What you will do

General Ledger reconciliations & schedule review:

• Improve GL schedules (reconciliations) monthly.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders to gather information to ensure meaningful reconciliation of GL accounts.
• Provide actionable insights through schedules to pre-empt issues and take timely action to drive resolution of issues.
• Review trends, identify patterns & opportunities to strengthen controls.
• Standardize schedules and follow a quality review process.
• Follow IFRS/IAS and AFG policies in the accounting process.

Monthly / Yearly books closing and business support:

• Review recurring provision, accruals of expenses and amortization.
• Validate amortization and provision entries.
• Identify and review accounting entries that require reclassification. Post reclassification entries, cost allocations and any other entries required as per standard checklist.
• Follow checklists and ensure compliance.
• Identify gaps in checklist and report new entries/edits to line manager.
• Submit relevant accounting information/data monthly, to facilitate AFG consolidation using the Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) tool.
• Review BSS BPC data for the entire Company handled by JH covering every single GL a/c, identify gaps, misses not limited to R2R but covering all Towers.
• Co-ordinate with external auditors and ensure timely submission of documentation and information.

Intercompany accounts monitoring:

• Review related party accounts and identify mismatches.
• Produce actionable insights and share with stake holders.
• Engage with business unit finance teams to drive resolutions.

Skills

Required skills to be successful

• Good knowledge of accounting practices in compliance with IFRS/IAS
• Have a very good understanding of what it takes to prepare financial statements and the ultimate impact of accounting on the income statement, statement of cashflow, and the statement of financial position.
• Ability to analysis financial data using a variety of tools, including but not limited to MS Excel.
• Analytical, process oriented
• Well organized, with excellent communication skills, a team player
• Should possess a good knowledge of excel and have prior experience in working with large databases.
• (Preferably SAP) and BPC 

What equips you for the role

• Bachelor’s degree in accountancy/ACCA/CMA (or similar qualification)
• 5-7 years in a similar role with hands on experience using ERP systems.