Accountant (18 month Contract)

SUMMARY:
An established international manufacturer of specialised agrochemicals is seeking an Operational Accountant to secure a solid bedrock and support the integration for finance activities in the country for a period of 18 months.

POSITION INFO:

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Must have a minimum of a BCom Accounting degree
• 4 years working experience in Finance, Tax, Audit or Compliance is essential
• Good working knowledge of IFRS and local Generally Accepted Accounting Policies will be required
• Must have a good understanding of internal control framework & SOX 404
• Experience with ERP/SAP in decentralised environment will be an added advantage

 
The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Delivering quality result in a fast changing business environment.
• Delivering a high quality set of accounting data to facilitate group, statutory and tax reporting.
• Managing local Finance activities and coordinating Finance services with European Finance Operation Centre (EFO) and outside service providers.
• Coordinating compliance processes and protecting assets in the country.
• Representing the company towards external auditors, together with CFL.
• Supporting the finance integration activities.
• Ensuring compliance with Companies Act and other laws relating to legal entity mergers.
• Ensuring integrity of the countries compliance program with corporate and local policies and procedures.
• Continuously monitoring emerging internal control risks and updating existing controls and processes to respond to these risks.
• Detecting and reporting to management any violation or deviation from standards and practices, including the code of conduct, laws and other misconduct
• Leading the accounting operations process, which include Fixed assets, Payables, Accounts receivables and Transactions processing on the ERP system.
• Preparing and analysing Ledger Accounting, Statutory Accounting and Reporting, and Tax Reporting and collaborating effectively with both Business Facing Finance and outsourced companies.
• Preparing and recording relevant journal entries in local entity books.
• Using best practices and knowledge to improve processes/services.
• Delivering relevant management reports and /or services to ensure accurate recording of all business transactions in ERP system according to the IFRS rules for group reporting and local GAAP rules for statutory reporting.
• Being involved in month end closing and year end processes and liaising with auditors.
• Building and maintaining strong relationship with stakeholders.
• Reconciling balance sheet ledgers to sub-ledgers on AP/AR/GL and clearing accounts.
• Ensuring the basic controls are performed on a timely manner.
• Supporting the finance integration activation and ensuring activities are completed in a timely manner.
• Preparing necessary calculations required for legal entity integration and ensuring transaction are appropriately recorded.
• Supporting the preparation of statutory, tax reports and returns in accordance with local GAAP, Tax regulations and Group standards.
• Ensuring all company records are up to date in accordance with Companies Act.
• Managing timely feedback according to the standard on finance personnel, 3rd party providers and the European Finance Operation Team.
• Meeting all group reporting requirements and delivering data on time and in full to meet tax and statutory reporting and integration time tables.
• Ensuring no significant SOX or internal/external/tax audit issues.
• Strong communication and relation with local management and other stakeholders
• Delivering reliable local compliance services.
• Meeting all compliance requirements & deliver data on time and in full to meet group SOX reporting processes & also integration activities.
• Ensuring timely payments and no overdue debtors.

Salary package, including benefits, are highly negotiable depending on experience 

 

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