Manager Statutory Reporting at Sasol

Job Description

Purpose of Job /Role Intent:

The purpose of the role is to provide a continuous input into financial and business decision-making at tactical/ operational level, the completion of financial accounting reports and the day

to day supervision of/ and the execution of financial related activities

Minimum Qualifications and Experience required:

•  CA (SA) or equivalent with 1 year post articles experience
•  B Comm(Hons)/CTA or equivalent with 5 years post article experience
•  B Com (Hons) Acc or equivalent with 7 years post article experience
•  B Com/B Tech Acc or equivalent with 10 years post article experience
•  Working knowledge of SAP
•  Current knowledge of IFRS, relevant Companies Act and South African Tax knowledge
•  Experience in financial reporting and consolidations
•  HFM experience
•  Working experience within the chemicals industry
•  Supervisory experience managing direct reports

Core Elements of Job:

 Statutory Reporting

•  Plan and co-ordinate the Business Unit Statutory Reporting and compliance process (both Base
• chemicals and hosting for performance chemicals)
•  Prepare bi-annual financial reporting information to Group to compile Group’s analyst book, 20F and annual integrated report.
•  Consolidate and prepare all statutory returns to appropriate authorities.
•  Manage relationship with External & Internal auditors.
•  Detailed understanding of HFM reporting pack and the Sasol accounting manual.
•  Review the year end packs of all HFM entities for base chemicals and the entities hosted on behalf of performance chemicals

Monthly reporting

•  Populate financial information in HFM & TM1;
•  Variance analysis against budget and prior year in TM1;
•  Providing relevant information for the purpose of decision making (Exco report)

Quarterly

•  Understand the quarterly forecast for variance explanations with actual
•  Understand the yearly budget for variance explanations with actual
•  Prepare and submit various statutory returns to appropriate authorities, where applicable
•  Coordination of external reporting timelines accross Base Chemicals and Performance chemicals (hosting entities)
•  Comply with sox requirements in terms of controls over financial reporting
• Provide the necessary information within prescribed deadlines to external and internal auditors to
• ensure audits are seamless and completed timeously.

Technical

• technical issues identified and actioned timeoulsy for both Base Chemicals and Performance Chemicals
• co-ordination of internal APC meetings
• preparation and submission of APC papers to Group APC
• Preparation of governance, operations committee and board papers.
• Preparation of tax returns in conjunction with TAX PSS.
• Rolling Capital Plan (RCP)
• Review the RCP data for Base Chemicals and Performance Chemicals (hosting entities) on a consolidated level. Specific focus on growth projects
• Coordinate the RCP submission in TM1 across Base Chemicals and Performance Chemicals (hosting entities).

Functional Competencies

• Accounting
• Contributing to Organisational Operating Decisions
• Data Gathering and Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Operations
• Financial Planning and Reporting
• Financial Stakeholder Relations
• Financial Systems
• Legislative and Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Strategic Thinking/ Business Analysis.