical expertise and guidance in various accounting functions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- You'll work extensively on preparing monthly production, inventory, and sales reports for submission to Hecla Corporate, ensuring reports are accurate and submitted on time.
- You will critically review our in-place accounting processes, aiming to optimize process design for efficiency and effectiveness.
- You'll regularly review and provide feedback and approval on cost reports, variance analysis, and other financial documents, ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal control requirements.
- You will work extensively with our Marketing Manager on the sale and shipping logistics of our concentrate, specifically focusing on invoice preparation & collections, revenue recognition and all functions necessary to support shipment settlement.
- In this role, you'll not only contribute to the financial integrity of HGCMC but also play a pivotal role in promoting a culture of safety and teamwork.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Sales Accountant is a key role within the Greens Creek finance group. The job gives a broad exposure to all of Greens Creek’s business activities. The primary function of the position is to manage sales for Gravity, Silver, Zinc & Precious metals concentrate and the external and internal financial reporting within HGCMC’s internal control requirements.
Safety, Health & Environmental Responsibilities AND Accountabilities
Include, but are not limited to:
- Complying with all necessary requirements put in place to prevent incidents, injuries or losses
- Ensuring the safety and health of themselves and others in the workplace by being responsible for their actions and taking due care while performing their work
- Identifying, eliminating, and reporting hazards as soon as practicable
- Reporting incidents and accidents as soon as practicable
- Disclosing all information regarding incidents and cooperating in incident investigations
- Assisting in the resolution of health and safety matters in a positive and timely manner
- Using and maintaining personal, protective equipment (PPE)
- Providing suggestions for improving work processes
- Assisting management by supporting change to achieve desired targets
- Ensuring that plant and equipment operate within their safe working limits
- Ensuring that correct equipment is used for the job
- Participating in risk assessment methodology
- Participating in safety initiatives
- Receiving training and instruction as required
- Maintaining good housekeeping standards
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Preparation of monthly production, inventory & sales reports for submission to Hecla Corporate.
- Assists with internal and external audit engagement teams regarding implementation of remediation plans to address issues identified.
- Ensures HGCMC accounting transactions comply with the company’s internal control requirements.
- Maintains sales contracts sub-directory.
- Coordinates vessels and maintain supporting documentation for each shipment.
- Manage sales for gravity, silver, zinc, & precious metals concentrate.
- Coordinate Assay exchange, settlement & corresponding QA/QC program with lab manager.
- Prepare cash receipts & forecasting.
- Maintain pricing & freight index models.
- Appoint & manage discharge representatives.
- Assist with budgets and forecasts.
- Assume other responsibilities and tasks as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and/or Experience
B.A. in accounting or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience
Two to five years of experience in accounting, preferably in the mining industry.
Training/ Special Skills
Word processing, spreadsheet and database proficiency (MS Word, MS Excel & MS Access/SQL preferred); Ellipse or IFS Cloud accounting experience a plus.
PERSONAL & LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
The following competencies are required:
Behavioral Skills
- Organizational/planning skills will be necessary to organize, schedule and prioritize work activities to manage time effectively and ensure timely completion of projects, programs, and objectives.
- Analytical and statistical skills are needed to evaluate opportunities for process improvement or optimization, process or quality trends.
- Interpersonal skills are necessary in order to facilitate teamwork while working with internal and external contacts.
- Self-motivation and initiative is necessary to insure that the work progresses independent of supervision. Being a self-starter is essential.
- Communications skills are necessary to ensure excellence in verbal and written communications, and effectively interact with associates at all levels of the organization as well as external contacts.
- Administrative skills are required to manage paperwork, meet reporting requirements, and oversee various systems.
- Detail-orientation and ability to multi-task.
- Planning skills are needed to ensure the timely completion of programs and objectives.
- Knowledge of safety, health and environmental methods, rules, regulations and procedures, and related behavioral competencies.
- Knowledge of developing technology, preferably specific knowledge of the mineral/metals business.
Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Abilities
Good decision-making skills, working with limited oversight based on conceptual end goals.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to deal with ambiguity, incomplete information. Ability to prioritize based on conflicting criteria.
Other Qualifications
Must complete MSHA 40-hour training or provide 5000-23 documentation of completed training.
Must pass pre-employment physical and drug screen.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, employees may be frequently required to stand, walk, or sit for extended periods of time; use hand and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee must be able to talk and hear.
Other Physical Demands
Vision - Constant:
- Able to judge distances and spatial relationships to avoid accidents while driving and walking underground
- Have clarity of vision while operating machinery, reading gauges, and placing tools
- Have clarity of vision for distances while navigating within the mine and access roads efficiently and safely
- Able to adjust varying points of reference while safely navigating the terrain, maintaining awareness of traffic, and operating tools and machinery
- Able to identify vehicles, machinery, and people in peripheral vision
Speaking - Occasional:
- Able to clearly communicate with co-workers and supervisors on the radio and in person
Hearing - Occasional:
- Must wear hearing protection while working in the mine
Work Environment & Job Schedule
At times the employee is required to commute out and back on the daily ferry to the mine site. May be occasionally exposed to underground work environments; outside weather conditions, wet and/or humid conditions; extreme cold, extreme heat, potentially hazardous wildlife; moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock; explosives and vibration. The noise level in most work environments is usually very loud. This position may occasionally require work on nights or weekends, but will typically work Monday through Friday, in the Vintage Office, with 5 days on 2 days off schedule.
ABOUT US
Greens Creek
The Greens Creek Mine, located on Admiralty Island, 18 miles south of Juneau, is an underground polymetallic mine employing approximately 530 people. The mine is owned and operated by Hecla Mining Company, headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Established in 1891, Hecla has a rich history as a distinguished and respected precious metals producer. Winner of numerous safety and environmental awards, Greens Creek is seeking new team members committed to professional growth and success.
Community
Juneau, Alaska's capital, is the third largest city in the state. Like Alaska, Juneau is full of contrasts, a sophisticated cosmopolitan city in the heart of the Tongass National Forest. Nestled at the base of mountains overlooking the Gastineau Channel, Juneau is surrounded by intercoastal waterways, lush rain forests, rugged mountainsides, and awe-inspiring glaciers. This small city has it all, the adventure of the "last frontier" as well as a good education system, year-round cultural and sports activities, a wide variety of entertainment, world class fishing and wildlife viewing, temperate weather, and a strong sense of community. Juneau is rich in mining history and Greens Creek is proud to contribute to that heritage by operating in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
Compensation & Benefits
Hecla Greens Creek offers competitive pay based on experience and an excellent low-cost benefits package for medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance as well as other coverages such as disability coverage and life insurance. Retirement benefits include a 401(k) with company match.