Senior Accountant - Financial Reporting and Tax (VAT)

About the role

The Senior Accountant supports the Manager and Senior Manager in producing accurate, timely and compliant financial statements, reporting schedules, accounting reconciliations, tax schedules and audit support documentation. The role covers monthly, quarterly and annual closing, applies IFRS requirements and liaises with internal teams, external auditors, state auditors and tax stakeholders. It sits in the Accounting & Compliance division of the Finance department, reporting to the Senior Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Gather, review and analyse subsidiaries' and associates' financial statements and performance results to support group reporting and management review.
• Prepare monthly variance analysis and maintain subsidiary-level reports, dashboards and financial schedules.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, disclosure notes and working papers, and prepare supporting schedules for revenue, cost of sales, receivables, payables, provisions, leases, borrowings, investments and related party balances.
• Review trial balance and balance sheet movements, perform monthly closing checks and balance sheet integrity checks, and follow up on outstanding balances and unreconciled items.
• Post and validate journal entries, accruals, provisions, reclassifications and adjustment entries in the general ledger, and support Oracle Financials activities.
• Interpret and apply IFRS, including IFRS 16 lease accounting, impairment reviews, expected credit loss schedules and revenue assessments, and support consolidation and group reporting.
• Prepare VAT, withholding tax, income tax and other tax schedules and support tax returns, assessments, queries and audit responses.
• Prepare audit schedules, track audit and tax audit requirements, maintain audit and tax files, and coordinate with auditors and tax authorities.
• Identify improvements to reporting templates, reconciliations, controls, automation and data quality, and carry out ad-hoc projects.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a relevant field.
• ACCA or an equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• 6 years of relevant experience.

Required skills

• VAT, income tax and accounting principles
• IFRS and Oracle Financials
• MS Office, especially Excel
• Analytical thinking, problem solving and good written and oral communication