Accounting/Finance - Accountant/Senior Accountant Financial Planning & Control
Job Description
The successful candidate will be part of Finance Division, Financial Planning & Control Department. He/She will be responsible for ensuring proper budgeting, correct accounting, timely processing, analysis and reporting of expenses/recoveries, as well as budgeting, forecasts and cost savings initiatives for Head Office Divisions (Fixed Cost) and Variable cost items under his/her responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
1) Operating expenditure accounting for Divisions under his/her charge:
- Review and ensure that accruals/JVs put through for accuracy and completeness. Check for omissions/errors in invoices raised/JVs put through. Approving AR and AP invoices and reviewing and ensuring correct accounting allocation by Divisions.
- Monitor and review monthly accounts variance analysis. Review and monitor Divisions’ expenditure against budget and forecast and work with users on explanations for budget overruns, virement processes and supplementary budgets. Ensure that users comply with Finance Manual procedures on budgetary control and discuss and liaise with Divisions on accounting treatment for their business process/initiatives.
2) Assist with roll out of budget exercise and attending to queries regarding budget and forecast. Work with Divisions to identify and achieve cost savings/efficiencies.
3) Manage quarterly/monthly rolling forecast exercises for operating expenditure by assisting user queries and analyse significant variances for forecast figures.
4) Understand the business processes of the different divisions and how it relates to the accounting treatment of their expenses, providing value-added advice whenever necessary.
5) Work with internal and external auditors and follow up on recommendations given.
6) Handle ad-hoc projects, such as implementation or enhancements of IT systems, to improve processes and provide guidance to staff on work procedures relating to the use of systems (eg: SAP, Cognos) and resolution of work-related problems. Monitor and assess staff performance.
Requirements
- University Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy or an equivalent professional qualification recognised by ACCA.
- Good attention to details.
- Good numerical and analytical skills.
- Effective time management skills.
- Effective communications skills.
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