Our client in the Petrochemical industry is seeking a seasoned Senior Financial Accountant to join them on a 5-month project.
Job purpose:
Provide a continuous input into financial and business decision-making at tactical/operational level, completion of financial accounting reports including the day-to-day execution of financial related activities, as well as ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting on a monthly basis.
Job description:
Business Processes/Financial System processes
- Responsible for all the SAP and OneStream reporting.
- Participate in process and system enhancements (including PowerBI and OneStream) and assist in the creation of new financial policies and procedures.
- Ensure accuracy of GL account mapping used in the various financial reporting systems.
Statutory Reporting
- Plan, monitor and coordinate the Business Unit Statutory Reporting process for year end and half year end.
- Compilation and preparation of the stand-alone Business Unit Annual Financial statements.
- Conducts research and assist with accounting and disclosure issues.
- Support or prepare, where required, statutory returns to appropriate authorities.
- Assist with position papers on accounting treatments to Reporting Practices Committee.
- Provide financial information to External and Internal auditors.
- Serve as the interface between the Energy financial reporting and management accounting teams.
- Detailed understanding of the applicable financial reporting tool (OneStream), Power BI Intercompany tool, reporting packs and the accounting manual.
- Prepare the Business unit reporting pack.
- For half year and year end, assist with all statutory reporting deliverables, ie. responding to queries, managing of overs and unders, annexures sign-offs & analytical reviews.
Month end and Budgets
- Responsible for month end reporting into OneStream.
- Assist with compilation of the budget and Forecast balance sheet and cash flow requirements and capture financial information for reporting to the Board and for Business Unit reporting.
- Assist with the deregistration and liquidation of dormant entities.
- Assist with adhoc requests during month end, forecast and budget periods.
Compliance
- Comply with requirements in terms of controls over financial reporting, performing monthly SOX controls and perform SOX testing during cycles for GL.
Tax Support
- Preparation of tax returns in conjunction with Group Tax Services.
- Assist Tax with information to support accurate income and deferred tax calculations.
- Assist with tax and deferrred tax accounting/disclosure in BU with support from BU Tax advisor.
Managing team members
- Manage and develop direct reports. Ensure accurate and timely results are delivered through directs reports.
- Identify, contribute and support succession planning and career growth.
Job Requirements:
- 3-4 year relevant degree
- Completed articles
- CA (SA)
- 6 years' experience (2 years post articles)
- Proven technical financial reporting skills
- Working knowledge of SAP
- Onestream skills
- Current knowledge of IFRS, Companies Act and Tax knowledge
