Midrand: Financial Accountant – 12 Month Contract

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Financial Accountant to join our team on a 12-month contract basis in Midrand. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing financial accounting expertise and supporting business growth, while working closely with various functions and countries.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiating requests for new or changes of GL accounts, cost centers, or other GL master data according to defined work procedures.
• Performing and preparing manual General Ledger postings where necessary.
• Reviewing prepayment, deposit, lease, and general ledger accounts for accuracy.
• Monitoring and clearing Accounts in conjunction with GBS that are the responsibility of the country.
• Providing cost center support, reviewing and resolving queries with cost center managers.
• Coordinating activities with GBS and CoEs to resolve entity queries.
• Reviewing and reperforming Royalties accruals/journals.
• Performing HB1-related evaluations (plausibility checks) and postings.
• Monitoring data quality, identifying required corrections, and performing adjustments for Royalties.
• Managing and reconciling the intramovement account.
• Preparing the sales reconciliation between the sales invoice listing and the general ledger for audit purposes.
• Supporting allocated closing activities together with GBS organizations.
• Reviewing closing results, following up with the business, and performing manual postings where applicable.
• Performing monthly income statement and balance sheet checks.
• Managing month-end closing activities and Trial Balance reviews with the Head of Accounting and Senior General Accountant.
• Assisting with actual reporting in BayRep (HB2) according to defined activity splits (ATNs).
• Performing actual reporting HB1, including implementation of new regulations/laws, and providing outputs to Senior General Accountant for joint legal entity reporting.
• Performing monthly actual reporting as per group reporting guidance.
• Implementing group reporting guidance, e.g., BKA.
• Preparing closing-relevant documentation required to align with the company implementation of new regulations/laws.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Supporting external and internal audits, performing ICS controls within own area of expertise and responsibility.
• Providing specialized ad hoc support and project assistance specific to own area of expertise.
• Providing support with SARS and customs audits and requests for information.
• Issuing manual ad hoc invoices for sale of assets and miscellaneous invoices.
• Initiating and creating accounting posting requests (WPA) for postings.
• Assisting with mandatory VAT and Customs audits for all refunds assessed and any SARS indirect tax-related queries.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Minimum 5 years experience in a financial accounting role, preferably with articles experience
• Strong proficiency in Excel, including advanced formula-driven use, data manipulation, and reporting
• Experience using SAP for transactional and reporting purposes

Qualifications

• (No qualifications mentioned in the original job description)

Salary & Benefits

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