Group Accounting Specialist

1 month ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Stonehage Fleming Full time
Job Title: Group Accountant

Stonehage Fleming is seeking a highly skilled Group Accountant to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the complete month-end close process of several international entities across the Group.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Complete bank reconciliations for the bank accounts of specific Group entities on a weekly and monthly basis to ensure that the cash records are correct.
  • Liaise with the billing team to ensure that they have completed the billing, WIP accruals, bad debt provisions, and income split journals for assigned Group entities each month.
  • Liaise with the accounts payable team to ensure that expenses, prepayments, and fixed assets additions are booked correctly each month.
  • Check that the AP team has posted expenses to the correct department versus budget.
  • Prepare the monthly accruals and provision journals.
  • Prepare month payroll journals for assigned entities.
  • Completion of IFRS 16 lease accounting journals for relevant entities.
  • Preparing the monthly profit and loss, and balance sheet reports.
  • Preparing the supporting balance sheet reconciliations for all the balance sheet balances.
  • Ensure that the intercompany balances are reconciled and settled timeously.
  • Understand and adhere to all financial and accounting regulations and legislation.
  • Complete VAT and Tax returns, for the appropriate countries' tax authority within the required deadlines.
  • Assist with the completion of regulatory returns during busy periods and provide data to the regulatory reporting team for monthly regulatory cap updates.
  • Input into the calculation of local and Group service level agreements.
  • Preparation of weekly/monthly cash flow forecasts.
  • Prepare board report packs including financial analysis and commentary.
  • Prepare year-end statutory financial statements for several entities.
  • Liaison with auditors.
  • Respond to adhoc financial queries by gathering and interpreting data.
Requirements:
  • Qualified accountant (SAIPA).
  • Previous IFRS experience.
  • Good knowledge of different jurisdictional tax requirements is advantageous.
  • Previous financial services experience.
  • Regulatory filings experience.
Competencies, Skills, and Behaviours:
  • Good technical accounting skills.
  • Good knowledge of different accounting systems — knowledge of Microsoft Business Central is advantageous.
  • Strong Excel skills (knowledge of macros, Power Pivot, and Power BI would be an advantage).
  • Experience in preparing financial statements on Caseware.
  • Very good attention to detail and an organised logical approach is essential.
  • Proactive and solutions-oriented.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build effective working relationships and influence change.
  • Team player.

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