Financial Accountant Head Office

The Finacial Accountant is responsible for supporting accurate compliant and timeous financial reporting by preparing accounting entries reconciliations and reports for local and foreign entities. The role supports month-end half-year and year-end reporting processes ensures adherence to financial control policies and contributes to audit readiness statutory compliance and effective financial governance.

Monthly Management Accounts

• Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts for local entities and foreign entities where required
• Prepare and post month-end journals accruals provisions and adjustments in line with accounting standards and group policies
• Ensure completeness accuracy and integrity of financial data prior to reporting deadlines
• Coordinate key month-end close activities across stores sub-ledgers and the general ledger
• Monitor and reconcile intercompany balances investigating and resolving variances timeously
• Identify unusual movements and support basic variance analysis for management review

Accounting Administration

• Prepare accounting worksheets journals reconciliations and supporting documentation
• Oversee and process intercompany regional and departmental cost recharges
• Raise purchase orders process goods receipt notes and manage accruals for receipted orders
• Follow up on aged and outstanding purchase orders and unprocessed intercompany invoices
• Process and manage recharges to local and foreign entities with accurate allocation
• Reconcile supplier accounts sundry debtors and creditor accruals on a monthly basis
• Liaise with third-party suppliers and internal creditor teams to resolve account queries
• Process prepayment amortisation and write-offs including licences and insurance costs
• Prepare and maintain intercompany loan schedules and supporting documentation
• Compile asset disposal scrapping and transfer documentation for workflow approval
• Perform quarterly physical asset verifications and reconcile results to the asset register

Reporting and Reconciliations

• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with financial control policies
• Investigate reconciling items and resolve outstanding differences within agreed timelines
• Perform monthly control checks to ensure compliance with internal financial controls
• Maintain accurate audit-ready supporting documentation for all reconciliations and reports

Half-Year and Year-End Reporting

Audit Coordination

• Assist with internal and external audit processes
• Prepare and provide supporting documentation in response to audit queries
• Investigate audit findings and support corrective actions where required

Audit Packs and Statutory Compliance

• Prepare and complete local audit packs and foreign audit packs where applicable
• Validate intercompany balances and resolve audit-identified variances
• Support compliance with statutory regulatory and group reporting requirements

Annual Financial Statements

• Assist with the preparation of Annual Financial Statements in line with applicable accounting standards
• Compile supporting schedules and disclosures required for Annual Financial Statements
• Ensure alignment between Annual Financial Statements management accounts and supporting records
• Address audit queries relating to Annual Financial Statements

Banking and Payments

• Verify payment batches in accordance with delegated authority levels
• Review payments for accuracy completeness and appropriate approval prior to release
• Ensure compliance with banking controls and internal approval frameworks
• Assist in resolving payment and banking-related queries when required

Ad Hoc and Departmental Support

• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting support to management
• Assist with finance-related projects and process improvement initiatives
• Support the Finance team during peak reporting periods
• Contribute to continuous improvement of accounting processes and internal controls

Qualifications Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Finance Accounting or a related field
• 13 years experience in accounting and/or auditing
• Experience in multi-entity or group reporting environments (advantageous)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial reporting systems

Technical Skills

• Financial accounting and reporting
• Journals reconciliations and balance sheet management
• Intercompany accounting and eliminations
• Audit coordination and statutory reporting support
• Financial systems and Excel-based analysis

Behavioural Competencies

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Analytical and problem-solving capability
• Effective planning and time management
• Ability to work under reporting deadlines
• Professional communication and stakeholder engagement
• Accountability and compliance focus