Durban: Accountant

About the Role

The Accountant role is a critical position in our Finance department, requiring a highly skilled and experienced professional to develop and manage financial systems/models, provide financial analysis and support to management, and ensure accurate financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage financial systems/models
• Provide Financial analysis and support to management and all operational areas of the business
• Conduct year-on-year review of revenue and expenses to identify gaps
• Perform month-end processing, consolidation and producing of accurate financial reports to specific deadlines to Regions, Group and Board
• Handle the approval of journal entries, general ledger reconciliations, collate, prepare, and interpret reports, budgets, accounts, financial statements and provide and interpret financial information
• Participate and contribute in the review of Regional quarterly year-end schedules and prepare year-end accounting pack
• Prepare Financial and Regulatory reports
• Prepare quarterly reporting including Audit committee, BBBEE, Risk and Sustainability
• Review Board pack
• Review payroll data and records monthly, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance
• Submit Workmens’ Compensation return of earnings online
• Prepare, reconcile, review and submit monthly tax and statutory returns
• Prepare Consolidated, Regional and Head Office budget templates
• Assist the Regions to prepare and present their annual budgets to management
• Prepare the budget upload files for submission on company financial system (Oracle)
• Detailed first level review of National budgets
• Assist Regional Finance teams with queries
• Facilitate and manage external and internal financial audits, including queries
• Manage creditors, debtors and cash flow processing
• Review customer margins nationally
• Manage forex banking portfolio, review of related revenue and margins nationally
• Stock control, review of WIP, ensure stock takes are properly undertaken and the results reviewed and reported
• Oversee claims and incidents nationally, manage process with insurance
• Protect company assets (working capital & fixed assets)
• Review all acquisitions and disposals into asset management system as well as related tax and accounting rates/information
• Prepare FAR and reconciliation of assets
• Monitor Customs and bond store compliance nationally
• Apply close monitoring practices to detect and prevent fraud
• Promote good Corporate Governance
• Facilitate BEE audit and improve BBBEE status by facilitating enterprise development and improving non-compliant spend
• Prepare finance risk profile and develop plans to reduce and minimise
• Ensure that all purchasing procedures and authority limits are within approved limits
• Keep abreast and report changes in financial regulations and legislation
• Consolidate and submit insurance declarations to Group quarterly and annually
• Oversee national projects to improve processes in Finance, Operations, Payroll and other areas of the business that link into Finance
• Prepare and review details product costing analysis for all new products
• Analyse all current products and make recommendations for the financial recovery on distressed products
• Calculate and propose potential price increases
• Identify improvement opportunity and make recommendation for improvement
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements

• CA (SA) qualification
• Minimum 2 years post articles commercial experience
• Experience in a fast-paced environment, preferred
• Excel whizz skills required

Qualifications

• None specified

Salary & Benefits

• Salary details not provided