Zimbabwe Job 2016: Group Financial and Reporting Accountant, Econet Wireless International
Job as Group Financial and Reporting Accountant
Job Title: Group Financial and Reporting Accountant
Company: Econet Wireless International
Reporting To: Head: Group Financial Accounting
Job Type Classification: Permanent
Location – Country: South Africa
Location – Town / City :Bryanston
Job Purpose
- Preparation of Monthly Management Reports for the Wireless CEO and the Group CFO.
- To review group consolidations in order to ensure the accuracy of the monthly group results.
- To ensure that all changes to HFM are thoroughly tested before implementation in the live reporting environment.
- Preparation of Group Financial Statements.
Qualifications and Experience
- CA (SA) – newly qualified
- Articled clerk with at least 1 years’ experience in allocating resources, reviewing subordinates work & managing audits.
- Experience in preparing / auditing complex consolidations.
- Good report writing skills.
- Preparation of IFRS compliant financial statements.
- High level of computer literacy with exposure to
- Hyperion Financial Management / SAP BPC preferable
Key Result Areas
Financial accounting (Actuals) – Monthly:
- Reviewing operational reports & raising queries with the operations on variances between actuals vs prior year vs budget vs forecasts.
- Attending finance calls with the operations to understand the variances in order to assist in producing the monthly management report pack.
- Preparation of the monthly management reports for the Wireless CEO and for the Group CFO for review by the Group Financial Controller.
- Preparation of the board reports on a monthly basis for review by the Group Financial Controller.
- Detailed quarterly reviews of the consolidations prepared by The Group Consolidation Accountant including: reviewing all journal entries raised in hyperion, reviewing all excel supporting schedules containing calculations to backup the journal entries raised & reviewing the hyperion reports.
Financial accounting – Annually:
- Preparation of the Global Annual Financial Statements.
- Prepare documentation for the auditors: impairment reviews, impact of future accounting policies, justification to consolidate E, operating segments, going concern assessment etc
- Assist Head of Group Financial Accounting with ensuring that audit report items are cleared by the underlying entities.
Hyperion Financial Management:
The Head of Group Financial Accounting is the HFM system owner, thus the Group Financial Accountant will need to work closely with the HFM support team & assist the Head of Group Financial Accounting with the following in HFM:
- Test any HFM system changes in the development application before bringing any system changes into the live application.
- Set up smartview reports in HFM that will assist with analysis & interpretation of results in HFM.
- Improving the financial reports in HFM.
Other:
- IFRS technical resource – advising the Group of any IFRS changes & the possible impact this may have on the Group Results.
- Detailed involvement in a possible HFM rebuild / SAP implementation.
- Assisting the Head of Group Financial Accounting / Group Financial Controller with any other ad hoc requests.
Equity Statement
We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore, please be aware that internal candidates will be considered first before reviewing external applicants, provided that this supports achievement of our Employment Equity goals
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