Job Description

Job and Company Description:
My client operates in a staggering 45 countries internationally and have steadily increased their footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past 8 years. They provide goods and services to companies in the food, personal care, home care, chemicals, cleaning and pharmaceutical sectors. The successful incumbent will oversee the daily accounting activities and will be tasked with achieving accounting operational objectives by contributing accurate and detailed accounting information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews.

As the Financial Manager you will be responsible for:

• Oversee the daily accounting activities required to maintain the Companys general ledger
• Maintain organized sets of detailed records and files to document financial transactions
• Coordinate with external legal auditors for quarterly, semi annual and annual financial closing plans by covering the scope, framework, needed information and time plan for accurate delivery of information and meeting the group annual deadlines for year end closing
• eMIS reporting for all accounting related matters (balance sheet items) on a monthly basis and meeting deadlines with high quality comments
• Act as the system officer for the ERP system in terms of period opening, period closing, solving critical issues related to integration with other systems, detecting violations and reporting it
• Consolidate and evaluate financial data and prepare special reports to explain and analyse the performance of the receivable & payable activities.
• Maintain accounting controls by establishing a chart of accounts, define accounting policies and procedures. Follow-up and ensure all the previous KPIs are strictly followed by internal and external parties
• Maintain financial accounting reporting excellence by establishing internal controls for the following cycles: Payable cycle from invoice receiving till check handing over to vendor
• Review general ledger on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy of posting
• Produce financial reports involving the shareholder accounts for monthly board meetings
• Produce monthly Profit/Loss statement and balance sheet for local books and EMIS formats
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual closing activities
• Produce quarterly, semi-annual and annual financial statements

• Completed BCom Honours degree / CIMA / CA(SA)
• 7 Years experience in a similar environment
• 3 years plus Managerial Experience
• Completed CIMA highly advantageous
• Manufacturing / Plant Accounting experience NON-NEGOTIABLE
• Power BI highly advantageous

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