SC Johnson has an opportunity for Analyst, Finance Accounting based in Fairland, Johannesburg area, South Africa.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The purpose of this role is to lead the accounting activities for all countries in the cluster including ensuring adherence to financial policies (internal and external), statutory/tax requirements, leading month-end closing process, and coordination with the SSC for Treasury, A/P and General Ledger transactions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the monthly close process and year-end activities, ensuring accuracy of P&L (below PC) and Balance Sheet.
- Key point of contact within the cluster for coordination with the SSC on Treasury, A/P and General Ledger topics.
- Preparation and submission of statutory requirement and/or key point of contact with outsourced statutory agency in the cluster members.
- Coordination internal and external audits as well as SOAR testing
- Implement/execute global insurance and tax strategies
- Provide finance support for administrative functions in the cluster including functionals, payments processing (working with SSC, payroll, treasury, etc), non-inventory purchase orders.
- Vendor Master Data and credit application administration.
REQUIREMENTS
- Min 3 years accounting experience in an FMCG environment (preferably with a Multi-national company)
- BCom Accounting + Hons
- Strong accounting and financial skills
- Strong internal controls capabilities
- People Leadership
- Ability to implement and enforce internal controls
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Team building skills, especially across countries
- Analytical skills
- Strong Computer skills, Microsoft Office, SAP, BPC
You need to be legally eligible to work in country of application.