Financial Reporting Accountant

Education

• A university degree in Business Administration or Finance, Accounting or an equivalent qualification,
  
• ACCA/CPA certification is an added advantage
  

• Budgeting and Planning: Providing data required for budgetary planning, assisting senior management in the preparation of the budget and budget management. Automate the budgetary preparation process.
  
• Financial Transactions: Coordinating and controlling all accounting functions, ensuring all expenses are fully and properly accounted for, in accordance with company procedures /guidelines, safekeeping of cheque books and ensuring established signing authorities are complied with, ensuring confidentiality in all financial transactions.
  
• Audit Requirements: Ensuring that the company books are ready for audit within the set deadlines. Providing the necessary information for internal and external audits and conducting financial investigations as necessary.
  
• Financial reports and returns: In liaison with the Senior Accountant, prepare monthly, quarterly revenue, half year and other management accounts in accordance with the calendar of events for the department and the Old Mutual Group.
  
• Balance sheet Reconciliations: Also ensuring that the ledgers are reconciled to the general ledger monthly and that the Audit schedules are updated monthly, preparing statutory returns, and ensuring they are filed on time.
  
• Accounting and Financial systems and controls: On a regular basis reviewing process flows within the system and other manual operations to ensure they are efficient, identifying areas that need to be enhanced to improve overall efficiency and remove duplication of roles and transactions. In addition, perform System Reconciliations for all the core systems integrating into the financial reporting tool Dynamics 365