Senior Accountant
Job Description
<strong>Role Purpose </strong><p><br></p>The Senior Accountant will be required to:<p><br></p><ul><li> Undertake a broad range of accounting tasks and responsibilities to ensure integrity of the Trojena financial reporting function and alignment with IFRS, as Trojena business activity evolves. </li><li> Have the ability to work on own initiative, prioritize and manage multiple issues simultaneously and with a high level of attention to detail. </li><li> Have the ability to contribute as a member of a team, to work under pressure and to meet deadlines. </li><li> Key focus on accounting, financial reporting, governance and compliance , ERP system </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Key Accountabilities & Activities</strong><p><br></p><strong> Key Responsibilities </strong><p><br></p><ul><li> To be the main point of contact for all accounting, reporting, audit, governance and compliance related workstreams. </li><li> Own end to end record to report monthly, quarterly and yearly closing activities for multiple entities/sectors including accruals, prepayments, revenue, bank reconciliations, provisions, leases and ad-hoc correction journal entries </li><li> Understanding of how to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to day-to-day activities of the business. </li><li> Complete month-end activities in a timely basis </li><li> Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations as assigned, and resolve issues to ensure GL codes balances are reflecting accurate balances </li><li> Support specific sectors with developing sector monthly financial statements, and with their financial accounting requirements – especially including accruals. </li><li> Advise and drive as business SME the design of accounting or data processing systems, especially in relation to SAP functionality and enhancement; </li><li> Support development of new accounting and finance function in Trojena as this evolves – this will include new revenue streams, intercompany transactions, JV accounting for new joint ventures and other investment vehicles as these are formed. </li><li> Liaise with tax, treasury, FP&A, consolidation, Reporting, internal audit and corporate finance teams. </li><li> Responsible for addressing annual financial statement & audit related queries for assigned subsidiaries and sectors. </li><li> Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, across sectors as requested to support in decision-making. </li><li> Assist in internal control development, implementation, and coordination, working closely with the management accountant , financial analysts on business plans . </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Background, Skills & Qualifications</strong><p><br></p><strong> Knowledge, Skills and Experience </strong><p><br></p><ul><li> Highly skilled in dealing with financial and numeric data; </li><li> Highly skilled in use of Excel; </li><li> Excellent English verbal and communication skills; </li><li> Team player and ability to oversee team players; </li><li> Excellent work ethic </li><li> Have a continuous improvement mindset and demonstrate persistence and resilience with system improvements </li><li> Ability to work in stressful, last minute and deadline driven oriented tasks. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Qualifications</strong><p><br></p><ul><li> University degree </li><li> CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent international Certified Accounting qualification </li><li> At least 5 years of relevant post qualfication experience working in a corporate organization, preference given to Big4 audit experience.</li></ul>
