FT Contract - Accounting to Reporting Specialist - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

Purpose of the role:

• Ensuring quality Accounting to Reporting service delivery to Customers in sub-Saharan Africa supported by the Regional Centre of Excellence while continuously improving the processes and tools to ensure further efficiencies.

Core responsibilities / expectations:

• Ensure the delivery of quality Accounting to Reporting (A2R) services to the sub-Saharan organisations in line with Service Level Agreements as well as business requirements.
• Support the implementation of improvements to processes and tools in A2R. Assist with improving and implementing process alignment in the Region.
• Perform day to day activities. Continuously look for improvement opportunities in processes and ways of working, while using digitization and Robotic Process Automation as an enabler to achieve further efficiencies.
• Participate in projects for the A2R Regional Centre of Excellence Team
• Contribute to an excellent communication flow with stakeholders in the Region and relevant parts of the Global organisation.
• Ensure agreed procedures are maintained and adhered to within the team.
• Will be expected to carry out any other function or duty as may be required  

Reporting line

• Regional Centre of Excellence Accounting to Reporting Manager

Knowledge and Experience:

• Degree in Accounting /Studying towards CIMA or a member of CIMA compulsory
• Solid Accounting experience in a multinational environment working with countries in Africa in international reporting and ERP systems integration
• 5-7 years' experience in working in an A2R team in a multinational Shared Service organization will be an advantage.
• Multinational engineering, Manufacturing of Industrial Machinery, OEM environment
• ERP system knowledge important with supply chain, finance, and procurement
• Experience with Balance sheet recons/ VAT preparation & submission
• Preparing and processing of Monthly journals including Goods in Transit Calculation
• Preparing Amortization schedules and journals
• Month end reporting of Management accounts in accordance with IFRS Standards
• Maintaining Fixed Assets register and Leases.
• Fluency in English is a key requirement.
• Mastery of one or more key regional language such as French or Portuguese will be an advantage
• Proven ability to build relationships and trust with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience in working with BPCS, Infor M3, Power BI, Lotus Notes, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office will be an advantage

Personality:

• Display confidence in dialogues
• Strong continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Positive attitude, analytical approach with good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to plan work effectively.
• Team player, enthusiastic and innovative
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Positive attitude, analytical approach with good problem-solving skills. Ability to plan work effectively.
• Team player, enthusiastic and innovative