Senior Financial Accountant

Xina Solar One; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A renewable energy company in Gauteng is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to maintain financial records and ensure compliance with regulations. Responsibilities include preparing financial reports, ensuring IFRS compliance, and liaising with auditors. Candidates should have strong financial analysis skills and experience in a similar role.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial reporting and compliance.
• Ability to analyze financial data effectively.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and tax regulations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare reports for Board, Shareholders, and Eskom.
• Ensure accurate statutory and internal reporting.
• Maintain project accounting records and ensure compliance.

Skills

Financial reporting

IFRS compliance

Tax compliance

Data analysis

Job description

Overview

Reports to : Chief Financial Officer Business Unit : Xina Solar One (Pty) Ltd - ENGIE subsidiary (40%) Period : Full-Time Local Employment Agreement Location : Bryanston, Johannesburg South Africa Xina Solar One is a MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant using parabolic trough technology with approximately 5-hours of molten salt storage, located in the Northern Cape.

It operates under a 20-year Build, Own and Operate (BOO) Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Eskom.

Shareholders include IDC, GEPF, Xina Community Trust, and ENGIE.

Job purpose The Senior Financial Accountant is responsible for maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring compliance with tax, regulatory, and reporting requirements.

This includes analyzing financial data and preparing key reports and insights to internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Reporting: Prepare reports for Board, Lenders, Shareholders, and Eskom / DoE.
• Track covenants, debt service, and distributions.
• Ensure timely and accurate statutory and internal reporting.
• Tax and Accounting: Maintain accurate project accounting records and ensure IFRS compliance.
• Prepare monthly management accounts (incl. quarterly forecasts / financial statements).
• Liaise with auditors and prepare / review annual financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with tax, legislative and statutory requirements.
• Lead automation and reporting improvements Treasury.
• Review and process local and international payments.
• Monitoring of