General Accounting Manager at TotalEnergies

Job Description

As a General Accouting Manager, you will be responsible for the following: 

• HSEQ
• Ensure commitment and compliance with the Company’s safety policy and company rules.
• Carry out Safety tours and Joint Safety tours are defined annually Compliance.
• Strict compliance with the Company’s Compliance Program and play a key role in ensure accounting records reflect the actual financial transactions flows

Strategy

• To implement a financial reporting that gives management the appropriate information to build the long-term strategy of the company.

Accounting and Reporting

• Management of the month end and quarterly closing process
• To ensure the accurate, timeous and consistent production of consolidated monthly, quarterly (CAP and Board) and Annual Financial Statements to the relevant entities (local shareholders, management, Board, Audit Committee and overseas shareholders)
• To ensure compliance with accounting reporting requirements (IFRS) and prepare memos to support the Company’s accounting in various technical areas.
• To ensure accuracy, completeness and integrity of the fixed assets system
• Ensure SOX compliance in all reporting activities.
• To ensure business rules for Asset Management are adhered to, the monthly AUC report is acted upon
• Management of the external audit process
• Review of balance sheet reconciliations
• Review of policies and procedures and ensure they are up to date
• Responsible for managing the Shared Service Centre
• Review complex business transactions and ensure they are in line with the accounting standards
• To ensure appropriate and reliable communication with external auditors and other key stakeholders in TMSA
• Reporting of accurate KPI’s and ratio’s

Accounts Payable Management

• To manage the accounts payable process for TMSA’s product and goods and services
• Responsible for managing the Shared Service Centre
• To ensure appropriate internal and external service levels to business and suppliers, ensuring all suppliers are paid on time and within contractual commitments where applicable

Business development

• To participate in current and future information technology projects that have impact on the financial statements of the Group and business projects.
• To optimise the use of available technology to improve the flow of available information to internal and external stakeholders.
• To identify inefficient processes and drive the implementation of value-adding accounting measures, policies and procedures

People management

• To manage the staff by creating a motivating work environment, providing development opportunities, and monitoring their performance in line with the set objectives
• To ensure critical skills and positions are identified.
• To ensure succession plan is in place for direct reports, and update job descriptions at least every 2 years.
• To ensure the annual employee review process includes a review of employee career plan and development plan.

Context and environment

• Internal Contacts: Operations, finance, Paris group consolidation department and internal audit.
•  Cross functionality required through interaction other divisions
•  Ensuring that financial information is valid, useful, accurate and timeous
•  Recommendations to management about internal controls and operational issues. Problem solving.
•  Evaluation of information from other departments
• External Contacts: External auditors and shareholders.

Candidate profile

Ideally, as a General Accounting Manager, you will possess the following: 

• Certified CA(SA)
• A minimum of 7 years commercial experience with at least 5 years of management experience
• Very good knowledge of IFRS, year-end reporting and closing procedures
• Very good knowledge of SAP
• Good knowledge of the oil industry key competencies required
• Analytical skills
• Leading and supervising others
• Very good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Very good presentation skills