Assistant Financial Accountant: Sunbet at Sun International

Job Purpose; 

• The Assistant Financial Accountant for SunBet will be responsible to supervise the team and processes, and participate in the processing of  financial accounting entries, perform calculations, review and reconcile transactions for SunBet and associated companies in line with company standards, regulations and legislation with the aim of maintaining accurate and complete accounting transactions and contributing to maintaining a sound internal control environment.

Job Requirements

Qualification: 

• Diploma/Degree in Finance (Accounting) or extensive experience in Online gaming finance. 

Experience:

• 5 years’ experience working within a finance environment including exposure to foreign owned entities. 
• Experience in gaming finance is an advantage. 
• Experience in gaming finance is an advantage

Skills & Knowledge:

• Collecting Information
• People supervision
• Organising and Coordinating Resources
• Informing & Communicating
• Applying Expertise and Technology
• Following Procedures
• Assuring Quality
• Responding with Urgency
• Emotional maturity
• English written and verbal communication skills
• Numerical skills
• Accounting principles and processes
• IFS Financial module an advantage
• Proficient computer skills (MS Office, IFS AP module)
• Systems knowledge: IFS, Bede, Game providers

Key Performance areas:

• Review and verify all journals purchase orders and expense claims processed by the accounts clerk(s)
• Calculate all gaming platform subscription fees, games providers and payment processing fees in line with contracts
• Check and process invoices for platform, game providers and payment processing
• Manage capex processes in terms of approvals, capitalisation, write off and asset verifications
• Processing of Africa entity transactions including general ledger
• Investigate and resolve queries with shared services
• Assist with preparation of specified reconciliation to achieve accurate reporting of financial records
• Follow-up and reconcile items with shared services to ensure these are resolved
• Review weekly cashflow to ensure all creditors payments are made on time
• Assist during preparations of budgets and forecasts
• Assist with management of audits for applicable areas
• Assist with management of contracts on the Mfiles system
• Maintain orderly and accurate electronic filling records, ensuring back up documentation is filed and accessible
• Adherence to all financial policies and procedures
• Update on progress and where necessary, escalate unresolved issues
• Respond to and resolve queries with internal and external clients
• Develop and maintain sound working relationships with relevant departments
• Keep up to date with trends and services relating to the function's delivery