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  • Posted: Sep 23, 2020
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    Aspen has a proud heritage dating back more than 160 years and is committed to sustaining life and promoting healthcare through increasing access to its high quality affordable medicines and products. Aspen has a market capitalisation of approximately US$10 billion, is the largest pharmaceutical company listed on the JSE Limited (share code: APN) and rank...
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    Reporting Accountant (Contract)

    ROLE PURPOSE:

    To assist the Group and Holdings Financial Manager in managing the financial processes. This will be achieved by driving the Aspen values: Excellence, Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation and engaging and building partnerships with the finance team and business partners.

    SPECIFIC OUTCOMES / ACCOUNTABILITY:

    Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd-Monthly

    • Manage and maintain Fixed asset register
    • Manage and maintain Fixed IP registers
    • Review creditors invoices in BAAN
    • Review creditors recons
    • Weighted average share calculation
    • Journals for shares, provisions, asset capitalizations, monthly depreciation, salary charges and transfers to projects, expense claims and transfer to projects and ROU assets
    • Preparation of balance sheet recons:
    • Fixed assets
    • Provisions
    • WIP
    • Shares
    • SIS and SAP
    • Any other adhoc recons
    • Extract TB out of BAAN and upload into Cognos
    • Reconcile all accounts in Cognos and submit to Group
    • Completion of the mini-packs for submission to Group
    • Prepare detailed monthly management accounts comparing to budget and latest forecast
    • Send out the cost centre reports to the relevant managers
    • Deal with any queries from the cost centre managers
    • Comparison of monthly actuals to forecasts with reasons for major variances
    • Detailed commentary on the Income Statement and Headcount for submission to executives
    • Loading of IS and BS forecasts and budgets into BAAN
    • Opening and closing of Baan LN periods
    • Assist with payments and new vendor reviews
    • Assist with putting processes in place to clear all audit issues
    • Once month end is completed, loading of the asset movements on TCRS
    • Ensure the WIP report is up-to-date by liaising with PMO on monthly basis
    • Management of SIS and SAP – preparing journals
    • Extract the TB from Baan for loading onto cognos for SIS and SAP
    • Reviewing of all intercompany journals
    • Reviewing of all bank journals
    • Reviewing of the monthly IC tracker
    • Reviewing of all IC and bank recons
    • Manage the IC team and ensuring that they meet all deadlines
    • Reviewing of creditor accruals journals
    • Loading of new vendors on Baan LN
    • Opening of new projects and closing of projects upon completion
    • Loading of the asset budgets and forecast provided by Holdings Accountant
    • Monthly commentary on the variances against budget and forecast iro income statement
    • Monthly headcount analysis on headcount movements for month as well as variances against budget and forecast
    • Payroll analysis per CC, per GL for Holdings Accountant to review actual salaries from payroll
    • Submission of all share recons to Group to ensure alignment monthly
    • Submission monthly to AGDT and Group Operations of their GL and budget/forecast for the month to review and submit any corrections and accruals
    • Any other adhoc activities

    Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd – Quarterly:

    • On a quarterly basis, liaise with cost centre managers and prepare the forecast
    • Liaise with cost centre managers for changes to headcount
    • Send latest forecast to cost centre managers for comment
    • Loading of IS and BS forecasts into BAAN
    • Load the IS forecasts into Essbase
    • Prepare the commentary for variances between budget and forecasts
    • Prepare the headcount analysis for variances between budget and forecasts
    • Review the IC forecast prepared by assistant accountants
    • Preparation of SIS and SAP forecast
    • Submission of SIS and SAP forecast into cognos

    Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd – Annually:

    • Update the IP register following impairment review meeting and process impairment journals.
    • Prepare applicable schedules for external auditors
    • Answer all queries and questions of external auditors re year end
    • Annually liaise with cost centre managers and prepare the annual budget
    • Liaise with cost centre managers for changes to headcount
    • Send budget to cost centre managers for comment
    • Load the IS budget into Essbase
    • Prepare the commentary for variances between budget and forecasts
    • Prepare the headcount analysis for variances between budget and forecasts
    • Prepare the presentation file for FM to present to GFO and Deputy CEO
    • Loading of IS and BS budgets into BAAN
    • Review the IC budgets prepared by assistant accountants
    • Preparation of SIS and SAP budget
    • Submission of SIS and SAP budget into cognos
    • Prepare half year end pack
    • Prepare year end pack
    • Preparation and submission of Annual Insurance Declaration on Cr360
    • Preparation and submission of Business Cycles Controls Framework on Cr360
    • Assist with the preparation of the tax pack and tax queries

    EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

    • Bcom Degree with minimum 5 - 10 years’ experience or
    • CA(SA) with minimum 3 years post articles experience
    • Previous experience within an SAP environment
    • Previous experience in the pharmaceutical or similar industry is very desirable
    • A proven ability to constantly challenge and improve existing processes and systems
    • Experience in implementing financial controls
    • Experience in implementing new systems
    • Experience in managing people and leadership

    SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

    • A proven ability to constantly challenge and improve existing processes and systems
    • Must have excellent communication skills and have the ability to communicate professionally on financial issues
    • Mature, resilient, assertive and someone with unquestionable integrity
    • Highly numerical with great attention to detail and deadline driven
    • Ability to interact with all levels of staff
    • Able to work under pressure – a calm, organized approach and ability to prioritize
    • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
    • A self-starter with a high degree of analytical rigor
    • Excellent time management
    • Excellent Decision Making skills
    • Great Influential skills
    • Report writing and presentation skills
    • Advanced Excel Knowledge

    KNOWLEDGE:

    • Up to date with IFRS
    • Up to date with TAX legislation/updates
    • Knowledge of Business
    • Knowledge of processes
    • Recruitment and selection
    • Policy and procedure
    • Career pathing
    • System knowledge, BAAN 4/ BAAN LN/ SAP

    ASPEN COMPETENCIES:

    Business 

    • Performance Driven
    • Accountability / Ownership

    People 

    • Communicate effectively
    • Deals with ambiguity / embraces change

    Self

    • Continuously grows and delivery
    • Contributes special expertise

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Aspen Pharma Group on aspen.mcidirecthire.com to apply

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