Financial Accountant (Fixed Term Contract)

AI overview

Prepare financial accounting activities for group companies, ensuring accurate records and compliance with IFRS, while addressing challenges like implementing new standards.

Purpose of the Job

To prepare the financial accounting activities for group companies in accordance with IFRS to ensure valid, accurate and complete accounting records.

Who You Are

  • You are a financial accountant – you strive to produce timely accurate reporting.
  • You keep up to date with changes to all accounting standards.
  • You have built capability in others before (formally and informally –through training, feedback, and other means) and you enjoy seeing others succeed.
  • You enjoy analyzing financial data and seek to understand processes and reasons for variances.
  • You have a strong sense of ethics and pay attention to detail.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Review of general ledger on a monthly basis and provide feedback to corporate accountants where required.
  • Work with business to understand account balances and ensure validity and accuracy.
  • Perform quarterly and year end reporting schedules for group accounting submissions.
  • Responsible for segment of business planning - Balance Sheet
  • Work closely with company auditors to complete company audits in a timely manner
  • Manage and supervise assistant accountant.
  • Multi-currency intercompany accounting

Exciting Challenges You Might Face

  • Responsible for implementation of new IFRS standards
  • Accounting and reconciliation of leases (additions, early terminations, modifications) in terms of IFRS 16
  • Statutory reporting: review / compile Annual financial statements for the non-SA entities
  • Explain to business the impact of the new standards on financial results.

Requirements

Baseline

  • NQF Level 7 Degree (Accounting or Relevant)
  • CA (SA) accreditation
  • Latest International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Knowledge
  • Caseware experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in Finance function

Advantageous

  • SAP ERP experience
  • Management experience

Applications close: 20th February 2026

We are Vivo Energy, the company that distributes and markets Shell and Engen branded fuels and lubricants to retail and commercial customers in Africa.We operate in 23 countries across North, West, East and Southern Africa where we have a network of over 2,000 service stations. We also export lubricants to a number of other African countries.Focused on fuelling Africa’s future we make our customers’ lives easier and their experience with us more convenient, enjoyable and rewarding.We offer high-quality products and services to our customers, setting new standards for safety, innovation and service, wherever we operate.Our vision is to become the most respected energy business in Africa.

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