INTERIM MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT

Our client who pride themselves on commitment to excellence and innovation in the financial sector is seeking an accredited professional to join their team as an Interim Management Accountant.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Financial Control

• Manage the updating and monitoring of adherence to financial policies and procedures in line with the PFMA other legislative prescripts and Board directives.
• Contribute to and implement the financial strategy.
• Monitor review and evaluate internal control systems.
• Prepare for and participate in the external audit by the Auditor General.
• Prepare for and participate in relevant internal audits conducted by entity's Internal Auditors.

2. Financial Reporting :

• Prepare monthly Management Accounts with variances explanation.
• Prepare all legislative reporting to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and National Treasury (NT) as per their reporting timelines i.e. prepare quarterly reports for submission to DHET and NT.
• Prepare annual budgets and monitor monthly the actual spend against budget.
• Review month-end financial closes reconciliations and related analysis of all accounts.
• Verify the submission and monthly reconciliation of any statutory returns.
• Prepare any other financial reports and statements for financial analysis forecasting, trending and results analysis including supporting schedules.
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities where possible.
• Analyse monthly and quarterly expenditure reports for all cost centres.
• Preparation of the annual financial statements including notes and supporting schedules.
• Prepare presentations as and when required.
• Support the CFO on all work-related requests.
• Support departmental requests.
• Support the Annual Report preparation process.

3. Expenditure Management

• Prepare review or approve supplier and creditor payments (including DG and MG payments) according to the Delegation of Authority (DoA).
• Manage the recovery of credit notes disallowances and subsistence and transport allowances.
• Manage the allocation reconciliation and banking of revenue.
• Manage all expenditure related queries, identify irregular expenditure, identify fruitless and wasteful expenditure and provide the information to the relevant managers.

4. Financial Accounting

• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
• Prepare review or approve all relevant journal entries when required according to the DoA.
• Analyse monthly financial reports, monitor trends and drive appropriate action.
• Manage creditors and oversee monthly reconciliations.
• Authorise adjustments and access to financial databases (e.g. for new clients and creditors).

5. Payroll

• Draft and implement payroll administration and control policies.
• Drive adherence to payroll procedures.
• Coordinate and manage the entire payroll function to ensure processing deadlines and control requirements are being met.
• Manage calculation of and authorise payment of termination payments (resignation / retirement / redundancy).
• Review the calculation payment and reconciliation of payroll tax.
• Manage and authorise the administration calculation payment and reconciliation of all Superannuation contributions and third-party payments.
• Liaise with management and staff regarding all escalated pay enquiries.
• Ensure submission of all statutory payments and returns by deadline dates.
• Manage the preparation and reconciliation of payment summaries.

Other Responsibilities :

• Assist with ad hoc requests and projects.
• Support the CFO and departmental requests.
• Ensure compliance with PEP's Standard Operating Procedures and Policies.

Requirements

• BCom Honours with completed articles or equivalent qualifications (NQF L8).
• Membership with a relevant professional body.
• 5 years of experience as a Management Accountant or in a similar role.
• Proficiency with Caseware and SAGE systems.

Key Skills

Accounting Software, Account Analysis, QuickBooks, Accounting, IFRS, Asset Management, Business Management, Cash Management, Sage, Microsoft Excel, E-Commerce, Systems Analysis

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : 5 years

Vacancy : 1