Assistant Management Accountant

Old MutualJohannesburg, ZA

30+ days ago

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Job title : Assistant Management Accountant

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : December 30, 2025

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Perform professional accounting work, including compilation, consolidation, and analysis of financial data. The role requires an understanding of accounting fundamentals and principles, as well as experience in bookkeeping.

Responsibilities may include any or all the following : ledgers and preparation of journal entries, preparation of trial balance or financial statements, intercompany transactions, bank account reconciliation.

This role supports the Senior Management / Financial / Product Accountant and is responsible for the compilation of documents for the development of management reports. Assists with the compilation of budgets and management of expenses.

Management Reporting

Compiles supporting documents for management accountant.

Prepares draft reports.

Assists with the compilation of budgets.

Assists with the management of expenses.

Prepares internal management report.

Financial Reporting

Compiles and populates records to trial balance level.

Prepares draft income statement and balance sheet.

Reconciliations

Ensures accurate reconciliations are done and followed up.

Reviews control accounts and reconciliations.

Specific to the role

Processes journal entries in relation to the Central segment (0140 – 0142, OMEM and OML), timeously and accurately.

Performs calculations to determine financial transactions required e.g. leave pay journal

Ensures that the financial records, including the balance sheet is valid, accurate and complete.

Support Business Partner team in preparation of annual business unit budgets and quarterly forecast in IDU budgeting tool

Performs inter-company reconciliations and confirmation of balances; and corrects mismatches timeously.

Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, ensuring that reconciling items are constantly monitored and actioned, and that there are no long outstanding reconciling items.

Follows up on long outstanding debt owed to and by the business unit

Prepares, and submits within agreed deadlines :

HFM Submissions (Monthly, Half Yearly, Annually)

Disclosure submissions

Analytical reviews

Tax schedules

CFO sign off

Produces balance sheet reports.

Raising of accruals as and when necessary

Processing of AGIS transactions

Support the Finance Manager with ad-hoc tasks including business planning

Qualifications and experience required :

Matric and Tertiary Finance Qualification

2+ years’ financial accounting experience

Profit transfer process

Knowledge of HFM

Skills

Budget Management, Computer Literacy, Database Reporting, Data Classification, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Data Encoding, Data Modeling, Document Management, Financial Auditing, Management Reporting, Numerical Aptitude, Oral Communications, Report Review

Competencies

Business Insight

Communicates Effectively

Decision Quality

Ensures Accountability

Financial Acumen

Manages Complexity

Plans and Aligns

Tech Savvy

Education

Bachelors Degree (B)

Closing Date

26 September 2025

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