Job Title: Accountant (6 Months Contract)
Location: Sandton (Hybrid)
Reports to: Tsepo Duma - Finance Manager
Job Description
Role Profile:
The purpose of this role is to support FNZ SA finance function, from playing a part in month end activities and assisting in a variety of day-to-day processes. This role will report to the Finance Manager and requires attention to detail, combined with good communication skills to ensure a high and consistent reporting standard is maintained. The successful candidate will ideally possess a working technical knowledge of accounting standards and will have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and challenging working environment.
Month End Processing:
· Assist with the preparation of month end journals
· Review of bank reconciliations
· Monthly review of accruals and prepayments
· Assist in expenditure review across the ledger
· Assist in preparation of monthly management accounts
Intercompany:
· Assist in preparation of intercompany recharge workings and raise intercompany invoices
· Assist with monthly reconciliation of intercompany
· Liaise with regional finance teams for resolving discrepancies in intercompany balances
AP/AR Processing:
· Assist in the review of purchase orders
· Processing staff expense claims.
· Assist in processing of bank payments
· Prepare sales invoices and posting them to the finance system
· Sending out invoices to customers and communicating with them as required
In addition to the above, there will also be a requirement to contribute to the work of the finance team by taking responsibility for ad hoc tasks as assigned by senior team members.
Experience Required:
Requirement:
· Qualified (SAIPA, ACCA, CIMA, SAICA or equivalent)
· Working technical knowledge of IFRS accounting standards either through previous preparation or experience in audit
· Experience working with finance software (e.g. Nav or D365 or similar) and or data analytic software (e.g. Qlik, PowerBI)
· Intermediate level on Microsoft Excel
· 7-8 years accounting experience
· Good interpersonal skills. This role will involve liaising with various internal and external stakeholders.
· Confident and self-sufficient individual able to manage their own workload effectively to meet deadlines.
· Enjoy the challenge of working in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment and as part of a high-performance team.
· Personal commitment to high quality work
· Able to demonstrate good attention to detail
At FNZ, we recognise that diversity, inclusion, and accessibility are important factors for our success. We embrace the unique perspective and capabilities of our current and future employees, which will help us continue to drive innovation and achieve our business goals. Recruitment decisions at FNZ are made in a non-discriminatory manner where all employees are valued and respected. In particular, we want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported thus, ensuring our recruitment process is fair and equitable for all applicants.
Please let us know if there is any support, we can provide to ensure FNZ’s recruitment process is fully accessible to you. You can contact us at [email protected] to discuss specific requirements.
About FNZ
FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.
We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.
We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.7 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).
Together with our customers, we help over 26 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.
