Senior Accountant at UPD

Job Purpose:

• To ensure completeness of financials in accordance with statutory accounting practices, and financial support to the business

Job Objectives:

• Assisting with daily accounting matters and queries from the finance team and the wider business
• Authorisation of payments and ensuring accuracy and validity of payments
• Reviewing of monthly management accounts received from junior accountant
• Liaise with internal and external auditors and assist with queries
• Providing support and managing any daily operational queries related to finance
• Involved in month-end reporting, providing support and managing any daily finance queries
• Review of supporting documentation and reconciliations
• Involved in report writing and enhancing existing templates
• Managing the general ledger on a monthly basis to ensure accurate mapping/allocation
• Analysing performance and implementing cost-saving models across the group
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensure accurate monthly processing of journals
• Assisting in completion of adhoc accounting duties and accounting validation in terms of IFRS
• Submissions to head office
• Managing accounting department (consisting of 14 staff) in Financial Manager’s absence
• Taking responsibility for finalisation of month end process
• Assisting with the training and development of the finance department staff 
• Assisting the Financial Manager in all aspects within the managing of the Financial Accounting department and act as the Financial Manager’s second-in-charge.

Job Qualifications

• Bcom degree
• Newly appointed CA or an Accountant 1 - 2 years accountant experience

Job Skills, Abilities and Related Knowledge:

• Accounting Principles.
• Taxation.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Analytical thought process.
• Accuracy.
• Integrity.
• Ability to work accounting packages.
• Good work ethic.
• Assertive.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Honesty and Integrity.
• Business acumen.
• Exposure to foreign transactions.
• Deadline driven.

Essential Competencies:

• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Writing and Reporting
• Analysing
• Planning and organising
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Coping with Pressure and Setbacks