Senior Financial Accountant | Reporting Oil & Related needed 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
• Behavioural (BC) |Technical (TC) |Leadership (LC)
• BC_Optimizes Work Processes
• TC_Financial Analysis
• BC_Business Insight
• TC_Financial Planning and Reporting
• BC_Manages Complexity
• TC_Analyse Alternatives and Recommend Solutions
• BC_Plans and Aligns
• TC_Financial Accounting
• TC_Compliance Management
• BC_Ensures Accountabilityv