Divisional Accountant

Senwes; Klerksdorp; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural business is seeking a Financial Manager in Klerksdorp to oversee divisional budgets, manage financial and operational reporting, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. The successful candidate will prepare forecasts, compile reports, and manage compliance issues. Experience in financial analysis and effective communication with auditors is essential for this role. This position offers the opportunity to play a critical role in financial stewardship within the company.

Qualifications

• Experience in budget preparation and management.
• Strong analytical skills for financial reporting.
• Ability to liaise with auditors and resolve queries.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage budgets and forecasts.
• Compile monthly and quarterly reports.
• Ensure compliance with applicable acts and standards.

Job description

Purpose Of The Job

Preparing and managing of divisional budgets, financial and operational reporting and monitoring of control environment as well as assistance to statuary reporting and tax issues.

Responsibilities

Prepare and manage budgets / Forecasts

• Gather historic financial information.
• Apply expected financial and economic indicators on historical and new information.
• Incorporate all changes to current business model and structure.
• Prepare, analyse and interpret budget.
• Present budget to management.
• Make necessary adjustments.
• Prepare final budget for management.
• Upload and reconciliation on SAP and “E&Y”.
• Manage budget:
• Test expenditure against policy/budget.
• Advice and approve of expenditure.
• Report variances.

Control efficiencies and divisional costs

• Test and prepare transactions against policies/budget, delegation of duties.
• Test accuracy, classification, and existence of transactions.
• Ensure proper reconciliation and review of balance sheet accounts.
• Ensure and resolve completeness and sign off of group balance sheet reconciliation.
• Authorise payment of vendors.
• Manage balance sheet items/ratios.
• Investigate/explain/intervene in budget variances.
• Reconciliation of reports to operating systems.
• Cash flow projections to treasury.
• Advice and coach business managers on business decisions and financial statement interpretation.
• Diligent management of all sundry accounts.
• Review of Hinterland and Hinterland Fuels control environment.
• CO reporting:
• Continuous maintenance of SAP reporting
• Monthly reallocation (cycles) of certain costs

Reporting

• Compile monthly and quarterly reports.
• Improve layout and continuous improvements thereon.
• Liaison with auditors and handling of queries.
• Liaison and resolving of queries from shareholders.
• Generate financial reports on SAP.
• Generate reports to Exco.
• Generate divisional report.
• Review of financial and operational reporting of Hinterland and Hinterland Fuels.

Compliance to applicable acts and standards

• Assistance to tax packs and returns.
• Provide input on taxation issues (SARS).
• Provide input on accounting issues (IFRS).