Head Office Accountant

Boardroom Appointments; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Head Office Accountant. The role involves consolidating financial reports, liaising with divisional leaders, and ensuring the effectiveness of internal control environments. Candidates should have a BCom or equivalent with 5-10 years in finance, along with excellent reporting and communication skills. This position is based in South Africa and offers an opportunity to impact financial decision-making at a corporate level.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-10 years working experience in the accounting / finance field.
• 2-5 years experience in a middle management role.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate and report financial information for better decision-making.
• Prepare monthly numbers for review by CFO.
• Complete and review bi-annual statutory and tax audit packs.
• Liaise with divisional Financial Managers regarding reporting requirements.

Skills

Excellent reporting skills

Excellent communication skills

Great attention to detail and accuracy

Excellent numeric, oral, and written language applications

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent organizational and follow-up skills

Education

BCom / Diploma (Finance)

Tools

Syspro

Job description

About the job Head Office Accountant

Duties and responsibilities

• 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

• Excellent reporting skills
• Excellent communication 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 skillsAbility to build effective relationships