Financial Accountant, Cape Town

Contract type Full-time, On-site, Permanent.

Locations Cape Town

Client industry investment, savings, insurance, and banking group

Applications Closing date 29th June 2023

Job Description This role is accountable for execution, governance and compliance at an operational level. In this role you will be accountable for achieving results through the efforts of others.

Accounting Records

Ensures that the financial accounting transactions are accurately reflected in the business unit ledgers.

Creates a healthy internal control environment to ensure integrity of financial information.

Effects ongoing changes to internal controls as necessitated by changes in business and corporate governance.

Monitors and reports on status of all control accounts in the business unit.

Prepares monthly financial reports for management, including a high-level variance report by agreed deadline.

Produces ongoing and ad-hoc reporting based on requirements from business units, central finance and other mutual stakeholders.

Drives and collates monthly submission consisting of report and commentary by agreed deadline.

Manages reporting requirements for the business unit.

Governance&Compliance

Accountable for governance and compliance at an operational level.

Ensures the effectiveness and appropriateness of the accounting processes utilised to fulfil the needs of the business.

Provides advice on accounting policy and practice to senior and middle management.

Balances own priorities with directing and motivating others.

Creates a climate for optimal performance.

Manages performance, plans and assigns work.

Technical requirements

Able to work with large data (Microsoft Access and Excel)

Project management for internal BAU initiatives

Manager of others

Ability to work across multiple functions to ensure deliverables are met

Strong Analytical skills

Statutory reporting

Responsible for the preparation of the annual financial statements.

Manage the external audit process and ensure sign-off of the annual financial statements within agreed.

Prepare reporting submissions (HFM and offline) on a monthly basis.

Liaise with stakeholders, including accountants of other divisions within the cluster.

Regulatory reporting

Assist Compliance with any ad-hoc reports required for regulatory visits.

Ensure all taxes are filed according to tax standards.

Other

Various tax preparations and submissions.

Review and approval of monthly payments.

Review and approval of journal entries where necessary.

Review and approval of month-end reconciliations.

Requirements

CA(SA) with 2+ years finance/post articles experience

Skills

Accounting Processes, Analytical Thinking, Financial Analysis and Reporting, Financial Controlling

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