Our client is looking for an Accountant. The purpose of the role will be to manage a part of the finance function from source entries to Trial Balance for various African entities, focusing on supplier reconciliations between financial, operational, and external financial information. The role will oversee the financial control, ensuring all accounting entries are booked correctly in the General Ledger, as well as all reconciliations between financial, operational, and external financial information are performed.Responsibilities:Ensure the finance team is a strategic partner to the business.Fully responsible for ensuring accurate financial record keeping.Responsible for ensuring accurate reconciliations between operational and accounting systems and balance sheet reconciliations for all suppliers.Support the year-end, interim, and all month-end processes and reporting.Support FA during the external audit process.Provide feedback and address audit points.Ensure applicable policies and processes are created, documented, reviewed, signed off, and adhered to.Develop strategies to minimize financial risk.Support Financial Accountant in monitoring daily cash balances and determining cash requirements needed.Provide direction and support on the organisational budgeting process applicable to all the entities of the company.Regularly review the overall organisational expenditure to ensure the expenditure of all entities remains within budget.Continued analysis and review of current and new systems.Report on and resolve exceptions caused by system errors.Action requests from the FA as requested.Key Skills:Advanced MS Excel skills.Numerical skills.High attention to detail (accuracy).Ability to deal with complex information and requests.Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team.Balances team and individual responsibility.Provides and accepts feedback.Contributes to building a positive team.Places success of the team above own interests.Confident and enthusiastic self-starter who can take initiative.Mature decision making.Action orientation and project management.Ability to work under own initiative without guidance.Copes well under sustained pressure.Delivers to deadlines.Ability to motivate self.Sets and achieves challenging goals.Demonstrates persistence.Overcomes obstacles.Interpersonal and relationship management skills.Ability to maintain confidentiality.Good listening skills.Good time management.Organisation and administration skills.Planning and organising skills.Prioritises and plans work activities.Sets goals and objectives.Diagnostic, analytical & problem-solving skills.Information integration & report writing skills - responsible for collating information for reporting purposes.Good communication skills in English (written & verbal).Resilience: Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment.Flexibility and adaptability.Qualifications:BCom Accounting Degree or equivalent.Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position if qualified or 8-10 years if not qualified.Previous experience in a multinational company will be advantageous.Good understanding of financial, tax, and commercial legislation across multiple African territories.Experience in Accounting Software and Payroll Software.
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