Job Description

Closing Date: 2023-09-27

Job Type: Permanent

Job Level: Senior

Experience: Between 3 - 5 Years

EE/AA: No

Summary

My Client is a leading company within the agricultural industry of South Africa, with over a100 years of experience and an astonishing reputation. This is a company that adheres to all the corporate best practice principals and expectations but honors the values and reputation of a small countryside company.

Description

The System Accountant: will be responsible to work with the Financial Managers of the different entities to ensure a sound and accurate system environment. As part of the System Accountant process, activities will include documenting the operational environment, ensuring the setup of the system agrees to the specifications of the environment and improving the system to adhere to the requirements of the financial managers/operational managers.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Preparation of information that will be used to transfer ERP systems for all the companies.
• Standardization of any new system requests and current information/setups to align with the whole Group
• Taking responsibility for assigned tasks to enhance the control environments of VKB Group.
• Designing, testing, and implementing system requests as received by the BAU and Strategic projects team.
• Constant evaluation of the system control environment to ensure it adheres to standards set.
• Keeping the system databases updated with the latest approved requests.
• Inspecting the ERP, identifying probable weaknesses and implementing an action plan in line with Financial Controller requirements to address the weaknesses.
• Updating the ERP with the latest financial information.
• Facilitating training requirements in line with group needs identified with regards to the ERP.
• Developing policies to allow the regulation of activities on the ERP system.
• Taking responsibility for new implementations of the ERP systems at the different companies.
• Monitoring system revenue/production and expense functionality to ensure the correct setups have been done.
• Maintain knowledge of the latest developments and use of ERP systems.
• Report on the progression of activities in a structured and metric manner to allow tracking.
• Deliver services to the Financial and Operational managers of the highest standard.

• Applicable Bachelorxe2x80x99s degree in Finance related field preferred.
• AGA(SA)/CA(SA) designation will be beneficial.
• Experience In Microsoft Dynamics will be preferred.
• Knowledge of dimension use and BI reporting will be highly regarded.
• Ability to manage expectations from management.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Fully bilingual in English and Afrikaans (exceptional communication skills both verbal and written).
• Strong work ethic with a fierce dedication to exceeding expectations.
• Impeccable organizational skills with the ability to multitask and deliver results under pressure.
• Good communication skills in written and oral format.
• Great team player and able to work efficiently with minimal supervision and deliver exceptional results on time.

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