Financial Assistant

**Job Title: Financial Assistant**
- **POSITION DETAILS**

Position Title:
Financial Assistant - KATHU

Reports to:
Business Manager

Department:
Finance

Period:
12 month FTC

**Location**:
Bryanston, Johannesburg - South Africa (With occasional travel to site)

**CLOSING DATE**:
**25th September 2025**
- **BACKGROUND**

ENGIE is a major player in the energy transition, whose purpose is to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy. With 98,000 employees in 30 countries, the Group covers the entire energy value chain, from production to infrastructures and sales. ENGIE combines complementary activities: renewable electricity and green gas production, flexibility assets (notably batteries), gas and electricity transmission and distribution networks, local energy infrastructures and the supply of energy to individuals, local authorities, and businesses. Every year, ENGIE works to drive forward the energy transition and achieve its net-zero carbon goal by 2045. The Group has been present in Africa for over 50 years.

**ENGIE provides expertise in four (4) Global Business Units**:

- **Renewables & Flex Power** - Delivering greener and smarter electrons through renewable energy and flexible power solutions.
- **Local Energy Infrastructures -**Support customers in achieving significant decarbonisation goals.
- **Networks -**Expanding and adapting power and gas infrastructure to accommodate the transition to green molecules.
- **Supply & Energy Management -**Leveraging ENGIE’s global energy assets to deliver secure, sustainable energy to customers.

**About ENGIE in South Africa**:

- 15 years + presence in South Africa
- First and largest Independent Power Producer (IPP) with more than 1,6 GW in operation
- Over 300 + professionals
- Developed, built and operate the first H2 plant in Africa at Mogalakwena mine
- Founding member of the Hydrogen valley initiative with Anglo American and the Department of Science and Technology
- Operational and Safety excellence across all sites
- Growth Market for ENGIE

**In South Africa, ENGIE has a growing involvement and portfolio of operational assets**:

- Avon & Dedisa Peaking Power (1005 MW OCGT)
- Xina Solar One (100 MW CSP)
- Kathu Solar Park (100 MW CSP)
- Aurora Wind (95 MW Onshore Wind)
- Golden Valley (117 MW Onshore Wind)
- Excelsior (32 MW Onshore Wind)
- Konkoonsies 2 (75 MW Solar PV)
- Aggeneys (40 MW Solar PV)
- MBP (75 MW Solar PV)
- Grootspruit (75 MW Solar PV) - in construction
- Graspan (75 MW Solar PV) - in construction
- OYA Hybrid (333 MW Solar/ Wind/ BESS) - in construction

**3. JOB PURPOSE**

Kathu Operations is a 100 MW greenfield Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project with parabolic trough technology and equipped with a molten salt storage system that allows 4.5 hours of thermal energy storage and thus limits the intermittent nature of solar energy

**4.** **KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & PURPOSE OF THE JOB**

**Safety at Work**
- Ensures a safe working environment for yourself and colleagues while working on any equipment.
- Support all safety initiatives and ensure compliance to all safety related activities aligned to Engie.
- Points out any unsafe conditions to the Business Manager

**Finance responsibilities**:

- **Cash Flow Management**
- Assist the financial accountant in continuous preparation of the monthly and annual cash flow for Kathu Operations
- Assist in Maintaining KOPS liquidity position by monitoring the inflows and outflows of cash for the business and highlight any risk and opportunities to the Financial Accountant
- **Budgeting Planning and Consolidation**
- Assist in Preparation of Mid-Term Plan (MTP) for KOPS Board approval
- Assist in Monitoring Expenditure and analyze variance, ensure system are put in place to ensure effective and efficient spending for the business and communicate this information monthly to the budget holders.
- Assist in Conducting annual budget reviews
- EBITDA monitoring to ensure that it is as per the target and KPI for KOPS.
- **Inventory/Fleet Management**
- Assist in Providing support to the warehouse in charge to keep proper economic order quantities to be able to support the O & M team (Min/Max stock level)
- Ensure proper administrative management of fleet for KOPS, Servicing, maintenance, insurance, and compliance with law enforcement agencies.
- **Financial Reporting**
- Assist in Preparation of monthly management accounts.
- Assist in Preparation of annual cash flow.
- Assist in Preparation of the annual financial statements.
- Assist in Preparation of the audit files for external audit.
- **Asset Management**
- Preparation of the fixed asset register.
- Ensure that the fixed asset register is updated with additions.
- Ensure that fixed asset register is IFRS compliant.
- Ensure that the asset management policy is in place and is reviewed annually.
- **Leadership**
- Supporting the financial accountant in managing all financial accounting activities and work with Procurement and the