Finance and Payroll Specialist at Atlas Copco

The Role:  

Finance

• Assisting the Holding Controller during month-end reporting, including People Management reporting, Income statement and Balance sheet
• Receivables management
• Cross-border payment document preparation (netting)
• Journal data preparation and posting
• Monthly VAT201 reconciliations and calculation
• Liaison with Deloitte for Provisional taxes and income tax calculations
• Participation at Regional meetings
• Internal/external recharges management (including Holding and IT charges)
• VAT supporting documents as required by SARS
• Ensuring deadlines are met in terms of financial reporting, payments relating to payroll, and submission of statutory returns
• Hands-on and ability to improve efficiency in processes
• Data extraction and analysis, including monthly extraction of reports
• Monitoring of purchases and adhering to Holding policies
• Fixed assets management
• Liaison with Egypt Hub and other business controllers in the region as the need arises
• Liaison with internal and external auditors as the need arises
• Creating innovative solutions and enhancing processes in line with The Way We Do Things
• Adhoc tasks

Payroll

• Monthly payroll function for all business areas in South Africa
• Collate payroll information, produce reports, and review monthly payroll.
• Preparation of and oversee monthly salary and 3rd party bank payments.
• Leave administration
• Responding to payroll-related queries and ensuring ongoing compliance
• Accurate and timeous delivery of adhoc, monthly and annual payroll reports
• Maintaining accurate employee records
• Attending to audit requirements
• Maintaining knowledge of relevant payroll legislation and regulations
• Ensure payroll activities are carried out in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Input new employees on payroll system as well as changes to information
• Continuous improvement of payroll processes and systems
• Performing calculations necessary to process manual adhoc payments
• Telephonic confirmation of employment
• Medical aid and pension fund administration
• Liaison with 3rd party service providers
• Ensure accuracy of system calculations
• Ad hoc tasks (such as UIF administration)

To succeed, you will need:

• Grade 12 with a Degree in Finance with minimum 3 years’ experience in Finance/Payroll
• Strong analytical, presentation and communication skillsAbility to work independently, take responsibility and have a high level of self-motivation and commitment
• Ability to handle strictly confidential information
• Outstanding administration and organisational skills
• Negotiation skills and decision-making ability
• Must be a team player
• Previous experience with data analytics/reporting is a must
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Good communication skills and customer needs orientated
• Very good level of English in written and spoken form
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Exceptionally detailed oriented and organized
• Self-starter with ability to finalize initiatives