Chief Accountant
General Accounting
Guarantees 100% compliance with all relevant local legislation (e.g. statutory accounting standards, tax law, civil law) and internal group accounting guidelines.
Ensures that the accounting is correct, transparent (within the organization and towards HQ) and complete (including appropriate accruals/deferrals). The financial statements must present a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the reported period.
Assures timely submission of accurate financial information to all stakeholders (e.g. tax authorities, other local authorities).
Assists the Finance Manager in pro-actively managing the year-end audit process and the external auditors to secure clean Early Warning Memorandums and clean Management Letters strictly avoiding an “Emphasis of Matter” or a “Qualified Opinion”.
While maintaining quality, continuously drives efficiency by streamlining processes (within Accounting and beyond Accounting) and the use of available tools.
Ensures that the accounting operations are fully integrated from a process, systems and control perspective.
Supports the Finance Manager in establishing an effective tax management in cooperation with the tax specialists in HQ and external tax advisors.
Bookkeeping
Maintains the fixed asset register and supervises the asset accounting in the fixed asset ledger.
Manages the account payables ledger as well as the periodic payment runs while ensuring segregation of duties.
Controls the accounts receivable ledger and the dunning process.
Supervises the bank statement postings as well as the reconciliation of the bank accounts and petty cash.
Reconciliation of all tax accounts.
Guarantees the timely and accurate reporting to local authorities.
Maintains the general ledger.
Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience in a similar organisation.
Vast knowledge of all local tax regulations, local GAAP and IFRS.
Strong leadership skills/strong leadership track record.
Capable of communicating precisely, effectively and convincingly based on facts with internal and external stakeholders.
IT literate and SAP knowledge.
A structured and well-organised individual.
Must be self-motivated, self-directed and be able to work under pressure in a fast paced team environment.
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