Chief Accountant - Africa

Purpose of the role: With the purpose of conducting a standardized, high reputed company and cost-efficient support function, GSS (Global Shared Services) Finance has re-organized its Middle Eastern and Africa operations into a center responsible for defined finance processes and transactional tasks in Pune, India. The Chief Accountant will be based in reputed company Town, South Africa joining reputed company of 2 other Chief Accountants covering countries throughout Africa. The Chief Accountant oversees, reviews and evaluates the corporate compliance program on the local level, which includes internal control procedures and policies. The Chief Accountant ensures that management and employees reputed company with local rules and regulations and that corporate and company policies are being followed.  The Chief Accountant is accountable to GSS management, in reputed company compliance reputed company as listed in the reputed company. Accountability is achieved through providing stewardship on compliance reputed company for BA (Business Area)/GSS management in the Region. Key Accountabilities: Responsible for reputed company statutory reporting and compliance for certain African reputed company entities such as Nigeria, Ghana and Morocco. Drive standardization of reputed company processes and recording of transactions in collaboration with the GSS center. Drive standardization of the chart of accounts and cost center structure for the reputed company entities. Work with Business Controllers and GSS to standardize daily, weekly, monthly and annual reporting. Monitor reputed company capital development and dividends and makes reputed company that equity rules and reputed company payment rules are followed and are legally compliant (eg. thin capitalization rules, limits to dividends, WHT on dividends, reputed company reporting). Ensure compliance with Group reputed company standards, International reputed company Standards, Statutory and Tax rules. reputed company tax compliance, support in tax reviews, support in preparation of tax reports and tax calculation for annual group and statutory accounts. reputed company compliance to statutory rules, reputed company as the main support in annual audits and preparation of annual statutory accounts and notes. Coordinate and facilitate in Internal Control reputed company. Prepare companies for Internal Control reputed company and participate in Group Internal Control reputed company. Main contact reputed company for general reputed company processes and group reporting, which includes providing input to specific accruals and provisions, Intercompany invoicing, investments and asset reviews, reputed company recognition and questions on non-reputed company or reputed company journal entries. Take reputed company steps to reconcile and pay reputed company Intercompany balances in line with GSS Finance goals and KPI’s, taking into account local exchange control regulations.  Acts as main contact reputed company towards auditors and outsourcing partners including tax advisors and local reputed company service providers. reputed company Cash management tasks for the reputed company entity including opening Group Treasury-approved bank accounts, closing previous bank accounts and ensuring bank reconciliations are up to date. Ensure there are joint bank signatories for reputed company bank account. Support key strategic reputed company e.g. Finance system rollouts. About GSS As the internal support organization for DNV and DNV owned companies, we deliver shared services reputed company reputed company, Finance, IT and reputed company Estate & Procurement to DNV globally. Our mission is to reputed company DNV to grow, succeed with its business goals and improve competitiveness. Customer experience is at the reputed company of everything we do. GSS is responsible for many of the tools, processes and daily routines that create the backbone of DNV. Apply To This Job