Job Summary
Position Purpose
- Responsible for closing month-end General Ledger, as well as providing accurate, reliable, and complete historic financial information to all stakeholders timeously.
Minimum specifications / requirement areas
- BCom (Degree) or equivalent
- CA(SA) will be advantageous
- 2-3 years in financial management environment.
- Experience in Consumer Products or FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) environment will be advantageous
- Detail-orientated with the ability to perform tasks accurately and comprehensively.
- Good judgement and decision-making ability
- Ability to self-manage workload and work independently.
- Ability to interact with all levels of management in the organisation and establish and maintain effective relationships.
- Key Culture Attributes: Demonstrates the importance of safety, quality & teamwork; effectively leads and communicates because our people matter
Key performance areas
- Responsible for the month-end General Ledger closure for the company and all small companies
- To prepare (if applicable) and process all non-system journal entries.
- Responsible for intercompany process for the company
- Prepare sub-ledger reconciliations for HO and small companies
- Review sub-ledger reconciliations prepared by other functions within Shared Service Centre
- Consolidate the company financial information for month end actuals
- Prepare and perform balance sheet variance analysis for the company (incl. small companies) for month end actuals
- Timeous and accurate response to all matters raised regarding General Ledger close
- Generate the final trial balance
- Ensure full compliance with the Companies Act and relevant IFRS’s.
- Prepare year end reporting packs
- Prepare tax pack
- Prepare annual financial statements for the company & its subsidiaries
- Respond to audit inquiries timeously
- Attend and perform stock counts
- Attend and perform asset verification
- Responsible for capitalisation (additions), disposal and depreciation of fixed assets
- Ensure that internal controls per FCFQ are in place and effective
- Reviewing and implementing appropriate internal financial controls and ensuring audit findings are timeously addressed.
- Manage the interim and final external audit FCFQ reporting process, ensuring that the entities score the relevant IA findings and that scoring is fair and appropriate
- Prepare a consolidated view of the entity FCFQ for the company
- Drive financial reporting and internal control improvement initiates across all operational sites by coordinating development focused workshops and interventions.
- GHG reporting