Assistant Controller for South Africa
Share
Job Location:
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Purpose and Impact
The Assistant Controller role is part of an enterprise that establishes and leads the implementation of accounting policies and fiscal controls to safeguard the organizations assets. With minimal supervision this job prepares complex financial report statement and analysis to provide insights for businessdecision making and recommends performance improvement opportunities to support business growth.
Business partnering to drive continuous improvement in processes management reporting reportstandardization and rationalization.
Key Accountabilities
- ACCOUNTING: Reviews accounting and financial records and reports and designs standard accounting
report packages in addition to new setup and changes in existing financial applications to ensure accurate
and efficient financial recordkeeping in line with US and Local GAAP. - ACCOUNTING SERVICES SUPPORT: Performs complex accounting services to ensure accurate and
efficient financial recording and reporting including applying accounting techniques and practices to
classify and record financial transactions accounting for administrative expenses verifying the accuracy
of detailed financial business transactions payment processing month end general ledger close balance
sheet reconciliations and profit and loss analysis. - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & ANALYSIS: Builds and reviews complex financial statements ensuring
accuracy and conducts and reviews complex financial analysis budgeting and forecasting to support
decision making while maintaining compliance with established requirements and policies and risk
management. Review and sign off of financial reporting (US and Local GAAP) with the Finance operations
team to ensure reporting reflect business activity and drives insights and necessary actions. - INTERNAL CONTROLS: Collaborates to craft and implement internal controls communicates business
risks with functions across the organization and ensures financial processes are performed timely
accurately and in compliance with regulatory policies. - FINANCIAL RISK & REPORTING: Develops and implements process simplification standardization and
automatization of financial risk and reporting to enhance efficiency accuracy and effectiveness in
financial risk management. - PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Leads process improvement projects and drives financial reporting
operational and improvement projects to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of accounting services
and internal controls maintaining and applying knowledge of accounting regulations and industry best in
class standards.
Qualifications
- Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of
relevant experience. - Experienced working with multiple businesses or within international business with proven experience
with US GAAP and Local GAAP knowledge is advantageous. - Solid experience with SAP and other accounting technology applications to leverage data for analytical
review monitor business activity and aid in decision making.
Key Skills
- Accounting Software
- Financial Report Writing
- GAAP
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting
- Sage
- Microsoft Dynamics Navision
- Account Reconciliation
- SOX
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- ERP Systems
- NetSuite
About Company
Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
