Senior Management Accountant

SUMMARY:
A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Management Accountant - 3-months temporary position with a manufacturing client in Port Elizabeth.

POSITION INFO:

Duties:

- Perform daily, weekly and monthly processes in the financial system to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of financial information. 

- Actively participate in project cost reviews, working closely with the project managers, the management accountant will analyse and report any cost change to budget and the impact on profitability.

- Develop actions from project cost reviews to mitigate issues from reoccurring.

- Perform month end close.

- Ensure manual and system transaction accounts reconcile to applicable reports. Reports and reconciliation of accounts are to be reviewed with the financial manager.

- Close all open accounting issues prior to or on the last day of the month. 

- Explain any variances to forecast and budget. Issue reports as required.

- Prepare routine journal entries.

- Participate in the preparation of the monthly forecast, strategic plan and annual budget.

- Coordinate / address any issues in processes and systems with fellow management accountants and financial managers.

- Develop, maintain and distribute management reports as necessary to support the ongoing business and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Perform capital expenditure / ROIC reviews (as necessary) for proposed capital projects and track ROIC performance of implemented capital projects.

- Track and control overhead spending.

- Other duties as directed by the financial manager.

- Partners with all central functions such as shared finance, IT and HR to ensure that enabling strategies and tactics are in place and are consistent with broader business strategies and tactics.

- Engage in continuous improvement for processes included in and adjacent to job role. Recognise and resolve customer satisfaction issues (both internal and external).

Requirements:

- Qualified accountant (CA or CIMA) with a minimum of 3-5 years PQE.

- IFRS, GAAP and US GAAP up to date knowledge.

- Sarbanes Oxley compliance experience and application of key controls.

- Experience of system implementations and support within a full lifecycle ERP solution.

- Experience of working in a project costing environment. Percentage of Completion calculations, WIP reporting.

- Technically and commercially strong.

- Ability to make quick and clear decisions.

- Confident and able communicator who can influence and persuade others.

- Professional approach to reporting.

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