Overview:

The duties of this role include preparing of management accounts, managing the cash flow and income statement, maintaining the fixed asset register and depreciation thereof, preparing year-end journals and preparation of audit files as well as preparing of financial statements. This position reports in to the Senior Accountant / Finance Manager. 

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or an equivalent
• Strong Excel skills
• Ability to manage a team and carry out day to day Accountant duties
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Able to handle large volumes of work including stock management.
• Ability to manage a remote team while ensuring that targets are met

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for accounting for daily Creditors and Debtors transactions
• Responsible in ensuring month-end reconciliations and reports are completed
• Full control of Fixed Assets – approval; maintaining asset register; scrapings; revalue; recon to GL
• Responsible for ensuring financial Year-end audit is carried out efficiently and successfully
• Making sure that costing and controls are in place and adhered to
• Preparing monthly management accounts
• Analysis and investigation of variances
• Calculation of depreciation
• Managing provisions and accruals
• Reviewing creditor’s reconciliations
• Processing Journals
• Reviewing of payments
• Preparing the audit file and ensuring compliance
• Monitor & reconcile all projects – new builds and remodels
• Monitor monthly costs per store per budget.
• Recon head office/Franchise Head Sales vs Royalties vs Income Statement
• Any other ad hoc duties
• Supervising remotely: General finance staff – creditors; cash controls; bank accounts; oversee/prep all Balance Sheet recons

Competencies;

• Analysing and investigation of variances to bring attention to ops team and propose possible reasons to the variances
• Judgment and decision making around managing finance team and daily routines
• To keep up to date with country finance laws to ensure compliance and advise
• Advanced numerical skills and statistical skills
• The capacity to arrange the availability and allocation of resources, the utilisation of control systems as well as the delegation and co-ordination of tasks and duties of individuals and groups.
• To plan, prioritise and systemise the action in line with required resources.
• Capacity to focus on and achieve standards of service which comply with the highest expectations of clients