Statutory Compliance Specialist

Aggreko, LLC; Kempton Park; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Aggreko is seeking a Statutory Compliance Specialist to strengthen our statutory reporting, audit, and tax compliance. You will work with finance teams, external auditors, tax advisors, and key stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely financial reporting and reflect strong controls.

You'll prepare IFRS and local GAAP statements, coordinate year-end activities, review tax and transfer pricing docs, and support Company Secretarial tasks.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with IFRS and local GAAP reporting knowledge.
• Experience in statutory accounting, financial reporting, and external audit management.
• Knowledge of corporate tax, VAT, and wider tax compliance obligations.
• Strong stakeholder management and proactive approach.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual statutory financial statements in line with IFRS and local GAAP requirements.
• Ensure statutory accounts are fully reconciled to management accounts, accounting records, and ERP balances.
• Prepare financial statement disclosures, reconciliations, supporting schedules, and statutory reporting working papers.
• Coordinate year-end and periodic statutory reporting activities to meet local and Group reporting deadlines.
• Prepare and review statutory balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany, tax, provision, and equity accounts.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors throughout the audit process.
• Coordinate audit requests and facilitate timely resolution of queries with finance teams and stakeholders.
• Prepare audit schedules, reconciliations, and supporting analyses for statutory audits.
• Support Company Secretarial activities, including annual returns, statutory filings, and regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate direct and indirect tax compliance activities across assigned entities.
• Support the preparation and maintenance of transfer pricing documentation and related compliance requirements.
• Coordinate and facilitate tax audits, tax authority enquiries, and reviews, including gathering and validating supporting documentation.
• Maintain tax compliance calendars and monitor statutory filing and payment deadlines across assigned jurisdictions.
• Support automation initiatives and continuous improvement projects to enhance efficiency and strengthen compliance.

Skills

Qualified accountant

IFRS knowledge

Stakeholder management

Audit coordination

Attention to detail

Education

ACA/ACCA/CA/CPA or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Bring your energy to Aggreko as a Statutory Compliance Specialist. You'll play a key role in ensuring our statutory reporting, audit, and tax compliance obligations are delivered accurately and on time. Working closely with finance teams, external auditors, tax advisors, and key business stakeholders, you'll help maintain the integrity of our financial reporting while identifying opportunities to simplify and improve processes. Power without pause. Heating, cooling and oil-free air without end. We keep our customers’ worlds on. From world-class events that last a few weeks to mining operations and remote communities who rely on us for decades.

What you’ll do as a Statutory Compliance Specialist:

• Prepare annual statutory financial statements in line with IFRS and local GAAP requirements.
• Ensure statutory accounts are fully reconciled to management accounts, accounting records, and ERP balances.
• Prepare financial statement disclosures, reconciliations, supporting schedules, and statutory reporting working papers.
• Coordinate year-end and periodic statutory reporting activities to meet local and Group reporting deadlines.
• Prepare and review statutory balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany, tax, provision, and equity accounts.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors throughout the audit process.
• Coordinate audit requests and facilitate timely resolution of queries with finance teams and stakeholders.
• Prepare audit schedules, reconciliations, and supporting analyses for statutory audits.
• Support Company Secretarial activities, including annual returns, statutory filings, and regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate direct and indirect tax compliance activities across assigned entities.
• Support the preparation and maintenance of transfer pricing documentation and related compliance requirements.
• Coordinate and facilitate tax audits, tax authority enquiries, and reviews, including gathering and validating supporting documentation.
• Maintain tax compliance calendars and monitor statutory filing and payment deadlines across assigned jurisdictions.
• Support automation initiatives and continuous improvement projects to enhance efficiency and strengthen compliance.

You are:

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA, CPA or equivalent).
• Knowledgeable in IFRS and local GAAP reporting requirements.
• Experienced in statutory accounting, financial reporting, and external audit management.
• Familiar with corporate tax, VAT, and wider tax compliance obligations.
• An excellent stakeholder manager, capable of building strong relationships both internally and externally.
• Proactive in your approach, taking ownership of issues and driving activities through to completion.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Solutions-focused, with the ability to identify risks, resolve challenges, and continually improve processes.

Here’s what you’ll get?

• An opportunity to support diverse and fast-paced regions.
• Exposure to senior regional and global stakeholders.
• Work within a global market leader with strong career development opportunities.
• A focus on continued personal development.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps promote and support a healthy lifestyle.
• Our people are can-do, positive, resilient and persistent.

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Equal employment opportunity

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences.

We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

At Aggreko, we provide energy solutions so communities can thrive and businesses can grow.

We bring power, heat and cooling to customers and communities wherever they need it.

No two days are the same.

We work in dynamic environments and offer a wide range of opportunities for motivated people to enrich their lives and communities.

If you are prepared to give us your best, you can learn and grow quickly.

We are building a culture and an environment where everyone can be at their best.

We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we achieve our potential.

Join us, bring your energy, and grow your career.