Management Accountant

About this role

Sasol, the global chemicals and energy company, is looking for a Management Accountant to join its Finance team in Secunda, Mpumalanga. The role supports budgeting, management reporting and financial control for the Southern Africa business.

What you’ll do

• Help budget owners build budgets that follow the group guidelines and targets, and load and balance these budgets in SAP.
• Prepare forecasts on time and keep the budget data accurate for management reporting and decisions.
• Prepare SAP journals, including accruals and provisions, and keep cost and profit centre structures in order.
• Send monthly reports to budget owners that compare actuals with forecast or budget, and explain the variances.
• Prepare half-year and year-end reconciliations, including the disclosures, and help with audit queries.
• Check that financial controls are followed, keep supporting evidence in order, and monitor SOX and internal control compliance.
• Look for ways to improve financial reporting processes and systems, and support the Supply Chain Senior Accountant and Finance Manager with ad hoc requests.

What you need

• A 3-4 year relevant university degree.
• At least 3 years of relevant working experience.
• Skills in financial analysis, financial planning and reporting, and financial accounting.
• Ability to collect and analyse data, and to manage compliance requirements.
• Good collaboration skills, business insight and the ability to manage complex work.
• A habit of self-development and taking ownership of your work.
• Working knowledge of SAP is needed for this role, since budgets, journals and reports are all handled in SAP.

Is this job for you?

This role suits a qualified accountant who has done budgeting, month-end or year-end work and enjoys reporting to business owners. You should be comfortable with SAP and with working to strict controls and audit deadlines.

Tips before you apply

• Have your degree certificate and a recent CV ready. Add your academic transcript if you have one.
• Show your 3+ years of experience with examples. Name the budgets, reports or year-end processes you handled and the size of the business areas.
• Mention any SAP modules you have used, such as journals, budgeting or reporting, so the reader can see your hands-on experience.

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