Job Description

AVI LIMITED

is home to many of South Africa's leading and best-loved brands! Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and centred on the FMCG market, AVI's extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our brands span a range of categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, footwear, accessories, and fashion apparel. We have a well-developed Shared Services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing, which allows us to take advantage of our scale. Our single-minded purpose is our brands' growth and development. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a

Group Reporting and Financial Accountant

at

I&J, Cape Town.

The individual will be responsible for the Group Reporting and Financial Accounting.

Line Manager

: Finance Manager Group Reporting and Tax

Number of direct reports

0

Job Specification:

Monthly reporting and accounting:

+ Preparation of all consolidation monthly entries
+ Prepare the monthly early estimation documents and income statements
+ Prepare the full month-end reporting pack with all relevant workings and support
+ Assist with answering queries on monthly results and reports
+ Preparation of loadshedding schedules
+ Preparation of any additional monthly reports

Quarterly reporting and accounting:

+ Preparation of all consolidation quarterly entries
+ Preparation of all additional quarterly reports
+ Assist with answering queries on quarterly results

Year-end reporting and accounting:

+ Preparation of any additional year-end accounting entries required for group and consolidation
+ Preparation of year-end reporting pack with comparatives and additional disclosures
+ Preparation of additional reporting requirements for year end
+ Assist with answering queries on yearly results

Dividends:

+ Solvency and liquidity work papers
+ Accounting entries and arranging for payments
+ Assist with declarations to SARS
+ Any ad hoc requests / schedules / queries from AVI or internally
+ Continuous maintenance and improvement of templates and standard operating procedures.
+ Ad-hoc Finance related assistance on various projects that arise in the ordinary course of business to be dealt with effectively and promptly - Assisting all business units across the Group.
+ Assist with deregistration's of entities and accounting work

Audits:

+ Assist with external audit requests and process
+ Assist with internal audit requests and requirements
+ Assist with Information for BBEEE audits
+ Preparation of representation letters and additional questionnaires

Forecast and budget process:

+ Quarterly and yearly budget process and full pack preparations & supporting work papers

Annual Financial Statements:

+ Preparation of all entities' AFS on Draftworx with supporting documentation
+ To address all review notes internally (from FM and FD), and from auditors & AVI
+ Preparation of related party schedules and support
+ Assist with all finalization documentation
+ Calculate PIS scores for each entity and report to company secretary
+ Conversions of AFS in Draftworx to XBRL format

Board packs:

+ Assist in preparation of work papers, support and presentation slides
+ Sagers submissions and support to assist with
+ STATS SA submissions and questionnaires to complete

Direct and indirect taxes:

+ Assist Tax accountant in busy times with tax and deferred taxes (especially half year-end, year end, and provisional taxes with tight deadlines)
+ Back-up for full Tax accountant position when needed

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

SAIPA or SAICA articles with 3 - 5 years post-article experience in a reporting / financial accountant role Or 5 - 8 years overall experience in Group Reporting and Financial Accounting for a listed company

Qualifications:

BCom Accounting Degree at a University (must have majored in Accounting) CA (SA) would be advantageous

Additional requirements:

Draftworx would be an advantageous Experience in preparation of income tax returns, VAT returns, provisional tax returns, dividend tax returns and carbon tax returns would be advantageous SAP advantageous Advanced Excel * BI reporting advantageous