Accountant - Modderfontein at AECI Limited

Job Description    

• Perform month end transactional activities e.g., review of adjustments, month end closing procedures and recon preparation etc.
• Provide first level support in terms of call and query handling across AEL
• Perform selected bank reconciliations
• Review, approve and post predefined manual journal entries and supporting documentation and narration to journal (ensure journal entries are valid, accurate and complete)
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and follow up on long outstanding items
• Prepare monthly memorandum of balance sheet recon issues for review by the in-country team
• Align with COE on GL master data maintenance
• Perform month end transactional activities e.g., review of adjustments, month end closing procedures and recon preparation etc.
• Provide first level support in terms of call and query handling across AEL
• Perform selected bank reconciliations
• Review, approve and post predefined manual journal entries and supporting documentation and narration to journal (ensure journal entries are valid, accurate and complete)
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and follow up on long outstanding items
• Prepare monthly memorandum of balance sheet recon issues for review by the in-country team
• Align with COE on GL master data maintenance
• Engage with stakeholders at an operational level to address any service delivery issues
• Ensure attendance of monthly governance meetings
• Comply with all legislation relating to accounting matters
• Identify internal control weaknesses and assist in developing and implementing improvement opportunities
• Ensure compliance with SLA criteria (specific to area of responsibility)
• Keep abreast on legal and regulatory issues relating to accounting matters
• Comply with Safety, Health and Environment standards
• Review audit instructions and compile/prepare supporting documentation for the audit process

Qualifications & Experience    

• B Com Financial Accounting or equivalent qualification
• 3 – 5 years’ experience as an Accountant or equivalent (with Supervisory experience)
• A high degree of computer literacy including advanced knowledge of the MS Office Suite – especially MS Excel, Word and MS Teams
• Sound knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Knowledge of an ERP system, preferably SAP (B1/R3)
• Ability to understand and apply financial policies, procedures, and processes specific to the company
• Knowledge of the regulatory, statutory and compliance frameworks affecting area of responsibility
• Ability to extract reports from the system