Senior Accountant

Job Description

Reporting to the Administration Responsible, the successful applicant will be joining the EGP South Africa Administration department, currently serving more than 20 Companies (2 Holding co's, at least 22 Project Companies and other Companies outside of South Africa), having an overview of all the activities of the external bookkeepers and ensuring full compliance with IFRS principles both for Group and Statutory purposes, Group procedures and best practices. The workload is expected to remain heavy and intense, with many activities running in parallel, both at internal as well as external.

As the parent company is a multinational listed on the stock exchange there is a specific and onerous burden of regular and extraordinary requirements, as well as many constant deadlines, including the year-end closing at 31st of December each year.

What you will do

• Prepare financial statements, business activity reports
• Ensures timely and accurate monthly and annual financial reporting in line with group reporting standards and deadlines
• Reviews monthly ledger account reconciliations
• Oversee operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, and design a framework for these to be met
• Overview of the activities performed by external accountants
• Reviews and submits statutory returns (VAT, PAYE, Payroll)
• Overview of SAP modules (Vendors / Sales / FI / Assets)
• Reconciliation of accounts & preparation/verification of ledger entries, including consolidation ones
• Assistance in the preparation of the monthly reporting packages & other reports/inquiries from Headquarters
• Interaction with other departments in order to resolve issues arising from postings
• Active participation in the uploading of legal entities in SAP & overall supervision of the relevant SAP modules
• Monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the company
• Experienced in financial reporting
• Active participation in the uploading of legal entities from SAP to Hyperion group reporting system
• Management and reconciliations of group accounts and follow up on the intercompany mismatches
• Custodian of IFRS reporting with all local entities
• Preparation of Statutory Financial Statement in term of IFRS and local GAAP
• Review of work performed by accountants
• Liaise with auditors to ensure appropriate monitoring of company finances is maintained

Who you are

• Ability to respect deadlines and work for additional hours during the monthly/year end closing
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Organized, pro-active and self directed
• Strong troubleshooting skills, must be able to use independent judgment to solve technical problems.
• Team player

What we search for in you

• BCom Hons Accounting - essential
• Qualified CA (SA) preferred
• Sage Evolution / Sage 200
• Articles from big 4 would be advantageous
• Managerial experience - people management
• Very good working knowledge of IFRS
• Very good working knowledge of SAP.
• Very good working with Hyperion
• Strong Information Technology systems experience
• 6-8 years of relevant work experience, part of which gained in a multinational company environment.

What we offer

Permanent Employment