IFRS - Manager - Johannesburg at Forvis Mazars Group

Job Description    

• To assist the National IFRS team in their responsibilities, which include providing IFRS advice, Annual Financial Statement reviews, consultations and training. You will be based in the Gauteng office, while also providing support to the Cape Town and other South African offices. Some travel between Johannesburg and Cape Town will be required. A financial services background and experience is beneficial.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Provide IFRS consultation and support
• Develop IFRS training material and facilitate training
• Develop tools and guides
• Research new developments and updates within the IFRS technical field and feed back to group for consideration
• Review Financial Statements for IFRS compliance, identifying IFRS problem areas, recommending solutions and clearing of reviews performed
• Drafting of technical articles to be published internally or externally
• Act as co-facilitator on training events, predominantly internally

Minimum Requirements    

• CA (SA) qualification
• Previous exposure and minimum 2 years IFRS experience post articles
• Financial services experience is beneficial
• Good understanding of IFRS for SMEs
• Good understanding of the Companies Act disclosure requirements
• Good level of knowledge of JSE Listing Requirements
• Good level of knowledge of Corporate Governance requirements (King IV)
• Good level of knowledge of integrated reporting requirements.
• Confident and decisive, including strong communication skills
• Pro-active
• Adheres to principles and values
• Ability to work in teams, including coaching junior team members, as well as working in isolation
• Able to gather information and research problems
• Presentation and facilitation skills including ability to answer questions
• Applies professional / specialist / technical expertise
• Good writing and reporting skills
• Able to cope with pressures and setbacks