Financial Accountant (Recon)

The purpose of the role will be to manage a part of the finance function from source entries to Trial Balance for various African entities. with a focusing on supplier reconciliations between financial, operational, and external financial information.

The role will oversee the financial control, ensuring all accounting entries are booked correctly in the General Ledger. as well as all reconciliations between financial, operational, and external financial information are performed.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the finance team is a strategic partner to the business
• Full responsible for ensuring accurate financial record keeping
• Responsible to ensure accurate reconciliations between operational and accounting systems and balance sheet reconciliations for all suppliers
• Supporting the year-end, interim and all month-end processes and reporting
• Responsible for supporting auditors during the external audit process
• Provide feedback and address audit points
• Ensure applicable policies and processes are created, documented, reviewed, signed off and adhered to
• Developing strategies to minimize financial risk
• Responsible for providing direction and support on the organisational budgeting process applicable to all the entities of Korridor
• Regularly review the overall organisational expenditure to ensure the expenditure of all entities remain within budget
• Continued analysis and review of current and new systems
• Report on and resolve exceptions caused by system errors
• Action requests from the FM as requested

Requirements

• BCom Accounting Degree or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position if qualified or 8-10 years if not qualified
• Previous experience in multinational company will be advantageous
• Good understanding of financial, tax and commercial legislation across multiple African territories
• Experience in Accounting Software and Payroll Software
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Numerical skills
• Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Action orientation and Project management
• Ability to motivate self
• Interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Good Time management
• Organisation and administration skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Diagnostic, analytical & problem-solving skills
• Information integration & report writing skills - responsible for collating information for reporting purposes
• Good communication skills in English (written & verbal)
• Resilience: Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment
• Flexibility and adaptability

We need individuals who commit to and are a role models for Korridor’s Values:

• We say it, mean it, do it
• We find a way
• We change the game
• We help each other thrive

At Korridor, we believe in growing our people and allowing them to become the best possible versions of themselves as well as to grow with the organisation, if they want it and work hard for it.

Should you not receive communication from us within a two-week period, we regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful