Job Description

Our client is currently looking for a Senior Management Accountant to support the Financial Director in the management accounting and financial reporting for the division and ensuring the integrity of the information.

Duties:

• Perform daily, weekly and monthly processes in the financial system to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of financial information.
• Actively participate in project cost reviews, working closely with the Project Managers, analyse and report any cost change to budget and the impact on profitability.
• Develop actions from project cost reviews to mitigate issues from reoccurring.
• Ensure manual and system transaction accounts reconcile to applicable reports.
• Reports and reconciliation of accounts are to be reviewed with the FD.
• Close all open accounting issues prior to or on the last day of the month.
• Explain any variances to forecast and budget. Issue reports as required.
• Prepare routine journal entries.
• Participate in the preparation of the monthly forecast, strategic plan and annual budget.
• Coordinate/address any issues in processes and systems with fellow management accountants and financial managers.
• Develop, maintain and distribute management reports as necessary to support the ongoing business and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform capital expenditure / ROIC reviews (as necessary) for proposed capital projects and track ROIC performance of implemented capital projects.
• Track and control overhead spending.
• Partners with all central functions such as shared finance, IT and HR to ensure that enabling strategies and tactics are in place and are consistent with broader business strategies and tactics.
• Engage in continuous improvement for processes included in and adjacent to job role. Recognise and resolve customer satisfaction issues (both internal and external).
• SOX Compliance: Adhere to Sarbanes Oxley and AX ERP controls.
• Day to day management - Project Management at detailed project (Job) level:

• Project Order Book Management
• Project Cost Management (Labour, Material, Overheads, etc)
• Work-In-Hand management and analyses
• Project (Job) Lifecycle Management
• Labour rate and labour recovery rate management and understanding
• Detailed Project Management
• Detailed Project Management
• Understading of Production Workshops transactional flow
• Large project management and Percentage of Completion review and revenue recognition
• Reporting in Management Reporting System
• Project Order Book analysis and reporting per product category
• Project Forecasts based on delivery date expectation
• Project monthly Work In Hand analyses and reporting
• Project Bookings, Sales and Margin forecasting
• Monthly Revenue recognition report summary (Closed Jobs report analyses)
• Forecast Bookings, Sales and Margin delivery
• Annual Budget Bookings, Sales and Margin delivery

• Qualified Accountant (CA or CIMA) with a minimum of 3-5 years PQE.
• IFRS, GAAP and US GAAP up to date knowledge.
• Sarbanes Oxley compliance experience and application of key controls.
• Experience of system implementations and support within a full lifecycle ERP solution.
• Experience of working in a project costing environment. Percentage of Completion calculations, WIP reporting.
• Experience with project/construction management and project reporting.
• Monthly ERP reporting.
• Project Manager liaison and project portfolio management and reporting.
• Technically and commercially strong.
• Ability to make quick and clear decisions.
• A confident and able communicator who can influence and persuade others.
• Professional approach to reporting.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

• R1.8 million CTC per annum

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