Job Ref
15058BR
Job Category
Corporate Services
Job Profile
Mott MacDonald is a £1.1 billion Global Engineering and Management consultancy Mott MacDonald and leading BEE start-up Engineering practice PDNA have combined operations in Southern Africa to create a new infrastructure engineering and management consultancy for the entire Sub-Saharan region and beyond. We are looking for people keen to explore mutual opportunities with a new dynamic company. Johannesburg office requires a strong Financial Accountant
Job Description
Financial Accountant
- Responsibilities focus on the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements. These tasks involve financial analyses, the review of working papers done by others, the preparation of estimates and the preparation of working papers to ensure that all financial transactions are accurately recorded in the financial system.
- Provide senior management and the Finance and Audit Committee assurance regarding the quality of the information that underlies the Centre’s financial statements.
- Monitoring company's standards for changes that may affect financial reporting and bringing these issues to the attention of the Corporate Accountant.
- Interacts with all regions finance employees, other employees involved in the recording of transactions (grant administration officers), internal auditors, and external auditors.
- The incumbent also provides specialized advice to the Corporate Accounting unit and to various stakeholders, senior manager's and internal clients.
- Prepares month-, quarter- and year-end cut-off schedules with due dates for submission of key tasks and working papers.
- Prepares relevant procedures that aforementioned staff must follow when applying the cut-off schedules.
- Responsibilities focus on the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements. These tasks involve financial analyses, the review of working papers done by others, the preparation of estimates and the preparation of working papers to ensure that all financial transactions are accurately recorded in the financial system.
- Provide senior management and the Finance and Audit Committee assurance regarding the quality of the information that underlies the Centre’s financial statements.
- Monitoring company's standards for changes that may affect financial reporting and bringing these issues to the attention of the Corporate Accountant.
- Interacts with all regions finance employees, other employees involved in the recording of transactions (grant administration officers), internal auditors, and external auditors.
- The incumbent also provides specialized advice to the Corporate Accounting unit and to various stakeholders, senior manager's and internal clients.
- Prepares month-, quarter- and year-end cut-off schedules with due dates for submission of key tasks and working papers.
- Prepares relevant procedures that aforementioned staff must follow when applying the cut-off schedules.
- Receives and reviews for accuracy, reasonableness, consistency and policy compliance, and accepts quarterly and year-end worksheets prepared by Financial Services
- Working from the trial balance report, sees that the proper analysis, interpretation, calculations and classification of transactions are effected (many of the following are technically complex, requiring analytical skills, problem-solving and a degree of decision-making that affect the integrity of financial statements — duplicate postings, postings to the wrong accounts, omitted postings, postings of the wrong amounts and postings to the wrong column).
- Working from the trial balance report, sees that the proper analysis, interpretation, calculations and classification of transactions are effected (many of the following are technically complex, requiring analytical skills, problem-solving and a degree of decision-making that affect the integrity of financial statements — duplicate postings, postings to the wrong accounts, omitted postings, postings of the wrong amounts and postings to the wrong column).
Candidate Specification
Candidates should have the following experience and qualifications;
- BCom Financial Accounting / Diploma in related field or equivalent experience required.
- 5 to 10 years experience
Technical Competencies
- Good knowledge of Accounting
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office Package
- Mathematical and Accounting skills
Behavioural Competencies
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Time Management
- Initiating Action Problem Solving
- Honesty and Intergrity
- Seeking to improve personal knowledge
- BCom Financial Accounting / Diploma in related field or equivalent experience required.
- 5 to 10 years experience
Technical Competencies
- Good knowledge of Accounting
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office Package
- Mathematical and Accounting skills
Behavioural Competencies
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Time Management
- Initiating Action Problem Solving
- Honesty and Intergrity
- Seeking to improve personal knowledge
