Accountant

Are you a Junior Accountant with experience in reconciling, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis with an eye for detail, then, we’d like to meet you!

Mission

• Prepare month-end and process audit journal entries

• Administration of insurance annual renewals and claims.

• Managing the fixed asset registers

• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis

• Financial reporting preparation and analysis

• Prepare Intercompany reconciliations (Accounts receivables / payables and loans)

• Prepare for Financial year-end and assist external audit queries

• Continuously strive to improve on reporting and systems to gain efficiencies

Outcomes

• Ensure reporting on all systems are accurate

• Be the go to person on all financial and intercompany related queries

• Establish processes for gaps in the business and review current processes to ensure validity and compliance within business units

Competencies

Deadline driven

• Adherence to all deadlines

• Support to the Financial Manager/Accountants in driving all deadlines within and outside business unit

Accountable

• Takes responsibility for their own successes and failures

• Quick to admit mistakes and to offer a solution

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Maturity

• Drive solutions to challenges

• Think for yourself

Accuracy is your main driving factor

• Your reconciliation skills are strong

• Strong on data analysis

• You enjoy the auditing function to expose gaps

Good communicator

• Be able to communicate with external legal and auditing team

• Be able to communicate with internal legal team and senior executives of business

Attention to detail

• Attention to detail at the highest level

• Gets it right the first time

• Able to keep up with the fast pace of the business

Risk averse

• Negotiate best terms for business always

• Ensure compliance to internal policies and processes

Honesty and Integrity

• Upholds the ethics of the business above all else

• Always tells the truth - even when it’s hard

Committed to learning and growing

• Focus your attention in continuing to learn in all finance aspects

• Values self development and growth

• Keep up to date on latest trends in industry and accounting legislation to ensure business is always on the front foot

Leadership

• Respects everyone equally

Confidence

• Able to have responsible conversations at all levels within the business

• Instills confidence immediately

• Confidence to deal with all levels within business

• Careful deliberation, thoughtful and clearly substantiated advice.

Care

• About the team

• About the business

• About their work

Qualifications & Experience:

• 3 to 5 years experience

• Diploma or Degree in the financial field

• Advance skills in Excel and other microsoft packages

• Good understanding of the google platform