Financial Accountant (Temp)

Purpose of the role:

The incumbent will be responsible for running the accounting and financial activities with the framework of the ASSA ABLOY accounting manual and IFRS. This includes analysis and support, through the provision of financial information (costs, productivity, margins, and company expenditures) to department heads, enabling these departments to make budgeting and investment decisions.

Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting and Accounting:

• Accounting, Tax & regulatory and financial reporting.
• Month-end closure activities including journal processing and closure of subledgers
• Bank reconciliations
• Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts per group guidelines.
• Monthly group and divisional ad-hoc and standard reporting
• Management of Fixed Assets, depreciation, wear & tear, additions, disposals and capital gains or losses.
• Participate in the annual external audit.
• Ensure statutory compliance for local SA legal entities.
• Ensure compliance to Group standards and requirements (Internal Control Framework, External Business Representatives, Export Control, Transfer Pricing etc)
• Creditor payments, recons and uploading of payments
• Adhoc payments

Other:

• Transactional bank signatory, including the review and release of local and foreign payments
• Participating in forecasting and budgeting processes
• Manage and comply with local, state and government reporting requirements and tax filings (Statistics SA and SARS Vat)
• Develop and documents business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.

Key Attributes:

• Communication and presentation skills
• Ability to understand broader business issues.
• Commercial awareness.
• Highly organized
• Deadline driven
• Problem –solving skills
• Numerical proficiency.

Professional Qualifications:

      Essential Qualification

• Suitable BCom Qualification (Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, economics, finance, or a related field)
• Minimum 3 -year commercial experience, preferably in Manufacturing or FMCG.

         Experience and Competencies

• Corporate experience, and adherence to strict deadlines, formal reporting structures
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
• Costing methodologies.
• HFM or Hyperion experience very advantageous
• Microsoft Office suite with proficient Excel skill set is essential.

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