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Assistant Financial Controller

Employer
Professional Recruitment Network
Location
Kenilworth Kenilworth Cape Town City Centre, South Africa
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Feb 6, 2025
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Job Role
Accounts Assistant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Introduction
The successful candidate will be responsible for balance sheet reporting and planning while ensuring compliance with relevant reporting standards is upheld.
Duties & Responsibilities
Reporting to the Group Balance Sheet Planning & Reporting Lead and Head of Planning, Reporting and Analytics, responsibilities include:

  • Working capital and balance sheet reporting
  • Assisting with implementing a working capital and balance sheet budgeting and forecasting process
  • Ensuring that accounting principles and interpretation are consistently applied
  • Assisting with investor relations queries relating to the balance sheet
  • Managing the Group's annual asset impairment process, including the annual assessment of inputs required, accounting for changes in the economic environments the Group operates in, to ensure an effective impairment process is achieved
  • Developing a matrix of policy and process documentation
  • Managing the Group consolidation and reporting process
  • Communicating complex technical concepts effectively in business language
  • Assisting with external reporting publications, including annual financial statements, integrated annual report, sustainability report and analyst presentations
  • Managing external audit findings, resolving timeously, and implementing relevant controls and procedures to ensure the audit finding is not repeated
  • Providing regular and direct assistance to the Group Balance Sheet Planning & Reporting Lead and Head of Planning, Reporting and Analytics Head of Finance and CFO
  • Keeping up to date with IFRS standards and all accounting concepts, practices, and procedures and applying to reported results
  • Assisting with CA Trainee Programme


Desired Experience & Qualification
Minimum requirements:
  • Relevant accounting degree
  • Management accounting experience (advantageous)
  • Financial and tax regulatory experience (advantageous)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel
  • Experience with BPP and/or SAP (advantageous)
  • High motivated, results orientated and self-directed individual
  • Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
  • Problem solving and analytical thinking skills
  • Pro-active approach to implementation of changes in operational and accounting requirements

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