Chief Accountant

On a daily basis:

• Prepares management and statutory financial reports on timely and accurate manner.
• Prepares and submits Tax Returns to relevant Authorities
• Submission of Statistical Reports
• Manages external audits and tax audits.
• Ensures compliance with Local Statutory and Tax requirements.
• Acting as a manager backup when required.
• Establishing and maintaining strong internal control environment within the team.
• Managing all outgoing cash payments and controls the company’s cash balance.
• Processing outbound billing for services provided to stakeholders and partners and keeping billing up to date and accurate. Actively requesting billing data from responsible managers.
• Managing, booking & tracking incoming supplier invoices, expense claims and finance forms and ensuring approvals obtained for expenditures.
• Managing Bank Accounting.
• Managing Fixed Asset Accounting
• Balance Sheet & Account Reconciliations
• Completing month end close activities, calculating and posting journals, accruals & deferrals.
• Coming up with improvement / automation ideas and leads them to solution.
• Provide high level consultancy role within specialist area to peer group, customers and if applicable direct reports.
• Manage and implement projects relevant to specialist area
• Manages, develops and coaches team of staff and implement s performance management solutions where required
• Develop and motivate team to help ensure the delivery of function and business targets.
• Assess situations, issues and opportunities and escalate when appropriate.
• Acting as a point of escalation on complex issues and providing appropriate support to other team members
• Maintain confidentiality in all business-related matters.
• Liaise with colleagues to ensure best practice and continual improvement in delivery of service to the business.
• Establishes productive relationships and networks at Senior Management level to build and maintain customer relationships
• Responsible for managing budget/ P&L to maintain spend in line with budgetary limitations
• Responsible for the adoption of CC best practice and service offerings to ensure consistency of service.
• Makes decisions which impact on the success of assigned projects i.e. results, deadlines and budget.
• Act in accordance with Computacenter Information Security Policies and report any potential or actual Security events or other Security risks to the organisation

You are ideal candidate if:

• You have advanced academic background, preferably to good degree level or equivalent.
• You are fluent in English.
• You are fully qualified or working towards relevant professional qualification (Chartered Accountant with active Registration).
• You have good working knowledge of relevant functional systems.
• You have SAP Experience – Advanced/S4Hana experience preferred.
• You have at least 5 years' experience in finance.
• You have project management experience and skills.
• You are expert in MS office.
• You have excellent Interpersonal, literacy and numeracy skills.
• You are able to build relationships with key stakeholders and management.
• You have experience in dealing with / influencing multi-tier management and working in a challenging commercial environment.
• You have demonstrated an analytical and systematic approach to solving complex problems and assignments.
• You have proven commercial acumen/preferably experience of business analysis
• You have experience of developing best practice policies and procedures for functional area.