Financial Reporting Accountant at Unilever

Job Description
Main Job Purpose

Responsible for month end financial reporting activities, Minority shareholder, intercompany collections and external audit deliverables.

Job Summary

Minority shareholder reporting

• Preparation of quarterly reporting submissions
• Preparation of Free cash flow forecasts
• Preparation and sharing of board packs for quarterly board meetings
• Ad hoc queries and submissions that may arise
• Board meeting co-ordination (set up and agenda)
• Submission of month end results
• June review submissions and external audit deliverables

Audit

• Engage with external auditors for engagement letters, man rep letters etc. (admin)
• Providing information and responses to audit queries
• Preparation of Annual Financial Statements for Holding company and 2 subsidiaries
• Preparation of local only year-end adjustments
• Preparation of annual impairment test

Quarterly & Year end reporting activities

• Responsible for preparation of current and deferred tax calculations
• Preparing Current Tax and Deferred tax disclosure/ BCS reporting
• Responsible for pension and Long term service award submissions to the Global pensions team including IAS 19 valuations
• Preparation and presentation of Balance sheet review file for review with VP finance
• Preparation of information for annual V800 submissions
• Responsible for preparation of liquidity and solvency test for dividend declarations
• Preparation for quarterly pension forecast submissions
• Monitor Trintech access levels
• SCOA changes as communicated by the Global team
• Resolving intercompany mismatches at month end
• Insurance questionnaire
• BEE reporting
• SAP - key user testing for Change Requests (CR)

Monthly activities

• Preparation of Free cash flow
• Balance sheet hygiene-clearing of aged items
• Process journals
• Resolving SCOA validation errors
• Turnover recon (MR vs FR)
• Monthly pensions and Long term service awards reporting
• Intercompany accruals
• Preparation of OP to Local recon and local balance sheet
• Calculation of monthly service fee payable to Unilever PLC
• Monitoring audit fees monthly
• Assisting the business with accounting queries
• Verification of daily payroll payments and releases
• Tracking and monitoring of over-due intercompany accounts and focusing on collection of outstanding receipts
• Bank allocation assistance to CG for unallocated bank items
• Pensions - reallocation journals processed on behalf of Pensions
• General Ledger Master data changes and updates
• Internal Audit and Controls team - assist IC & Controls with audit requests & provide relevant information
• Finflex - Preparation for Finflex requirements working with Treasury and Tax teams and sign off by Controller
• Ensure the roll forward of GL, AP & AR balances are completed by CG post year end (Annual)

Projects

• Auto posting for IC invoices project
• Intercompany receivables - recoverability and documentation compliance and governance
• Payroll - Automation of all manual payroll and payment activities
• Journal reduction, clean up and non-judgmental exercise

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Qualified CA(SA)
• 3 – 4 Years’ relevant experience (including articles).