Senior Financial Accountant (2586) at The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• A Bachelors degree in financial accounting or accounting science.
• Must be a Chartered Accountant (SA).
• At least five years’ experience in a financial accounting environment.
• At least three years’ experience of preparation of financial statements.
• Proficiency in CaseWare is essential.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

General Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Review and prepare year-end adjusting journals.
• Review of the general ledger transaction and account balances, trial balances for correctness and unusual transactions.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, Interim and Annual Financial Statements in accordance with the required reporting framework (IFRS/GRAP standards).
• Prepare financial schedules to support financial statements for audit.
• Review regions’ interim and annual financial inputs and submissions.
• Assist with internal and external audits queries.
• Maintain and keep all relevant financial reporting documents safe in either manual or electronic copies.

Regulatory, Statutory and Management Reporting

• Prepare and conduct submission of statutory returns and reporting to regulatory authorities including monthly and quarterly reports to Department of Transport and National Treasury (In year reporting).
• Prepare and review the income, operational and capex reports to external stakeholders. E.g. the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).
• Prepare monthly management and executive committee (EXCO) reports.
• Provide inputs and assistance to SCM and procurement office when requested.

Policies, Procedures and Compliance

• Ensure accounting and reporting adherence to IFRS/ GRAP, PFMA and related regulations.
• Review and update the policies and procedures relating to financial accounting and reporting annually.
• Provide inputs to ensure that the controls in the financial accounting environment are sound and effective.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation

• Adopt a continuous improvement mindset to iteratively improve financial accounting and reporting processes.
• Drive process redesign efforts for financial accounting where applicable.
• Drive the performance improvement agenda as well as the adoption of technology and automation of existing processes, collaborating closely with the ICT function.
• Monitor and track performance KPIs in your area of work.