Our client is seeking a Finance Audit and Compliance Accountant to join their team.
Responsibilities:
- Review VAT reconciliation and follow up on issues identified.
- Prepare income tax and deferred calculation for review by management.
- Manage e-filing access and ensure timeous submissions.
- Submit all income tax related returns and payments as per deadlines.
- For any tax audit or queries - collect and coordinate all submissions of all information requested.
- Coordinate action to ensure tax compliance. Training delivery.
- Maintain P2P and R2R risk & opportunity register and ensure actions are taken to address the risks.
- Update local R2R/P2P policies and procedures and DOAG.
- Coordinate submissions to ensure timeous submission.
- Support/train/guide control owners where needed.
- Gather evidence for submission where process owner.
- Address deficient controls with relevant control owners.
- Update controls including LCD, applicability, control owners, remediation plan.
- Follow up and close open items timeously.
- Understand and plan for internal audits with relevant stakeholders and ensure alignment with Regional.
- Track, coordinate and monitor closure of all internal audit findings.
- Manage contractual aspects.
- Collect and coordinate submissions of all external audit information requests during interim and final audit.
- Ensure previous year audit findings are addressed (implemented corrective action).
- Provide support during the audit process in the most efficient way.
- Ensure accurate and timely submission of the AFS.
- Prepare/update documentation for respective area: SOP's, job aids, process flows. Include all documentation in orderly manner on the appropriate location.
- Perform activities in line with country good governance, compliance.
- Ensure all approvals are obtained as per DOA and stored in the shared drive.
- Keep manager up to date on progress and issues. Identify areas of risk and issues. Escalate to appropriate channel when necessary to avoid delays and ensure issues are resolved.
- Ensure timely responses to internal and external customers.
- Analyse process delays / performance failures, identify root causes and define & monitor corrective actions.
- Drive implementation of systems/tools to automate and improve resource utilization, efficiency, controls and compliance.
- Continuously improve financial processes while reducing risk to the business - driving continuous improvement.
- Perform simulations to support decision making.
- Evaluation and submission of dividend proposals.
- Payroll Accounting.
- Perform month end activities in line with reporting period.
- Prepare reconciliations for specific accounting areas allocated and clear all aged items.
- Maintain vacancy report.
- Ensure correct allocations for all entries made and ensure timeous submission of all reports.
Skills: - Must be flexible and adapt quickly to changing environments.
- Must be detailed-oriented, analytical and accurate.
Qualifications: - Chartered Accountant or SAIPA trained accountant.
- Completed audit articles with 5+ years of working experience.
- In-depth understanding of IFRS and Tax laws.
- Past first-time on-board exams (if CA).
- Logistics experience will be beneficial but is not a must.
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