The successful candidate will be responsible for the month end procedures of providing accurate, reliable, and complete historic financial information to all stakeholders timeously.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities
• Prepare the month-end timetable that is in line with Illovo group timelines.
• Ensure that month-end timetable is adhere to by all internal stakeholders.
• Ensure that Group Record to report policies, processes and procedures are properly implemented and adhered to
• Responsible for the month-end General Ledger closure for Kilombero and IDTL
• To review and approve relevant journal entries.
• Review post-dated journals report.
• Responsible for the management of intercompany process for Kilombero and IDTL
• Review sub-ledger reconciliations prepared by financial analysts.
• Review balance sheet analysis for Kilombero and IDTL
• Timeous and accurate response to all matters raised regarding General Ledger close.
• Review the Final trial balance for Kilombero and IDTL
• Review COAP with balance sheet variance notes for Kilombero and IDTL
• Ensure full compliance with the Companies Act and relevant IFRS’s.
• Provide technical accounting advice to the finance teams as necessary.
• Manage the co-ordination and completion of the Kilombero and IDTL Interim and year-end audits (including all group reporting requirements).
• Review of year end reporting packs
• Prepare annual financial statements for Kilombero and IDTL
• Respond to external audit inquiries timeously.
• Co-ordinate and manage the half year and year end stock counts.
• Co-ordinate and manage the asset verification.
• Review capitalization (additions), disposals and depreciation of fixed assets
• Reviewing and implementing appropriate internal financial controls and ensuring audit findings are timeously addressed.
• Manage the co-ordination and completion of the Kilombero and IDTL internal audits (including all group reporting requirements).
• Ensure that internal controls per FCFQ are in place and effective.
• Manage the interim and final external audit FCFQ reporting process, ensuring that the entities score the relevant IA findings, and that scoring is fair and appropriate.
• Review consolidated view of the entity FCFQ
• Management of financial systems
• Responsible for integrity, accuracy, and completeness of financial database
• Review new ACK’s report monthly.
• Review access granted and revoked report monthly.
• Assists and manages with implementation of any systems upgrade.
• Assists and manages with on-going system projects.
• Drive financial reporting improvement initiates across all operational sites by coordinating development focused workshops and interventions.
• Drive internal control improvement initiates across all operational sites by coordinating development focused workshops and interventions.
• To drive month end performance discussion meetings to identify opportunities for improvement and prevent reoccurrences of inefficient processes.

Job Qualification and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree of Accountancy, Business Administration, Commerce or equivalent
• Must be certified by CIMA / ACCA / CPA (T) or equivalent
• Not less than 5 years relevant working experience