Financial Accountant

Korridor Holdings; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational finance firm in South Africa is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to manage various finance functions including supplier reconciliation, financial control, and support during external audits. The ideal candidate will have a BCom Accounting degree, 5+ years of relevant experience, and strong skills in MS Excel and accounting software. This role demands high attention to detail and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position if qualified or 8-10 years if not qualified.
• Previous experience in a multinational company will be advantageous.
• Good understanding of financial, tax and commercial legislation across multiple African territories.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate financial record keeping.
• Responsible for reconciliation between operational and accounting systems.
• Support year-end, interim, and month-end processes.

Skills

Advanced MS Excel skills

Numerical skills

High attention to detail

Interpersonal and relationship management skills

Good communication skills in English

Education

BCom Accounting Degree or equivalent

Tools

Accounting Software

Payroll Software

Job description

Job Description

Korridor is looking for an experienced Financial Accountant on a fixed term basis to join their team. The purpose of the role will be to manage part of the finance function from source entries to Trial Balance for various African entities, focusing on supplier reconciliation between financial, operational, and external financial information. The role will oversee the financial control, ensuring all accounting entries are booked correctly in the General Ledger and all reconciliation between financial, operational, and external financial information are performed.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the finance team is a strategic partner to the business
• Full responsible for ensuring accurate financial record keeping
• Responsible to ensure accurate reconciliation between operational and accounting systems and balance sheet reconciliation for all suppliers
• Supporting the year-end, interim and all month-end processes and reporting
• Responsible for supporting the FA during the external audit process
• Provide feedback and address audit points
• Ensure applicable policies and processes are created, documented, reviewed, signed off and adhered to
• Support Financial Accountant in monitoring daily cash balances and determine cash requirements needed
• Responsible for providing direction and support on the organisational budgeting process applicable to all the entities of Korridor
• Regularly review the overall organisational expenditure to ensure the expenditure of all entities remain within budget
• Continued analysis and review of current and new systems
• Report on and resolve exceptions caused by system errors
• Action requests from the FA as requested
• Developing strategies to minimize financial risk

Requirements

• BCom Accounting Degree or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position if qualified or 8-10 years if not qualified
• Previous experience in a multinational company will be advantageous
• Good understanding of financial, tax and commercial legislation across multiple African territories

Skills

• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Numerical skills
• High attention to detail (accuracy)
• Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Balances team and individual responsibility
• Provides and accepts feedback
• Contributes to building a positive team
• Places success of the team above own interests
• Confident and enthusiastic self-starter who can take initiative
• Mature decision making
• Action orientation and Project management
• Ability to work under own initiative without guidance
• Copes well under sustained pressure
• Delivers to deadlines
• Ability to motivate self
• Sets and achieves challenging goals
• Demonstrate persistence
• Overcomes obstacles
• Interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Good listening skills
• Good Time management
• Organisation and administration skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Prioritises and plans work activities
• Sets goals and objectives
• Diagnostic, analytical & problem-solving skills
• Information integration & report writing skills – responsible for collating information for reporting purposes
• Good communication skills in English (written & verbal)
• Resilience: Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment
• Experience in Accounting Software and Payroll Software