Senior Specialist: IFRS & Compliance at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• To ensure that Vodacom Group companies comply to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assist in ensuring full compliance of all subsidiaries in the Vodacom Group to IFRS accounting standards.
• Co-write technical opinions for the Vodacom Group of companies on all new accounting issues for approval by the auditors.
• Assist in providing extensive training and guidance to all relevant parties on revised accounting policies and any issues identified.
• Involved in issuing of new accounting policies in accordance with IFRS.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining accounting manuals for the Vodacom Group.
• Assist with the consolidated annual financial statements and annual report in accordance with JSE and IFRS requirements on a bi-annual basis.
• Involved in assisting the consolidation function with reporting and technical issues.
• Involved in assisting the consolidation and shareholder reporting function on all technical matters as well as with reporting on an ad hoc basis.
• Involved in assisting relevant role players on all accounting issues for new acquisitions.
• Involved in assisting with any responses and returns to the JSE from time to time 
• Ad hoc projects 
• Assistance with audit related issues and auditor relationships.
• Any other issues as identified from time to time.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Qualified as a Chartered Accountant (S.A.)
• Must have at least 1-2 years relevant experience, post articles 
• It must be the ultimate direction in which the candidate wants to specialise

Skills: 

• Computer skills specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Independent
• Systematic and analytical
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Analytical Skills 
• Attention to Detail    

Attributes: 

• Integrity
• Good judgment
• Decisive
• Assertive
• Ability to plan and organize
• Stress tolerant

Knowledge:

• IFRS
• Report writing
• Audits
• General Business understanding
• Telecommunications Knowledge an advantage