Head Office Accountant

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Johannesburg seeks a senior finance professional to consolidate and report financials for all entities, and to manage budgets and audits. You will liaise with CFO, divisional managers and Head Office to ensure timely, compliant reporting and strong internal controls.

The role also covers year-end processes, tax packs, and coordination of internal and external audits while supporting ad-hoc projects and reporting requirements across the group.

Qualifications

• Tertiary Qualification: BCom / Diploma (Finance)
• Minimum 5-10 years working experience in the accounting / finance field
• 2-5 years experience in a middle management role Experienced with several systems (Syspro, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Consolidations, reviews and reporting financial information of all Company entities into one reporting format.
• Preparing, collating and presenting monthly numbers to the CFO.
• Capture, prepare and collate budget/forecast annually for CFO review.
• Complete and review bi-annual statutory audit packs and tax packs.
• Liaise with divisional Financial Managers and CFO and attend Head Office reporting.
• Coordinate internal audit process and follow up on findings.
• Ensure effective internal control environment and assist with audits and property transactions.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numeric ability

Oral communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Education

BCom / Diploma (Finance)

Tools

Syspro

Job description

• Consolidations, reviews and reporting financial information of all Company entities into one reporting format (for users of the information to make accurate financial business decisions at any given time).
• Attending to any ad-hoc projects and tasks as required by the CFO
• Attending to any ad-hoc request from Head Office.
• Ensuring timelines and quality of reporting.
• Ensuring the compliance and ad-hoc matters/projects across Company entities are attended to.
• Facilitate and oversee allocated processes within the business (i.e. Health, Risk and Safety, Procure to pay, Order to Cash, Distribution & Logistics, Hire to Retire, Warehousing & Manufacturing, Asset Management, Record to Report, Treasury, Taxation(direct & indirect).
• Prepare, collate and present the monthly numbers to the CFO.
• Capture, prepare and collate budget/forecast annually for review by CFO.
• Complete and review bi-annual statutory audit packs.
• Complete and review bi-annual tax packs.
• Complete all annual financial statements and related supporting documentation.
• Liaise with the divisional Financial Managers and CFO in relation to reporting requirements
• Liaise with and attend to Head Office reporting requirements.
• Quarterly Board & ARC pack information including standardization of report formatting (Oversee submissions of info pieces in the pack).
• Liaise with and assist external auditors.
• Coordination and running of year-end audit.
• Liaise with and assist external auditors.
• Coordination the internal audit process.
• Follow up on internal audit findings.
• Ensure effective internal control environment.
• Payment releases (as and when required).
• Processing and assisting with various requests from the CFO and / or COMPANY Head Office.
• Processing and assisting with various property transactions (e.g. rentals, general accounting and property management).
• Attend to and assist with Legal matters and Legal reporting.
• General SARS and customs matters.
• Ensure necessary meetings and training are held.
• Coordination of the deregistration process of dormant entities in the Company

Qualifications and experience:

• Tertiary Qualification: BCom / Diploma (Finance)
• Minimum 5-10 years working experience in the accounting / finance field
• 2-5 years experience in a middle management role Experienced with several systems (Syspro, etc.)

Required skills:

• Great attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent numeric, oral, and written language applications
• Excellent interpersonal skills (with internal as well as external stakeholders)
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills
• Ability to build effective relationships