Senior Financial Accountant Stakeholder Reporting at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Develop and implement a continuous input into financial and business decision-making at tactical/operational level, the completion of financial accounting reports and the day to day execution of financial related activities, as well as ensuring the integrity of the General Ledger and Trial balance to ensure accurate and timely reporting on a monthly basis.

Key Accountabilities

• Populate monthly financial information in OneStream.
• Timeous and accurate completion of monthly reporting.
• Prepare Business Unit Statutory Reporting and compliance process. Coordination and Preparation of 5 year ST and LT Budget, full balance sheet and income statement up to submitted status on OneStream.
• Coordination between all BU stakeholders and shareholders relating to budgets, forecasts, actuals.
• Effective statutory reporting execution taking into account group timelines and requirements.
• Prepare and review of stand-alone Business Unit Annual Financial statements, where applicable.
• Stakeholder/Interface Management - Network with key stakeholders in the Group and provide guidance to BU financial teams in terms of compliance to reporting frameworks.
• Provide financial information to External & Internal auditors.
• Common understanding and implementation of accounting standards and issues.
• Detailed understanding of OneStream/OneSource reporting packs and the Sasol accounting manual.
• Audit findings/recommendations are considered and implemented.
• Effective external/internal auditor relationships to meet reporting requirements/deadlines.
• Prepare OneStream/OneSource reporting packs, minimal errors.
• Ensure the integrity of the GL accounts and the structure of the ledger.
• Ledger provides adequate reporting information and ensures transactions take place in a controlled environment.
• Good understanding of SAP to ensure alignment with management reporting objectives and requirements.
• Month end and year end closing managed per timetable.
• Prepare GL to assist reporting in Onestream. Data in systems aligned with Group requirements.
• Provide financial information for Business Unit reporting.
• Accurate and timeous month-end reporting in accordance with Group timelines and requirements.
• Provide inputs to the Cash flow forecasting process.
• Accurate and timeous financial information for reporting purposes.
• Perform monthly GL and/or sub ledger reconciliations.
• Accurate and timeous complete GL accounts/reconciliations.
• Reviews and validates GL reconciliations.
• Ensure all GL reconciliations are performed and completed audit files are delivered for review.
• Comply with requirements in terms of controls over financial reporting and GL.
• Perform monthly SOX controls.
• Perform SOX testing during testing cycles for financial reporting and GL.
• Monthly and annual Rehabilitation provision calculations and updates.
• Prepare reports required for Govcom/Opscom/Board cycles
• Provide the necessary information within prescribed deadlines to external and internal auditors to ensure audits are seamless and completed timeously.
• High quality audit file, with all necessary supporting documentation prepared.
• Minimal audit findings, timely mitigated.
• Technical issues timeously identified and actioned.
• First preparer of RPC technical position papers.
• Present at OME RPC Prepare position papers for discussion at the OME RPC.
• Engage with Group Technical department to align concept before Group RPC.
• Monthly and annual Tax calculations and tax returns (Income Tax and Carbon Tax).
• Preparation of tax returns in conjunction with Group Tax Services. Timeous and accurate completion of tax returns. STATS SA reporting completed timeously.
• Queries are handled effectively and efficiently.

Formal Education

• B.Com Hons Accounting / CTA or equivalent with articles and with 2+ years relevant experience
• Proven technical financial reporting skills

Working Experience

• Experience: 2+ relevant years