RTR Senior Accountant at DHL

Role Context

• Deliver on all Record to Report activities in accordance with Accounting principles and Corporate policies/Global Operating Model. Key focus is on compliance. To build and maintain relationships with the respective stakeholders, finance manager and CFO.

Key responsibilities

•  Address finance related payroll accounting related queries
•  Prepare monthly VAT reconciliation.
•  Perform month to month analysis on input and output VAT and investigate inconsistencies.
•  Prepare monthly income tax calculation for review by management.
•  Prepare deferred tax calculation on a quarterly basis for review by management.
•  Perform tax submissions on e-filing.
•  Submit all income tax related returns and payments as per deadlines.
•  For any tax audit or queries - collect and coordinate all submissions of all information requested.
•  Coordinate action to ensure tax compliance.
•  Reconcile Leap to SAP and ensure alignment to IFRS 16.
•  Complete monthly journals.
•  Amend any lease information on LEAP in accordance with the lease contract and ensure alignment to IFRS 16.
•  Liaise with facilities teams to ensure all latest lease information is on hand
•  Coordinate CRISP submissions to ensure timeous submission.
•  Support/train/guide control owners where needed.
•  Gather evidence for CRISP submission where process owner.
•  Address deficient controls with relevant control owners.
•  Update controls including LCD, applicability, control owners, remediation plan.
•  Follow up and close open items on CRISP timeously.
•  Understand and plan for internal audits with relevant stakeholders.
•  Coordinate and drive closure of all internal audit findings.
•  Collect and coordinate submissions of all external audit information requests from auditors
•  Ensure previous year audit findings are addressed (implemented corrective action).
•  Provide support during the audit process (internal and external) in the most efficient way.
•  Provide support with AFS preparation.
•  Identify gaps on IFRS compliance and drive corrective actions
•  Analyse process delays / performance failures, identify root causes and define & monitor corrective actions.
•  Drive implementation of systems/tools to automate and improve resource utilization, efficiency, controls and compliance.
•  Continuously improve financial processes while reducing risk to the business – driving continuous improvement
•  Ensure previous year audit findings are addressed (implemented corrective action).
•  Provide support during the audit process (internal and external) in the most efficient way.
•  Provide support with AFS preparation.
•  Identify gaps on IFRS compliance and drive corrective actions
•  Analyse process delays / performance failures, identify root causes and define & monitor corrective actions.
•  Drive implementation of systems/tools to automate and improve resource utilization, efficiency, controls and compliance.
•  Continuously improve financial processes while reducing risk to the business – driving continuous improvement
•  Identify areas of risk and issues. Escalate to appropriate channel when necessary to avoid delays and ensure issues are resolved.
•  Ensure timely responses to internal and external customers.
•  Identify process delays / performance failures, identify root causes and work with supervisor to define corrective actions. Monitor implementation from start to end to ensure resolution.
•  Provide support with implementation of systems/tools to automate and improve resource utilization, efficiency, controls and compliance.

Minimum Requirements

Education & experience

• 6 months contract (Maternity reliever)
• Matric or equivalent.
• Diploma or degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent
•  5 year of working experience (post articles) in the management accountants field
•  +- 2years in Logistic or Call centre environment
•  Working knowledge of IFRS
•  Extensive working experience with Oracle/SAP/SUN/Large ERP’s applications and data extraction tools like Oracle Discoverer is an asset and essential.
•  Fluent in written and spoken English.