Accounting Manager

JOB TITLE: Accounting Manager

DEPARTMENT: Finance

REPORTING TO: Financial Controller MEA

LOCATION: Johannesburg, South Africa

Additional Info

• The Company financial year end is the 31st of December hence limited leave may be granted in December
• Overtime might be required during month ends or financial year end

PURPOSE OF POSITION

This role will assume full responsibility for Gilbarcos accounting in assigned countries. This includes ensuring compliance with local, group, US GAAP, and government regulations. Driving process improvement will also be a key aspect of the role.

This role is a leadership position and providing support, mentoring, and coaching is an important part of the role.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting and Tax

• Manage the accounting and tax functions
• Develop, monitor and revise policies regarding compliance to Taxation legislation
• Manage financial reporting and preparation for year-end consolidated accounts
• Handle personally or approve general ledger reconciliations monthly
• Manage group balance sheet reviews, and internal audits
• Complete payroll taxes on an ad hoc basis
• Ensuring full compliance will all relevant tax regulation
• Actively bring forward ideas and strategies to improve compliance

Reporting

• Collate and analyse monthly results and report to management and Group with high degree of accuracy within agreed monthly deadlines

Year end reporting

• Management of the year end and audit process
• Detailed examination of all financial records, prior to financial year end and report thereon
• Finalisation of statutory financial statements

Insurance

• Manage the companys insurance portfolio and annual insurance declarations
• Liaise with insurance brokers regarding claims and insurance matters

Treasury

• Implement strategies to maximize positive Cash Inflows as relates to Rand and Foreign Bank Accounts
• Management of the treasury function including relationship with primary bankers
• Management of the companys reserve bank applications
• Ad Hoc assignments such as due diligence evaluations and post investments audits

Staff Management

• Manage the output of staff members within the team, including interns and trainees
• Liaise between teams to facilitate smooth interaction and problem solving
• Provide development an guidance to help staff reach their potential
• Regularly review and manage staff performance, recognising high performance and ensuring poor performance is corrected
• Ensure that Management intentions are communicated to Finance staff
• Ensure staff achieve all deadlines
• Ensure staff adhere to company policy and procedures

Continuous Process Improvement

• Driving process change and improvement across the business
• Inspiring and supporting others in making positive change DELAGATION OF AUTHORITY

The associate has the authorisation to work within the framework of the actual Delegation of Authorities (DOA).

POSITION RELATIONSHIPS

Internal

• Finance team in region
• Group / HQ finance functions
• Business units

External

• Revenue authorities
• External auditors
• Customers and Suppliers
• Banks / Financial institutions
• Insurers
• MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE (INDICATORS)

Leading

• Compliance achieved timeously and accurately on annual financial statements
• Compliance achieved timeously and accurately on tax return submissions
• High accuracy in processing journal entries, reflected in the accuracy and completeness of the income statement and balance sheet
• Month-end and Year-end reporting completed accurately and on-time
• Dealing effectively and efficiently with internal / external queries
• Maintaining good relationships with external auditors, tax consultants and revenue authorities to ensure timely deliverable of goals
• Meeting objectives per the daily management dashboard for Controllers, Tax and Treasury

Lagging

• Meeting objectives per the Global controllership scorecard
• Clean balance sheet accounts achieved through effective balance sheet reconciliations and processes in place for resolution
• Minimal tax audits due to quality of tax return submissions
• Minimal business queries due to tax return and financial statement non-compliance
• High customer satisfaction from Global Controllership team due to SLAs being met and reporting being accurate and complete

Personal Qualifications & Experience

Education/achievements

Required

• Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• Registered Chartered Accountant

Experience/Knowledge

• Previous finance, billing, accounts payable or accounts receivable experience
• Previous experience using an ERP systems
• Previous experience leading a team
• Preferred
• SAP Business 1 knowledge
• Big 4 auditing experience

Specific Skills

• High attention to detail and accuracy with methodical working methods
• Proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint & Excel
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong English written skills with exemplary spelling
• Customer focussed
• Ability to work without supervision, under pressure and meet strict deadlines
• Ability to be flexible and agile in a high-pressure environment

Potential Skills

• Ability and aspiration to process through to other senior finance roles ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES & BEHAVIOURS

Customer Driven

• Gains insight into customer needs.
• Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer.
• Builds and delivers solution that meet customer expectation.
• Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.

Collaborative

• Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.
• Represents own interest while being fair to others and their areas.
• Partners with others to get work done.
• Credits others for their contributions and accomplishments.
• Gains trust and support of others.

Inclusive

• Seeks to understand different perspectives and cultures.
• Contributes to a work climate where differences are valued and supported.
• Applies others diverse experiences, styles, backgrounds, and perspectives to get results.
• Is sensitive to cultural norms, expectations, and ways or communicating.

Accountable

• Follows through on commitments and makes sure others do the same.
• Acts with a clear sense of ownership.
• Takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions and failures.
• Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.
• Designs feedback loops into work.

Champions VBS

• Identifies and creates the processes necessary to get work done.
• Separates and combines activities into efficient workflow.
• Seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering.
• Is a simplifier, focused on cutting through complexity?
• Prioritizes to the critical few focuses on what matters most.

Self-Aware

• Reflects on activities and impact on others.
• Proactively seeks feedback about shortcomings.
• Admits mistakes and gains insight from experiences.
• Knows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits.

Pioneering

• Comes up with useful ideas that are new, better, or unique.
• Introduces new ways of looking at problems.
• Can take a creative idea and put it into practice.
• Encourages diverse thinking to promote and nurture innovation.
• Anticipates and adopts innovative digital and technology applications.

Agile

• Learns quickly when facing new situations.
• Experiments to find new solutions.
• Takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks.
• Extracts lessons learned from failure and mistakes.
• Bounces back from setbacks and failure.

ABOUT US

Gilbarco Veeder-Root represents the leading brands of solutions and technologies that provide convenience, control, and environmental integrity for retail fueling and adjacent markets. In 2002, the Gilbarco and Veeder-Root companies combined into one marketing brand, with distinctive and complementary business lines, services, and sales capabilities. Veeder-Root is the world's leading supplier of automatic tank gauging and fuel management systems and one of the few companies in the industry to design, manufacture and service its own products; supplying and integrating the broadest range of new and proven technologies to reduce cost of ownership, enhance environmental integrity, and improve performance and profitability for petroleum marketers and commercial fueling enterprises worldwide.

Vontier Corporation View

Vontier is a $3B global industrial technology company focused on smarter transportation and mobility. Our five operating companiesGilbarco Veeder-Root, Global Traffic Technologies, Teletrac Navman, Matco Tools, and Hennessy Industriesare united by a powerful purpose: mobilizing the future to create a better world. Our portfolio of trusted brands includes market-leading expertise in mobility technologies, retail and commercial fueling, fleet management, telematics, vehicle diagnostics and repair, and smart cities. Vontiers pioneering solutions advance safety, security, efficiency, and environmental compliance worldwide.

Energized by our shared purpose and values, we have a strong culture shaped by a deep organization-wide commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) and corporate responsibility. Eight vibrant global employee resource groups serve as powerful focal points for connection, community, and advocacy, and we actively support community causes through Vontier Cares. We offer flexible remote and in-person, open-space work options.

The Vontier Business System (VBS), our engine for success and our competitive advantage, powers every aspect of our business performance through a continuous improvement mindset. As we look to the future, we will continue to evolve VBS to prepare our teams for new challenges and opportunities, and to stay on the forefront of changing technologies through fast iteration and focused experimentation. To learn more about us visit: www.vontier.com