We’re looking for…

A Senior Financial Accountant that plays a pivotal role in the financial success of the company by maintaining the company’s accounting processes, records and financial data.

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

Monthly:

• Processing of cash clearances on the second working day of the month.
• Preparation of allocated monthly financial journals in line with the month end calendar.
• Review and analyse monthly movements in the general ledger
• Identify accruals and prepare the relevant journals.
• Review and analyse the balance sheet
• Ensure accuracy of allocations and prepare re-allocation journals between properties and companies where required.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations where applicable.
• Prepare cash balances report on the 26th of each month, and as and when required by the Head of Finance or Financial Managers.
• Prepare actual vs budget variance report per property, on 26th of each month, which feeds into the monthly cash flow forecast.
• Intercompany loan reconciliations - maintain, analyse, and investigate inter-company loan balances.
• Prepare re-allocation and or correction journals between properties and companies where required.
• Analyse cash book allocations and ensure that these are recorded correctly with liaison with the Creditors Team. Prepare re-allocation and or correction journals between properties and companies where required.
• Review and analyze expense accounts to determine that items which should have been capitalised have been capitalised.
• Capitalise additions on the MDA fixed asset module.
• Run a monthly depreciation journal on the MDA fixed asset module for posting in the MDA accounting module.
• Capturing disposals or scrapping of assets on the MDA fixed asset module.
•  Reconcile fixed asset register per the MDA fixed asset module to the Trial Balance.
• Preparation of income statement movement analysis for submission to Head of Property by working day twelve.
• Prepare actual vs budget variance analysis report per property and resolution of all queries raised in the analysis prior to submission for review to Financial Manager’s by the 20th of the month.
• Prepare monthly management accounts macro (Income Statement & Balance Sheet).
• Assistance with preparation of covenant reporting for review by the Financial Manager’s by the 22nd of the month.
• Ensuring section 18A donation certificates are obtained and saved for all donations paid during the month.
• Proactively seek and implement improvements and efficiencies in accounting processes and reporting.
• Preparation of schedules which feed into provisional one, provisional two and final income tax submissions, which include but is not limited to:
• Tax wear & tear schedules.
• Net income forecasts.
• Other supplementary schedules and information as required.
• Preparation of year end audit folders.
• Liaising with auditors to provide requested information and address audit queries timeously.
• Preparation of budget templates per property in line with budget timeline.
• Maintain adequate filing requirements according to departmental guidelines.
• Preparation of supporting schedules which feed into the quarterly Board reporting.
• Preparation and importing of quarterly interest payments to funders.