Volvo Trucks Senior Accountant

Overview

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What You Will Do Financial Control and Accounting (FCA) is the accounting department within the Volvo Group, responsible for financial compliance in terms of IFRS as well as compliance to local legislation.

Purpose of the Job As a Senior Financial Accountant , you will be part of the FCA South EMEA team. You will be responsible for supporting the Chief Accountant with the preparation and reporting of month-end results in the group reporting system in accordance with local and IFRS reporting standards to ensure compliance with local financial and tax legislation. You will also take an active part in the development of all relevant reporting and accounting processes within FCA. Within FCA South EMEA you will be part of a global and diverse team of skilled and high-performance professionals who work with energy, passion and respect towards each other to become the world leader in sustainable transport solutions. You will report directly to the Director FCA South Africa with a functional reporting line to the Chief Accountant.

Job Objectives

• Relationship manager for the Volvo Trucks division consisting of New Trucks, Used Trucks and Market Africa.
• Timely and accurate accounting for the assigned financial line items.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and internal Volvo Financial Policies and Procedures (FPP).
• Adherence to Financial, Company and Group Internal Controls and associated frameworks.
• Support the business through the monthly closing process and accounting inquiries.
• Manage and train offshore Accounting Services teams.
• Responsibility for preparing reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and key income statement accounts to ensure accuracy and validity of general ledger balances.
• Responsibility for the preparation and reporting of month-end results in the group reporting system. Providing timely, accurate, complete and compliant financial, commercial and statistical data.
• Analyse and provide financial reports as required to support Financial Planning, Forecasts and associated processes.
• Approve and ensure accuracy of journals processed by the business.
• Liaise with the business to stay abreast of business developments and resolve concerns.
• Understand business operations and systems and proactively identify areas of efficiency and effectiveness improvement within FCA.
• Any other duties that may be reasonably requested by your manager.

Who are you?

Do you dream big? We do too, and we are excited to grow together. In this role, you will bring :

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Volvo Group Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from people with disabilities.

Application Closing Date : 29 September 2025.

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Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities. Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group . Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment. At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.

Senior Financial Accountant

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area | Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa

Employment type : Full-time | Job function : Finance and Accounting / Auditing | Industries : Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

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