CA only - Group Financial Accountant - Brackenfell, Cape Town

  • Cape Town, Western Cape
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
The head office is based in Brackenfell, South Africa. The vacant Group financial accountant position will report to the CFO or Group Financial Manager but will transition into a financial manager position over time. The client's group financial team is a small team with a flat reporting structure.Key responsibilities:The Group financial accountant will be responsible for month-end accounting and reporting processes, interim/year-end closing and reporting aspects, year-end audit, budgeting process and other financial-related projects which could change from time to time. The detailed responsibilities include the following:Month End
  • Preparing loan account reconciliations and product development cost calculations.
  • Review of subsidiaries' management accounts.
  • Tax calculations.
  • Preparing group consolidated management accounts.
Year-end Audit
  • Management of the year-end external audit requirements/deliverables.
  • Ensure that financial transactions in the group are recorded in compliance with IFRS.
  • Assist group companies with technical accounting transactions and year-end reporting packs.
  • Review inter-group transactions and loan accounts.
  • Overseeing the reporting by group companies (local and foreign) and performing group consolidations.
  • Tax calculations.
  • Group financial reporting packs for submission to a listed company.
  • Preparation of group companies' annual financial statements.
Reporting
  • Compiling of management information.
  • Drafting of reports for the Finance and risk committee and board of directors.
Other
  • Tax compliance responsibilities.
  • Compile group consolidated budgets and budget reporting pack.
  • Compile Group consolidated cash flow forecast.
  • Assistance/involvement with mergers and acquisitions.
  • Assist CFO and CEO with presentations to stakeholders.
Minimum requirements:
  • CA(SA) qualification.
  • 3 years post-article experience.
  • AFS (full IFRS) / tax/budgeting experience.
  • Group accounting/consolidation experience.
  • Management accounting experience.
  • Strong Excel skills.
  • Problem-solving skills / can work independently.

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