Fresh Job Openings at Sasol

Job Description

Purpose of Job

• Ensuring legal tenure for Sasol Oil on new and existing Sasol Service Station Sites.
• Draft lease agreements on Sasol Service Station properties and facilitate the drafting of Franchise and operations agreements.
• Manage and facilitate litigation processes with external attorneys.
• Facilitate all documantation related to the monthly Property Development Commitee Meeting.
• Accountable for processes to facilitate legal communication between, business, bank institutions, architects, engineering and external parties related to tenure.
• Manage and maintain good governance on business matters related to property development.
• Guide and assist the property development team with calculating economic feasibility for new developments as well as existing network matters.
• Responsible for continuous analyses of development assumptions and annual reporting on development assumptions.
• Liaise group wide with various stakeholders to align property development assumptions with growth assumptions of group.
• Management of legal risk related to Sasol tenure on properties.

The following are non negotiable:

• Completed B Com law/LLB - Notary Conveyancing
• 15 to 20 years in the conveyancing environment coupled with the implementation and maintaining of legal documentation.
• Proven knowledge of conveyancing, dealing with legal (property) documentation and record keeping.
• Drafted more than 50 lease agreements
• Been involved in more than 5 arbritations
• Facilitated more than 50 notarial registrations processes
• A minimum of 15 years experience in working with a team in primarily the legal and financial field

Core Elements of Job

• Manage the team tasked with the establishment of tenure for Sasol on new to industry, knockdown and rebuild of service station sites.
• Finalisation of all legal documentation in the new to industry/conversion and existing portfolio's.
• Accountable for the effective implementation of legal process in the property environment coupled with growth of the retail network.
• Managing litigation on breach applications on existing network.
• Accuracy of documentation and according to Sasol's core values as marked by the Property Manager.
• Market analyses on development transactions in service station development field. Implementing competitive guidance on market related development transactions to be implemented.
• Facilitate process and sign off of individual development transactions to be presented to the Property Development Committee.

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Job Description

Purpose of Job /Role Intent:

The purpose of the role is to provide a continuous input into financial and business decision-making at tactical/ operational level, the completion of financial accounting reports and the day

to day supervision of/ and the execution of financial related activities

Minimum Qualifications and Experience required:

•  CA (SA) or equivalent with 1 year post articles experience
•  B Comm(Hons)/CTA or equivalent with 5 years post article experience
•  B Com (Hons) Acc or equivalent with 7 years post article experience
•  B Com/B Tech Acc or equivalent with 10 years post article experience
•  Working knowledge of SAP
•  Current knowledge of IFRS, relevant Companies Act and South African Tax knowledge
•  Experience in financial reporting and consolidations
•  HFM experience
•  Working experience within the chemicals industry
•  Supervisory experience managing direct reports

Core Elements of Job:

 Statutory Reporting

•  Plan and co-ordinate the Business Unit Statutory Reporting and compliance process (both Base
• chemicals and hosting for performance chemicals)
•  Prepare bi-annual financial reporting information to Group to compile Group’s analyst book, 20F and annual integrated report.
•  Consolidate and prepare all statutory returns to appropriate authorities.
•  Manage relationship with External & Internal auditors.
•  Detailed understanding of HFM reporting pack and the Sasol accounting manual.
•  Review the year end packs of all HFM entities for base chemicals and the entities hosted on behalf of performance chemicals

Monthly reporting

•  Populate financial information in HFM & TM1;
•  Variance analysis against budget and prior year in TM1;
•  Providing relevant information for the purpose of decision making (Exco report)

Quarterly

•  Understand the quarterly forecast for variance explanations with actual
•  Understand the yearly budget for variance explanations with actual
•  Prepare and submit various statutory returns to appropriate authorities, where applicable
•  Coordination of external reporting timelines accross Base Chemicals and Performance chemicals (hosting entities)
•  Comply with sox requirements in terms of controls over financial reporting
• Provide the necessary information within prescribed deadlines to external and internal auditors to
• ensure audits are seamless and completed timeously.

Technical

• technical issues identified and actioned timeoulsy for both Base Chemicals and Performance Chemicals
• co-ordination of internal APC meetings
• preparation and submission of APC papers to Group APC
• Preparation of governance, operations committee and board papers.
• Preparation of tax returns in conjunction with TAX PSS.
• Rolling Capital Plan (RCP)
• Review the RCP data for Base Chemicals and Performance Chemicals (hosting entities) on a consolidated level. Specific focus on growth projects
• Coordinate the RCP submission in TM1 across Base Chemicals and Performance Chemicals (hosting entities).

Functional Competencies

• Accounting
• Contributing to Organisational Operating Decisions
• Data Gathering and Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Operations
• Financial Planning and Reporting
• Financial Stakeholder Relations
• Financial Systems
• Legislative and Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Strategic Thinking/ Business Analysis.