Junior Accounting to Reporting Specialist needed at Epiroc

Mission:

• Ensuring quality Junior Accounting to Reporting service delivery to Customers and the Senior Accounting Specialist in sub-Saharan Africa supported by the Regional Centre of Excellence while continuously improving the processes and tools to ensure further efficiencies

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the delivery of quality Accounting to Reporting (A2R) services to the sub-Saharan organisations in line with Service Level Agreements and the Epiroc Way as well as business requirements
• Support the implementation of improvements to processes and tools in A2R
• Assist with improving and implementing process alignment in the Region
• Perform day to day activities
• Continuously look for improvement opportunities in processes and ways of working, while using digitization and Robotic Process Automation as an enabler to achieve further efficiencies
• Participate in projects for the A2R Regional Centre of Excellence Team
• Contribute to an excellent communication flow with stakeholders in the Region and relevant parts of the Global organisation
• Ensure agreed procedures are maintained and adhered to within the team
• You will be expected to carry out any other function or duty as may be required in terms of “The Epiroc Way”

Skills and Experience:

• 2-3 years experience in an accounting environment  or accounting articles completion.
• 2-5 years’ experience in working in an A2R team in a multinational Shared Service organization will be an advantage.
• Past experience in an Industrial machinery and working experience with countries in Africa would be preferred.
• Bank reconciliations experience working across various banks in Africa.
• Forex exposure and working with different currencies
• Intercompany reporting exposure and working closely with the Accounts payable team
• Understanding of the Accounts receivable and Accounts payable process in a Multi national environment.
• Entry level general ledger recons
• Microsoft teams/SharePoint knowledge
• Assistance with month end reporting

Competence:

• Fluency in English is a key requirement.
• Proven ability to build relationships and trust with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Knowledge of SAP BW,BPCS-AS 400, Infor M3,BPC SAP
• Lotus Notes, SharePoint and Microsoft Office will be an advantage

Educational Qualification:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Accountancy

Behaviours:

• Display confidence in dialogues
• Strong continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Positive attitude, analytical approach with good problem solving skills
• Ability to plan work effectively
• Team player, enthusiastic, innovative and pro-active with good organizing and time management skills