Financial Accountant (French Speaking) (Fixed Term Contract)

Purpose of the Job

To prepare the financial accounting activities for group companies in accordance with IFRS to ensure valid, accurate and complete accounting records.

Who You Are

• You are a financial accountant – you strive to produce timely accurate reporting.
• You keep up to date with changes to all accounting standards.
• You have built capability in others before (formally and informally –through training, feedback, and other means) and you enjoy seeing others succeed.
• You enjoy analyzing financial data and seek to understand processes and reasons for variances.
• You have a strong sense of ethics and pay attention to detail.

What You'll Be Doing

• Review of general ledger on a monthly basis and provide feedback to corporate accountants where required.
• Work with business to understand account balances and ensure validity and accuracy.
• Perform quarterly and year end reporting schedules for group accounting submissions.
• Responsible for segment of business planning - Balance Sheet
• Work closely with company auditors to complete company audits in a timely manner
• Manage and supervise assistant accountant.
• Multi-currency intercompany accounting

Exciting Challenges You Might Face

• Responsible for implementation of new IFRS standards
• Accounting and reconciliation of leases (additions, early terminations, modifications) in terms of IFRS 16
• Statutory reporting: review / compile Annual financial statements for the non-SA entities
• Explain to business the impact of the new standards on financial results.