Reporting & Treasury Accountant at Kimberly-Clark

• In this role, you will be responsible for daily treasury operations including cash management, forecasting, and foreign exchange activities, while also supporting corporate financial reporting responsibilities. You will play a key role in strengthening the link between treasury and financial reporting by supporting balance sheet reviews, statutory reporting, audit processes, annual financial statements, and tax compliance. This role ensures accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery of critical financial outputs in a highly regulated environment.

In this role you will:

• Perform daily cash management activities, including cash positioning, money market placements, intercompany settlements, cash repatriation, and monitoring borrowing limits to optimise liquidity and investment returns.
• Prepare and maintain weekly cash flow forecasts across business units, the Inhouse Bank (IHB), and Group Treasury, including analysis of variances and foreign exchange exposure.
• Execute treasury operations including bank statement processing, local and foreign payments, rebates, FX spot trades, and forward exchange contracts in line with treasury policies and controls.
• Support treasury reporting and compliance requirements, including SARB regulatory reporting, FX documentation, internal controls, and audit requests related to treasury activities.
• Support the monthly financial close through balance sheet reviews, investigation of variances, clearing reconciling items, and preparation of schedules for group reporting.
• Assist with annual financial statements and audit processes by preparing supporting schedules, responding to auditor requests, resolving audit queries, and tracking closure of audit findings.
• Support statutory, STATS SA, and regulatory reporting, ensuring consistency between the general ledger, financial statements, and internal reporting systems.
• Provide tax support in collaboration with EY and internal tax teams, including assistance with tax computations, provisional tax submissions, supporting documentation, and accurate reflection of tax entries in the general ledger.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience in treasury, financial accounting, or corporate reporting roles.
• Strong understanding of treasury operations, cash management, banking processes, and financial reporting principles.
• Completed Articles with a Big 4 audit firm or progress toward CA(SA), ACCA, or CIMA.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid knowledge of IFRS and balance sheet accounting.
• Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical and problem‑solving capability.
• Experience supporting audits, annual financial statements, or tax computations.
• Experience with SAP/S4HANA or similar ERP systems.