Number of positions: 1
Function and Business Unit: Information Reporting in Finance
Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job
The Reporting Accountant role is to assist with financial reporting to business functions and client project query resolutions. This includes identifying solutions for problems relating to Finance responsibilities, management accounting and information. Assisting with all processes related to management accounting and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- The provision of sound financial information and comprehensive reporting for offices (including over the borders), functions and business units to support their business decision making processes.
- Ensure compliance with local legislation, KPMG global policies and KPMG SA policies and processes.
- Assist with project opening and attending to queries regarding practice management processes.
- Lockup assist with the review of work in progress reports and debtor balances.
- Budgets and forecasts assist with planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Other ad hoc requirements as requested by the senior finance business partners, finance business partners and financial systems manager within the Finance function.
Working within a team, this position requires a team-player who is approachable, taking a positive, co-operative, can do approach to quickly, efficiently and objectively resolve problems, follow up enquiries, and respond in a positive and timely manner.
Skills
- Tenacious, hardworking, resilient
- Strong organisation skills and a common-sense approach to problem solving.
- Focus on continuous improvement within the finance function while advancing an ethical environment.
- The ability to build collaborative relationship with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity.
- The ability to work well under pressure and to perform to deadlines.
- Team player, self-aware and patient.
- High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality.
- The ability to work unsupervised.
- Ability to wear both the business hat and the finance hat and manage conflict openly, transparently, and professionally.
- B Com or equivalent tertiary qualification.
- Accounting experience minimum 5 years.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel.
- Working knowledge of MS Office, Word.
- Oracle knowledge.
- Experience in a professional services firm.
