Chief Accountant

• Oversee the completeness and accuracy of various functions in the finance department. Includes all entities within Southern Africa, Angola, DRC, Zambia, Anglo West Africa, Nigeria, Togo,
• Effective collaboration with FSSC and business operations
• Backup to Finance Manager
• Reconcile IFRS 16, staff accounts, forex to employees, prepayments, payroll accounts and other AP related balance sheet recons
• Take appropriate action to resolve any concerns with the above
• Reconcile P&L accounts as deemed necessary by the Finance Manager
• Report on P&L accounts as deemed necessary by the Finance Manager
• Organize shared drives and sharepoint sites
• Involved in MCS review and collecting evidence
• Review AP payment recons and take necessary action to resolve any reconciled items
• Resolving overdue intercompany balances – AR & AP
• Forecast intercompany cashflow
• Ensure policies and procedures are drafted, maintained and kept up to date
• RiskConnect or other relevant risk management system submissions (backup)
• Ownership of corporate sustainability submissions
• Ownership of Stats SA and other related submissions
• Approve client refunds
• Approve client credit limits less than R 50 000
• Approve WHT write-offs
• Approve petty cash purchases over the single transaction limit
• Approve SARB approvals
• Release AP payments
• Release HR & payroll payments
• Support the taxation department within the finance function.
• Filing and maintaining documents and records
• Work in coordination with direct manager and finance team, with regards to ERP and other system upgrades
• Assist in external and internal audits.
• Draft and create various templates required to improve processes
• At all times, comply with SGS Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct.

Education

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Honors or post-grad equivalent

Experience

• 5+ years accounting experience
• Experience on various ERP finance systems
• Experience in reporting and submissions of multiple entities with multiple currencies.
• Exceptional administrative and filing skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of stakeholders
• Teamwork and collaboration.
• Attention to detail (accuracy)
• Business partnering focus.

• Cease the use of any equipment that may be deemed to constitute a safety hazard or entry to hazardous environments without the necessary knowledge and protection and take action to address the hazard.
• Cease to continue with work that may affect the quality (integrity) of services and take action to address the issue.
• Initiate a formal improvement request when a deviation of the system occurs, improvements are identified or when nonconformity is identified. 

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