Junior Accountant jobs in South Africa

Management Accountant is to take ownership of their allocated entity and subsequent reporting within the deadlines set, whilst being supported by the Senior Management Accountant. Ensuring that information provided to the Financial Controllers and Senior finance members is accurate and any variances justified.

• Prepare and post prepayments, accruals, depreciation, and amortisation.
• Take ownership of your allocated entities' monthly management accounts and reporting packs submissions.
• Review the P&L for activity performed by others and seek justification for any variances.
• Ability to provide detailed excel spreadsheet analysis as and when required.
• Continuously ensure balance sheet working files are updated accordingly throughout the month end process.
• Deliver the provision of accurate Divisional and Group reporting and analysis.
• Complete Risk and Opportunities for BLFC sign off before submission
• Submit balance sheet analysis and commentary to understand areas of concern and solutions.
• Produce the balance sheet control file with supporting back up in preparation for monthly sign off.
• Ability to remain focused and meet all reporting deadlines.
• Responsible for financial year end audit packs and liaising with auditors to ensure deliverables are met.
• Provide all information to Group in relation to statutory reporting and review of draft statutory accounts.
• Support the budgeting / forecasting process, by providing information and analysis.
• Improve timing, content and accuracy of both financial and management reporting.
• Maintain procedure and process documents, while seeking continuous improvements.
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

The Water Division, that this role sits within is our largest and most complex. Therefore, it does require previous management accounts preparation involvement, alongside demonstratable experience of transforming large volume data sets into workable and meaningful information. You will also have the capability to thrive in a matrix organisation and finance structure and work to tight reporting deadlines.