Senior Accountant – Financial Reporting and 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 Finance department, Accounting & Compliance division, Financial Control.

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 schedules.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, disclosure notes and working papers, and prepare supporting schedules for revenue, costs, receivables, payables, provisions, leases, borrowings, investments and related party balances.
• Review trial balance and balance sheet movements, perform 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 adjustments in the general ledger, and support Oracle Financials activities.
• Apply IFRS to transactions, consolidation inputs and disclosures, and support IFRS 16 lease accounting, impairment reviews, expected credit loss schedules and revenue assessments.
• Prepare reporting packs, intercompany confirmations and schedules for consolidation and group reporting, and ad-hoc management reports for the Audit Committee, board, investors and regulators.
• Prepare VAT, withholding tax and income tax schedules and support tax returns, assessments, queries and audits.
• Monitor compliance with reporting policies and delegation of authority, liaise with auditors, track audit requirements and maintain audit, tax and reporting files.
• Identify improvements to reporting templates, reconciliations, controls, automation and data quality, and carry out other 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.