Senior Financial Accountant | Reporting Oil & Related at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Develop and implement a continuous input into financial and business decision-making at tactical/operational level, the completion of financial accounting reports and annual financial statements and the day-to-day execution of financial related activities, as well as ensuring the integrity of the General Ledger and Trial balance to ensure accurate and timely reporting on a monthly basis in OneStream.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
Populate monthly financial information in OneStream.

• Timeous and accurate completion of monthly reporting in OneStream.
• Prepare Business Unit Statutory Reporting and compliance process.
• Effective statutory reporting execution taking into account group timelines and requirements.
• Prepare and review of stand-alone Business Unit Annual Financial statements, where applicable.
• Stakeholder/Interface Management - Network with key stakeholders in the Group and provide guidance to BU financial teams in terms of compliance to reporting frameworks.
• Provide financial information to External & Internal auditors.
• Common understanding and implementation of accounting standards and issues.
• Detailed understanding of OneStream reporting pack and the Sasol accounting manual.
• Audit findings/recommendations are considered and implemented.
• Effective external/internal auditor relationships to meet reporting requirements/deadlines.
• Prepare OneStream reporting packs, minimal errors.
• Ensure the integrity of the GL accounts and the structure of the ledger.
• Ledger provides adequate reporting information and ensures transactions take place in a controlled environment.
• Good understanding of SAP to ensure alignment with management reporting objectives and requirements.
• Month end and year end closing managed per timetable.
• Prepare GL to assist reporting in OneStream.
• Data in systems aligned with Group requirements.
• Provide financial information for Business Unit reporting.
• Accurate and timeous month-end reporting in accordance with Group timelines and requirements.
• Provide inputs to the Cash flow forecasting process.
• Accurate and timeous financial information for reporting purposes.
• Perform monthly GL and/or sub ledger reconciliations.
• Accurate and timeous complete GL accounts/reconciliations.
• Reviews and validates GL reconciliations.
• Ensure all GL reconciliations are performed and completed audit files are delivered for review.
• Comply with requirements in terms of controls over financial reporting and GL.
• Perform monthly SOX controls.
• Perform SOX testing during testing cycles for financial reporting and GL.
• Provide the necessary information within prescribed deadlines to external and internal auditors to ensure audits are seamless and completed timeously.
• High quality audit file, with all necessary supporting documentation prepared.
• Minimal audit findings, timely mitigated.
• Technical issues timeously identified and actioned.
• First preparer of RPC technical position papers. Present at SA RPC.
• Prepare position papers for discussion at the SA RPC.
• Engage with Group Technical department to align concept before Group RPC.
• Preparation of tax returns in conjunction with Group Tax Services.
• Timeous and accurate completion of tax returns.
• Queries are handled effectively and efficiently.

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree

Min Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years