Festive - Management Accountant

Role Summary

Applying the correct accounting principles and ensuring that all procedures are in compliance with IFRS.

Job Description

The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• Applying the correct accounting principles and ensuring that all procedures are in compliance with IFRS.
• Responsible for financial reporting, including budgets, forecasting, Statutory and Tax year-end packs.
• Responsible for financial evaluation and final editing of capital applications and post-implementation reports.
• Assists with audits and ensures compliance with internal control requirements.
• Ensures that the journal entries of the financial accountants are properly recorded and authorized.
• Review GL accounts. Ensure that the allocation of costs is at all times reasonable and correct.
• Prepares, completes and issues the monthly financial overview of business units.
• Review the monthly balance sheet reconciliations completed by the financial accountants.
• Determines and reviews the financial viability of any capital expenditure proposal.
• Monitors capex projects with regard to actual expenditure vs. approved expenditure.
• Ensures that the GL agrees at all times with the fixed asset register.
• Monitors the physical counts of fixed assets to ensure that the fixed assets of the business units get counted during a financial year on a pre-determined timetable.
• Investigates and evaluates the financial systems and controls of the business units.
• Assist in implementation of new financial systems when required.
• Ensures that inventory cycle counts are performed at units, according to a pre-determined timetable.
• Ensures that all inventory adjustments are properly authorised.
• Compiles annual budget pack from budget working files.
• Facilitates and does final preparation of weekly forecast of business units.
• Prepares and completes financial year-end packs of the general ledger sites.
• Assist in statutory year-end and tax pack from various financial sources and working files.
• Management of staff according to budgetary controls, company policy and sound management principles.
• Analysing the current level of insurance and making adjustments as necessary to ensure appropriate cover.

The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• B. Com minimum 5 years’ post-article experience or CIMA or CA qualification.
• Advanced knowledge in the use of financial software applications, databases, spreadsheets and word.
• Must have experience in budgeting procedures, financial reporting and analysis, cost analysis and standard costing; capital application processing.
• Assertive, motivated and with strong supervisory skills.
• Willing to travel to Standerton when required.
• Converse fluently in both English & an additional official language.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, as well as problem-solving and planning skills are required.
• The ability to build a strong finance team, and train & develop staff, together with personal and professional integrity are key requirements.

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