Expense Accountant

Company Description

SoluGrowth is a leading South African Business Process Solutions company with a global reach and deep expertise in various industries. They serve clients across the globe, providing innovative solutions that drive efficiency and growth. SoluGrowth prides itself on its dedication to delivering exceptional services and fostering long-lasting partnerships with its clients.

Role Description

This is a full-time remote role for an Expense Accountant. As an Expense Accountant, you will be responsible for managing financial statements, utilizing accounting software, handling journal entries, and performing financial analysis. Daily tasks will include maintaining accurate records of expenses, reconciling accounts, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations.

Job Description and Key Responsibilities

• Applies principles of accounting to analyse complex financial information and prepare financial reports. Adheres to and communicates accounting and auditing policies and procedures.
• Analyses accounts, records, and reports. Investigates and resolves any accounting issues within area of responsibility. Maintains general ledger accounts.
• Works directly with internal customers on inquiries and issue resolution by directly responding to customer's emails or Remedy tickets. For more complex inquires, will also meet with customers to resolve.
• Review & approve journal entries and account reconciliations within approved thresholds, using accounting judgement & experience
• Use analytical skills to efficiently source data, transform data into meaningful information, and communicate information effectively to business partners and stakeholders
• Use analytical skills to review variances, detect potential errors or issues, document process that created the variance, determine, and execute corrective actions if required
• Performs period-end financial close responsibilities. Prepares data for financial statements, data for quarterly and annual regulatory filings using applicable systems. Duties may include preparing journal entries and coding invoices/vouchers.
• Performs complex reconciliations for area supported and analyses resulting variances. Proposes and prepares any adjusting entries necessary resulting from reconciliations.
• Researches complex questions and investigates variances on the financial statements. Communicates findings to management.
• Recommends and reviews proposed process improvements. Explores the modification and implementation of changes in systems and procedures and makes effective business case to influence leadership and other functions to support proposed changes.
• Prepares complex reports in support of internal and external audits.
• Interactions and communicates with business partners (finance and non-finance) to secure information to develop and confirm accounting outcomes
• Develop desktop procedures to clearly document tasks performed
• Provides excellent customer service to business partners located throughout the Worldwide organization
• Recommend, develop and implement process improvements to improve accounting operational efficiency and quality of outcomes
• Monitors & establishes performance indicators to track progress against goals
• Performs various ad-hoc reporting, analysis or projects, as needed
• Support SOX control compliance
• Other duties as required

Qualification and years of experience required

• Minimum requirement: B. Comm or equivalent
• Completed SAICA articles preferred
• 3 -5 years Corporate Accounting experience
• Experience in E-Commerce or FinTech industries
• Multinational experience preferred
• Shared Services environment experience preferred