Head Office Accountant



Duties and responsibilities:

• Consolidations, reviews and reporting financial information of all Company entities into one reporting format (for users of the information to make accurate financial business decisions at any given time).
• Attending to any ad-hoc projects and tasks as required by the CFO 
• Attending to any ad-hoc request from Head Office.
• Ensuring timelines and quality of reporting.
• Ensuring the compliance and ad-hoc matters/projects across Company entities are attended to.
• Facilitate and oversee allocated processes within the business (i.e. Health, Risk and Safety, Procure to pay, Order to Cash, Distribution & Logistics, Hire to Retire, Warehousing & Manufacturing, Asset Management, Record to Report, Treasury, Taxation(direct & indirect).
• Prepare, collate and present the monthly numbers to the CFO.
• Capture, prepare and collate budget/forecast annually for review by CFO.
• Complete and review bi-annual statutory audit packs.
• Complete and review bi-annual tax packs.
• Complete all annual financial statements and related supporting documentation.
• Liaise with the divisional Financial Managers and CFO in relation to reporting requirements
• Liaise with and attend to Head Office reporting requirements.
• Quarterly Board & ARC pack information including standardization of report formatting (Oversee submissions of info pieces in the pack).
• Liaise with and assist external auditors.
• Coordination and running of year-end audit.
• Liaise with and assist external auditors.
• Coordination the internal audit process.
• Follow up on internal audit findings.
• Ensure effective internal control environment.
• Payment releases (as and when required).
• Processing and assisting with various requests from the CFO and / or COMPANY Head Office.
• Processing and assisting with various property transactions (e.g. rentals, general accounting and property management).
• Attend to and assist with Legal matters and Legal reporting.
• General SARS and customs matters.
• Ensure necessary meetings and training are held.
• Coordination of the deregistration process of dormant entities in the Company

Qualifications and experience:

• Tertiary Qualification: BCom / Diploma (Finance)
• Minimum 5-10 years working experience in the accounting / finance field
• 2-5 years experience in a middle management role Experienced with several systems (Syspro, etc.)

Required skills:

• Excellent reporting skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Great attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent numeric, oral, and written language applications
• Excellent interpersonal skills (with internal as well as external stakeholders)
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills
• Ability to build effective relationships