Roodepoort: Group Financial Accountant posted by Chainlink Recruitment Ltd

About the Role

Chainlink Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Group Financial Accountant to join our team in Roodepoort. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing financial leadership and expertise across the group, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and delivering high-quality financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply principles of accounting to analyse financial information and prepare financial reports for group and all statutory entities.
• Prepare Financials for Group and all statutory entities.
• Compile and analyse financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions.
• Install, modify, document and coordinate implementation of accounting systems and control procedures.
• Taxation compliance across the group.
• Work with Consultants and various departments, driving the timeline.
• Review and release of all company payments FNB/Standard Bank.
• Manage external audits.
• Review of VAT calculation and submission.
• Reviewing and completion of Monthly Board packs.
• Assist sites and sales staff with financial queries.
• Maintain company documentation relating to WCA, Tax and Banking.
• Supervise the Financial department (Creditors, Cashbook and Fixed Assets) and ensure functional performance.

Requirements

• BCom in Finance and Accounting (minimum requirement).
• 5-10 years relevant experience.
• Completed articles with a prior audit firm would be an advantage.

Qualifications

None mentioned.

Salary & Benefits

Not specified.

Personal Characteristics

• Emotional Self Control: ability to keep ones needs and emotions under control.
• Trustworthiness: ability to take action that is consistent with what one says and values that are displayed.
• Adaptability/ Flexibility: ability and willingness to be flexible, to adapt to and work effectively within a variety of changing situations and with various individuals and groups.
• Initiative: ability to identify a problem, obstacle or opportunity and take action on it; and be willing to be held accountable for own actions and ideas.
• Service Orientation: ability of an individual to be driven by the desire to help or serve others (within the department or the public) in order to meet their needs.
• Conflict Management: ability to handle difficult individuals, groups of people, or tense situations with diplomacy and tact.
• Punctuality: ability to complete a required task or fulfil an obligation before or at a previously designated time.

Additional Competencies

High performance, action orientated individual with strong interpersonal and communications skills, both written and verbal, when dealing with internal and external parties. Ability to interact with others in a diplomatic and effective way. Attention to detail with accuracy and precision with exceptional organisational skills and is able to motivate personnel within cross functional teams. Conscientious and able to complete deliverables within the time allowed. Honesty, reliability and a high level of integrity. Able to make good judgments, work well under pressure and demonstrate a readiness to take decisions and originate action.