Fixed Asset Accountant

Candidate responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management of asset accounting at a terminal level.
• To ensure that PPE transactions processed are valid, accurate and complete, which results in the Fixed Assets and Capital Work in Progress Accounts being an accurate representation of the value of the Terminals asset base.
• Responsible for the management and planning of activities related to asset accounting as well as process monitoring and improvements.

Position Outputs

Reporting

• Compile the monthly asset reports for the allocated terminals.
• Review the status of IFRS 5 related assets for appropriateness and ensure assets are recorded as held for sale when the criteria are met.
• Responsible for the asset and CWIP account reconciliations Including related supporting schedules.
• Management of WIP capital projects portfolios, ensuring timeous capitalisations.
• Provide monthly progress reports on capital projects to the Financial Manager as well as the Asset Specialist at HQ
• Actively manage the accounting for assets in terms of compliance with IFRS including

consideration of impairment, change in useful life, residual value and disclosure requirements.

• Liaise with Internal Audit for asset related audit steps (for transactions performed at the terminal)

Transactions

• Accountability for validity, accuracy and completeness of all transactions relating to

capex, capitalisation, transfers, disposals and impairments

• Determine the correct categorisation of assets at acquisition
• Responsible for the accuracy of the monthly depreciation run.
• Identify the need for an impairment of an asset based on the conditions per the accounting standards including the preparation of the relevant paperwork for approval.
• Identifying and recommending assets for disposal. Manage the asset withdrawal

process.

• Coordinate tagging of assets capitalised (with the SAP generated asset number or a

systematic number used by the terminal)

• Preparation and management of the asset verification plan for the terminal.
• Liaise with Terminal Operations and Finance as well as HQ Business Case Writers

to provide information during the preparation of business cases.

• Provide information for the preparation of budgets – cash flows and forecasting depreciation/depreciation simulations
• Ensure that capital budgets and cash flows are aligned to those at HQ.
• Transactions are in compliance with policy and legislation.
• Ensure all capital spares are booked into stores and all capital items in stores are recognised on the asset register as capital spares.
• Manage the capitalisation of spares to assets; and Reconcile all costs relating to

mega projects with expenditure records of Transnet Capital Projects and sign off on a monthly basis.

Controls

• Comply with the minimum controls framework
• Extract information to provide internal and external audit requirements for asset

related audit steps

• Attend the Project Steering Committee meetings and initiate action based on

outcome of the meeting (provide a summary to the Asset Specialist and Financial

Accountant at the terminal concerned)

• Monitoring of project spending to budget to identify when the project budget is close to being exceeded including notification to the terminal CAPIC and HQ Capital Investment

Manager for projects requiring an increase in ETC

• Handing over of assets to the new cost centre owner in the event of a change in individual (cost centre owner)
• Co-ordinate with the HQ FAS in obtaining the quarterly CC Manager sign-off for assets per cost centre.

ADHOC Projects

• Supplying assets information to the Third-Party Valuators
• Attending project meetings and reporting back to the Asset Specialist (HQ) and the

Financial Manager

• Attending terminal CAPIC
• Involvement with the Project team carrying-out the asset tagging process, including

linking the unique tag number to the asset registers.

• Together with the HQ Asset Specialist, create a process to ensure swift disposal.

Please have SAP Experience as it's a must & not negotiable.

Please also be based or have accommodation in Richardsbay or Empangeni.

Please also attach certified qualification and cv.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: R20 000,00 - R35 000,00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelors (Required)

Work Location: In person