Financial Accountant

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Job Description

Minimum Requirements:

• Namibian Citizen.

• Relevant tertiary qualification.

• Completion of articles will be an added advantage.

• Accounting system experience will be advantageous.

• Computer Literacy and good numeric skills are essential with excellent excel skills.

• Proven ability to meet and exceed tough business targets on a consistent basis.

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Ability to work independently; and

• Excellent communicator with a passion for customer service and relationship building.

Job Specification:

• Manages the financial reporting requirements for the business unit.

• Drives & collates monthly financial submission consisting of reports and commentary.

• Prepare monthly financial and management reports according to agreed timelines.

• Compile ad-hoc reports based on requirements.

• Developments, reports on and interprets cost drivers, KPIs and benchmarks.

• Provides commentary on financial results and the implications thereof and advises on corrective action to be taken.

• Ensure that all financial accounting transactions the team is responsible for are accurately reflected in the business unit ledgers.

• Accountable for governance and compliance at an operational level.

• Creates a healthy internal control environment to ensure safeguarding of assets & integrity of financial information.

• Monitor & reports on status of all control accounts in the business unit.

• Maintain and effects on-going changes to internal control environment as necessitated by changes in business and corporate governance.

• Emphasis of the role is on interpretation and predictive results.

• Maintains complex business models,

• Preparation of annual business plans and quarterly forecasts.

• Prepare monthly ODC returns and submit to Bank of Namibia.

• Prepare monthly Namfisa quarterly returns.

• Recording of financial transactions to trial balance level.

• Preparation of annual financial statements; and

• Maintain and ensure relevant tax compliance for the business unit.

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