Finance and Payroll Analyst at Kuehne + Nagel

The primary purpose of the role is to perform accurate finance, accounting, and payroll administration duties for the Knowledge Centre and provide support to both finance and HR teams in all countries across the MEA region. It will be expected from the successful candidate to service a diverse team in different accounting and legislative environments across time zones with a focus on the maintenance of the Employee Leave system (ESS) and to provide a wide range of general accounting responsibilities including validation and reconciliation of the general ledger accounts. Seeking continuous process improvement, process automation to improve quality and also to increase efficiency via solid financial knowledge, background and experience by ensuring full compliance with relevant country local laws and regulations with clear ambition to learn more will capture the essence of this job.

Your Responsibilities

• Reconcile all payroll related accounts in the general ledger (G/L interfaces from SAGE to ACON+)
• Maintain manpower related accruals, provisions calculation and reconciliation ( EOS, Bonus and Leave balance days) against G/L
• Prepare and review payroll journal entries (Import CSV & Bank Upload files) for validation purposes
• Prepare all monthly reporting, resulting in efficient tracking of information for external and internal audits
• Accountable for compiling the monthly manpower report to reflect monthly changes in the Headcount, and FTE’s including communicating with regularly with line managers to ensure reporting is completed correctly to prevent impact on the Financial Statements
• Drive process automation and standardization including direct interfaces from SAGE to ACON+ (EOS, Leave and Bonus Provision)
• Authorization of expense claims and ensure that client entertainment has a gift and entertainment number in South Africa
• Effective upload of General Ledger interfaces and validating and posting to ACON+ based on payroll data received from SAGE Premier

Your Skills And Experiences

• First University Degree - Business Administration
• MBA or equivalent - Business Administration
• You have 2-5 years experience in Project Management
• You have 2-5 years of international and leadership experience
• MS Office experience required in Word, Excel (advanced) and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of financial standards, principles and procedures, as well as financial computer systems
• In-depth understanding of Accounting fundamentals
• Good command of the English Language - both written & spoken