Financial Accountant Shared Services(External Applications Only)

Financial Accountant Shared Services (External Applications Only)

Description:
To supply accurate and concise financial information relating to area of responsibility to the Business.

Requirements:

1. Grade 12 with 4 years' experience or NQF6 (accounting qualification)
2. Working knowledge of MS Office
3. Working knowledge of SAP
4. Strong analytical skills
5. Strong attention to detail
6. Ability to handle pressure (deadline driven)

Responsibilities:

Fixed Assets Coordination

1. Co-ordinate Capex process proactively to ensure budgets are adhered to.
2. Maintain accurate fixed asset register.
3. Maintain the wear and tear register.
4. Ensure that taxation guidelines are adhered to in all Countries in which Cashbuild trades.
5. Co-ordinate Project systems and ensure processes are followed for capital and expense projects.
6. Co-ordinate the bond Stock and ensure process is followed and adhered to.
7. Download new project budget and ensure maintenance process is followed.
8. Ensure half year and year end schedules for external audit are provided accurately and timeously.
9. Ensure year end IT sub-system roll over is completed for assets and project system.
10. Ensure efficient and quality of service, production, processes or procedures through the direct mobilization and supervision of employees.
11. Ensure planning, scheduling, and supervision/co-ordination of processes, flows to achieve efficiency and quality goals.
12. Monitor compliance within authorisation framework.

Stock Reporting

1. Report on management information in relation to stock, timeously and accurately.
2. Provide analysis on stock trends to better control stock holdings.

Management Fees and Intercompany Billing

1. Ensure Management Fees are calculated and processed as per policy.
2. Ensure that Management Fees for the company and group are in balance by analysing the results to ensure accurate charges.
3. Ensure management fees are billed to subsidiaries timeously.

Non-Real-estate Contract Management

1. Ensure that contracts are correctly created on SAP, resulting in the desired financial effect.
2. Ensure creation of contracts on the system takes place within 48 hours.
3. Ensure contracts are activated prior to payment being required by vendor.
4. Report and control the expiry of contracts ensuring the contracts are renewed or cancelled within contracted commercial terms.
5. Actively find efficiencies regarding with whom and how Cashbuild contracts.

Non-Retail Entities (SO, Joint Ventures, Trusts, and Other Companies)

1. Reconcile all accounts under Department's control monthly and summary is given in pre-release.
2. Perform trend analysis; communicate findings in a timely manner to line manager.
3. Identify differences and put necessary controls for balance sheet and income statement in line with group reporting deadlines.
4. Analyse the P&L statement to identify errors, omissions, and exceptions for investigation across all areas.
5. Analyse and maintain cash clearings.
6. Analyse and maintain bank balances to General Ledger.
7. Prepare, review, and sign off of monthly GL debtor's reconciliations and investigate reconciling items.
8. Prepare monthly reconciliations.
9. Prepare monthly accruals to be raised.
10. Raise month end provisions when needed.
11. Reconcile GL account to sub ledger.
12. Review all clearing accounts and query with the responsible department and resolve.
13. Report and escalate un-reconciled differences monthly.
14. Approval and posting of all journals.
15. Manage and control financial reporting to business heads in line with group timetable.
16. Perform trend analysis; communicate findings in a timely manner to Line Manager.

Annual Budget

1. Prepare budgets for Financial Manager.
2. Review budget upload to ensure data is correct.
3. Prepare ad hoc reports relating to budgets as requested by the business.

Audit

1. Liaise with external and internal auditors.

Competent and Motivated Staff

1. Performance Appraisal implemented and supported.
2. CARE meetings held.
3. Succession plans in place (you and direct subordinates).
4. Monthly one-on-one meetings with staff.
5. On-the-job training and assistance. Identify assistance and training required and ensure that it takes place. Ensure staff timeously meets weekly, monthly, and yearly deadlines.

Competencies

1. Drive for Results: Constantly looks for and acts on opportunities to improve department performance.
2. Works to exceed goals set by others.
3. Develops stretching goals for self and department, working consistently and tenaciously to meet these.
4. Implements clear control mechanisms to measure results against department performance objectives.
5. Identifies barriers to performance and persists in overcoming them.
6. Assists team members in achieving their goals.

Solve Problems

1. Proactively identifies problems and seeks root cause.
2. Analyses information objectively and thoroughly and identifies gaps or potential inconsistencies in operational results, performance data, processes, or systems by recognising patterns in information when solving problems.
3. Develops and implements appropriate action plans breaking complex tasks into manageable parts.

Make Decisions

1. Makes decisions within the framework of company policies and within set timelines.
2. Makes decisions giving due consideration to consequences of the decision made in area of responsibility.
3. Implements decisions made in line with agreed processes and policies.
4. Stands by own beliefs and decisions with self-confidence.

Plan

1. Establishes priorities, operational plans that ensure the best utilisation of resources in area of responsibility.
2. Takes into account consequences of planning on area of responsibility with regards to organisational processes, budgets, resource availability, and the external environment.

Handle Pressure

1. Handles pressure well and is consistent in controlling own responses irrespective of time/or workload pressures.
2. Remains focused and rational by not showing frustration or anger when resisted and displays self-confidence when dealing with difficult situations.
3. Calms others who are expressing frustration or anger.

Communicate

1. Assesses the needs of the audience in order to deliver appropriate message and content.
2. Applies communication strategies to ensure inputs from role players are discussed and acted upon.
3. Actively shares information and ideas, and encourages others to share their views and concerns.