Accountant - Cape Town at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Requirements

Experience and Qualifications:

• 3 - 5 years experience in accounting or related (essential)
• Formal qualifications: BCom Accounting or Financial Management or related degree
• Specific licensing or registration: Registered chartered accountant with South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (preferred) 
• Business acumem 
• Reporting skills
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of applicable legislation landscape
• Knowledge of IFRS requirements applicable within area of responsibility
• Knowledge of ethical best practice guidelines

Duties & Responsibilities

Internal Processes:

• Complete consolidated financial reporting and analysis that add value and insight for the business.
• Review all documentation to ensure that the correct level of authority has authorised the document and raise any exceptions with the relevant stakeholder.
• Review and approve the general ledger journal allocations based on levels of authority and policy.
• Control the reimbursement process to ensure that reimbursements are in line with budget and policy parameters.
• Review and approve journals to allocate expenses.
• Reconcile the expenses to the financial statement and budget.
• Manage the reconciliations of transactions on the bank statement to the General Ledger.
• Manage general ledger and other financial controls to ensure compliance to the relevant standards and controls. Identify and resolve problem sources or escalate to relevant level of authority.
• Contribute to the enhancement of systems, processes and issues in order to enhance financial management.
• Accurately update and maintain the fixed assets register and make recommendations to enhance the management.
• Identify expense variances and investigate root cause of variances.
• Compare expenses to budgets and identify reasons for variances, in order to provide financial insights in reporting.
• Analyse financial reports and information to identify area of opportunities or potential risks within segment.
• Advise and guide stakeholders and nonfinancial managers regarding finance elements.
• Proactively assist in engaging with business to forecast expenses and identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
• Manage high risk and problematic financial issues in area of accountability and contribute to the development of policy.

Engage with clients in a client centric manner:

• Resolve client queries within agreed timeframes.
• Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver on service level agreements made with internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Make recommendations to improve client service within area of responsibility.
• Participate and contribute to a culture which build rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.