Temp: Group Assistant Accountant

TotalEnergies; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in South Africa is seeking an experienced Accountant to ensure compliance with IFRS and manage external audit requests. This role involves coordinating financial reporting processes and optimizing financial systems using available technology. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Accounting or Business and experience in commercial settings, emphasizing critical thinking and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years commercial experience.
• Excellent knowledge of IFRS.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate external audit requests and liaise with auditors.
• Compile, analyze, and capture journal entries.
• Ensure compliance with company HSEQ standards.

Skills

Critical thinking

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Good interpersonal skills

Conflict resolution skills

Education

Accounting or business degree

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Caseware software

Job description

Context & Environment

Internal Contacts: Operations, finance, Paris group consolidation department and internal audit.
• Cross functionality required through interaction with other divisions
• Ensuring that financial information is valid, useful, accurate, complete, and timeous
• Recommendations to management about internal controls and operational issues.
• Problem solving.
• Evaluation of information from other departments
• Ensure IFRS compliance during month end, quarter end and year end.

External Contacts: External auditors and stakeholders.

Activities

Accounting and Reporting
• Act as a point of contact for the external Annual financial statements (AFS) preparers for TMSA and all subsidiaries.
• Coordinate the status update meetings with the AFS preparers, external auditors and internal stakeholders
• Assist to manage and track the information request system and track submissions
• Manage submission of all Produced by Client requests from the AFS preparers
• Assist with rebilling invoices
• To compile, analyse and capture journal entries on Docuware.
• Assist timeous re-invoicing of HR costs.
• To prepare and provide information for audit (internal and external) requests and liaise with auditors on queries.
• Attending to adhoc requests from management.

Business Development
• P articipate in current and future information technology projects that have impact on the financial statements of the group plus business projects.
• Help optimize the use of available technology improve the flow of available information internal and external stakeholders.
• Help identify non-value adding processes and drive the implementation of more improved accounting processes

HSEQ
• To ensure constant adherence and compliance to company HSEQ and security standards, local by-laws, standards and legislation so as to minimize all risk pertaining to company assets and protection of life.

Candidate Profile

Qualifications:
• Accounting or business degree.
• At least 3 years commercial experience

Key competencies required:
• Critical thinking.
• Attention to detail
• Adhering to TMSA's code of conduct
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good conflict resolution and people skills
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• Analytical skills
• High level of integrity and commitment.
• Good project management

Technical knowledge or skills required:
• Good knowledge of International Financial reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Excellent Computer Literacy and experience of MS Office applications
• Advanced Microsoft excel skills
• Good experience and knowledge of SAP and MSOffice
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Experience on Caseware software

Additional Information

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

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TotalEnergies is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants that meet the specified criteria will receive consideration for employment without discriminating unfairly on any arbitrary ground, including but not limited to race, gender, sex, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious conscience belief, political opinion, culture, language, marital status, or family responsibility.