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Senior Financial Accountant

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Our client is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join their team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to be responsible for accurate and punctual accounting, financial reporting, and compliance in line with group standards and local legislation. The successful candidate will have the chance to work in a dynamic environment where continuous improvement is encouraged.

What you'll do:

As a Senior Financial Accountant, your primary responsibility will be to ensure accurate and punctual accounting, alongside financial reporting of the business units concerned. You will be expected to motivate everyone to work safely according to the company's SHEQ standards. Your role will also involve ensuring a reliable and punctual financial Record-To-Report (R-to-R) Process, in accordance with Group standards and local legal requirements. Additionally, you will produce periodical financial reports and information as per requirement. You will also be tasked with conducting statutory and statistics reporting in compliance with Group standards and legal requirements.

  • Motivate and ensure everyone works safely according to the company's SHEQ standards
  • Ensure reliable and punctual financial Record-To-Report (R-to-R) Process in accordance with Group standards and local legal requirements
  • Produce periodical financial reports and information (monthly/quarterly/yearly and on request)
  • Conduct statutory and statistics reporting in compliance with Group standards and legal requirements
  • Collect information from the company for (project) provisioning
  • Respond adequately to queries from the company regarding financials

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for the Senior Financial Accountant position brings proven experience in financial accounting. You should have strong knowledge of SHEQ standards, which you will use to motivate everyone to work safely. Your experience in producing financial reports will be crucial in this role, as you will be required to produce these on a monthly/quarterly/yearly basis or upon request. Your ability to conduct statutory and statistics reporting will also be highly valued. Furthermore, your (project) provisioning skills will come into play when collecting information from the company. Lastly, your excellent communication skills will enable you to respond adequately to queries from the company regarding financials.

  • Proven experience in financial accounting
  • Strong knowledge of SHEQ standards
  • Experience in producing financial reports
  • Ability to conduct statutory and statistics reporting
  • (Project) provisioning skills
  • Excellent communication skills

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Accountancy & Finance

Focus: Financial Accountant

Industry: Building and Construction

Salary: Negotiable

Workplace Type: On-site

Location: Johannesburg

Job Reference: 46K7A5-04951593

Date posted: 13 August 2024

Consultant: Catherine Blake

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