Accountant

Are you a Junior Accountant with experience in reconciling, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis with an eye for detail, then, we’d like to meet you!  

Mission 

• Prepare month-end and process audit journal entries  

• Administration of insurance annual renewals and claims.  

• Managing the fixed asset registers  

• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis  

• Financial reporting preparation and analysis  

• Prepare Intercompany reconciliations (Accounts receivables / payables and loans)  

• Prepare for Financial year-end and assist external audit queries  

• Continuously strive to improve on reporting and systems to gain efficiencies  

Outcomes  

• Ensure reporting on all systems are accurate  

• Be the go to person on all financial and intercompany related queries  

• Establish processes for gaps in the business and review current processes to ensure validity and compliance within business units  

Competencies 

Deadline driven  

• Adherence to all deadlines  

• Support to the Financial Manager/Accountants in driving all deadlines within and outside business unit  

Accountable  

• Takes responsibility for their own successes and failures  

• Quick to admit mistakes and to offer a solution  

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.  

Maturity  

• Drive solutions to challenges  

• Think for yourself  

Accuracy is your main driving factor  

• Your reconciliation skills are strong  

• Strong on data analysis  

• You enjoy the auditing function to expose gaps 

 

Good communicator  

• Be able to communicate with external legal and auditing team  

• Be able to communicate with internal legal team and senior executives of business  

Attention to detail  

• Attention to detail at the highest level  

• Gets it right the first time  

• Able to keep up with the fast pace of the business  

Risk averse  

• Negotiate best terms for business always  

• Ensure compliance to internal policies and processes  

Honesty and Integrity  

• Upholds the ethics of the business above all else  

• Always tells the truth - even when it’s hard 

Committed to learning and growing  

• Focus your attention in continuing to learn in all finance aspects  

• Values self development and growth  

• Keep up to date on latest trends in industry and accounting legislation to ensure business is always on the front foot  

Leadership  

• Respects everyone equally  

Confidence  

• Able to have responsible conversations at all levels within the business  

• Instills confidence immediately  

• Confidence to deal with all levels within business  

• Careful deliberation, thoughtful and clearly substantiated advice.  

Care  

• About the team  

• About the business  

• About their work 

Qualifications & Experience:  

• 3 to 5 years experience  

• Diploma or Degree in the financial field  

• Advance skills in Excel and other microsoft packages  

• Good understanding of the google platform