Financial Accountant

A leading independent power producer, operating and developing power projects in Africa is looking for a Financial Accountant for a 9 month maternity cover. This role could be based in Cape Town, Claremont or Rosebank, JHB A leading independent power producer, operating and developing power projects in Africa is looking for a Financial Accountant for a 9 month maternity cover. This role could be based in Cape Town, Claremont or Rosebank, JHB.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and Manage transactional and reporting processes
• Complete all calculations and capture necessary month end entries including accruals, tax, deferred tax, intercompany transactions, etc.
• Invoicing of revenue and preparation of monthly entries.
• Maintain fixed asset registers, including creation of new assets and disposals.
• Prepare balance sheet and key income statement reconciliations.
• Prepare the finance inputs and analysis for monthly shareholder and stakeholder reports and board reports including explanations of key variances.
• Complete year end packs.
• Responsible for completion and filing of tax returns including VAT, Income Tax, WHT, etc.
• Cash Flow Management
• Ensure timeous receipts of debtors balance and creditor payments.
• Prepare cash flow forecasts and highlight shortfalls to budget.
• Maintain debt schedules and repayment of debt.
• Statutory and Compliance Reporting
• Prepare quarterly reports to lenders.
• Ad hoc compliance reports from various institutions including Stats SA, NERSA, etc.
• Report procurement spend for the quarter to the economic development team.
• Budgeting and Forecasting:
• Partner with the operations teams on the budgeting and forecasting process.
• Complete budget reporting templates.
• Upload of budgets into the accounting system.
• Support the Broader Team:
• Ad hoc support to the finance and operations team on items including but not limited to: BBBEE reporting, vendor management, Economic Development reporting, etc.
• Undertake ad hoc finance responsibilities in support of the The group, as appropriate.

Experience, Knowledge And Qualifications

• Minimum Chartered Accountant (CA) (SA) qualification or equivalent NQF level qualification
• Minimum 1 years post-qualifying (or post articles) experience in a commercial and/or corporate environment (outside of audit)
• Relevant experience working with Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word and Excel)
• Relevant working experience with an ERP system
• Relevant working experience loading payments on a banking profile
• Knowledge of financial systems, financial processes and internal control mechanisms
• Experience in a shared services environment is an advantage
• Experience in a multi-company or multi-entity is an advantage
• Experience in an asset-intensive organisation is an advantage