Midrand: Specialist: Forex and Hedge Accounting

Role Purpose/Business Unit: The Specialist: Forex and Hedge Accounting will be a member of the team managing the foreign transactions and accounting processes in a timely and accurate manner, in accordance with defined operating procedures, policies, SOX, compliance, IFRS 9 and business partnering. The Specialist: Forex and Hedge Accounting is responsible for the accounting treatment of hedge accounting, ensuring timeous forex payments and dealing of forex receipts. Theindividual will enjoy problem solving and striving to improve the metric of the operational process. The incumbent will be a member of the wider FinOps teams. They will be required to have excellent communication skills and to be able to interact with people from different environments, internal as well as external stakeholders, e.g. Business units, Vendors, Subsidiaries and other Markets. Requirements: BCom: Accounting essential Minimum of 5 years relevant experience with a strong background in financial reporting IFRS 9 knowledge Knowledge: Working knowledge of Accounting principles especially IFRS 9 Experience in financial reporting and statutory reporting requirements Excellent working knowledge of MS Office, especially Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint SAP ERP and HFM SOX