Key responsibilities will include record keeping, management and financial accounting, analysis, budgeting, reporting and ensuring that all corporate accounting and reporting requirements and deadlines are met. The successful candidate will also be responsible for the reporting and consolidating of businesses and financial reporting from the their respective accounting functions, as well as ensuring continuous Implementation and strict application of a set of operational standards and controls throughout the company. 1. Financial Reporting Submitting accurate and complete budgets and forecasts on a monthly basis by the last day of the month; Submitting detailed cost analysis reports with cost analysis projections on a quarterly basis; Preparing cost control reports and variance analysis; Ensuring that reports are prepared and submitted timeously, are accurate and of quality nature; Ensuring that monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and yearly compilation of the financial statements are completed on time; Ensuring that financial information received from various departments is reviewed and checked before submission to the CEO; Ensuring that the preparation of monthly management accounts with detailed analysis is completed and submitted within the desired deadlines: Evaluating and reviewing the outcomes of the accounting process at all stages; Signing off final ledger; Reviewing trial balance; Reviewing individual aspects of management accounts; Reviewing the completed set of management accounts; Reviewing individual aspects of consolidated financial statements; Reviewing notes and disclosure items for constituency and correctness. Ensuring that reports to the Board Meeting, Audit Committee, Operations Reporting Meeting, Head of Department Meeting and department meeting are of good quality and accurate and they are submitted on time; The Accounting Professional is responsible for a detailed review of the documents prepared within the accounting department for corporate governance purposes; This includes performing a review of the board packs which are to be prepared by the accounting department and ensure completeness and accuracy; 2. Treasury Ensuring that cash budgets and forecast cash flow positions are prepared on time; Maintaining banking relationships and negotiate terms with banks under the strict supervision of the executive directors; Ensuring that capital adequacy requirements of the various group companies are maintained and performing a detailed review of the calculations and the accuracy thereof to ensure that the group meets its capital adequacy requirements; Ensuring that sufficient reserves are maintained for short and long term liabilities; Preparing analysis of short and long term planning the liquidity requirements of the group and ensure that a review of future cash flow requirements is based on accurate projections. An Accounting Professional is expected to interrogate the source data and cannot utilise information received from internal sources / departments without verification; Ensuring that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements; Maintaining a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate level of control over treasury activities; Preparing reports based on multi-currency scenarios and recommend the management of currency risk through different exposures; 3. Taxation Ensuring that the company's tax affairs are up to date; Keeping up with the all the regulatory changes and ensuring recommendations are made to comply with the regulatory changes; Preparing and updating the company tax monitors; Providing training to the other colleagues when required; Reviewing company tax computations and returns throughout the group including: Individual Tax; Corporate Tax; Capital Gains Tax; Dividend Withholding Tax; Donations Tax; Trusts Tax; Foreign Tax / Tax Treaties; Deferred Tax; VAT; PAYE and Fringe Benefits; Estate Duty; Securities Transfer Tax; Transfer Duty Capital Gain Tax; Other, including Tax Clearance Certificate; 4. Systems and Policy Development Reviewing and making a judgement on the whole range of controls including those relating to achieving value for money and the prevention and detection of fraud and corruption. Providing advice on proposed developments such as major new systems and proposing initiatives to help ensure risks are properly identified and evaluated and appropriate controls are built in; Establishing logical and systematically methods of identifying, analysing, evaluating, treating, monitoring and communicating the risks associated with Oasis's activities, functions or processes in a way that will enable Oasis to minimise losses and maximise opportunities; 5. REPORTING Management reporting and/or reporting to the CEO must include an executive summary with an analysis supporting the executive summary. In case an issue is highlighted, the report must contain suggestions for resolution of the issue raised; Reporting occurs to the following committees, and the content of the report shall be cultivated to meet the terms of reference relevant to each: Board of Directors Report (Quarterly/Annually). ORM Report (Bi-Weekly). Client Committee (Weekly). Daily (CEO). Note that attendance at the various meetings would be as an Invitee. [ie. A presentation made to the Board of Directors will not imply that you are a member of the Board]; In addition, the following written reports need to be issued to provide updated information to the relevant directors and individuals within the firm of matters relating to client services; Daily Reporting on activities including new business and Client requests. Weekly Departmental Evaluation Reports. Weekly Status reports on your achievements relative to your Business plan. Report arising from attendance at presentations and client interactions. Daily reports on Investment related matters and. Adhoc Reports (eg. Project reports). All reports must be stored electronically in a structured manner on the server for future retrieval, sorted by date and meeting. Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and it may be required for you to perform other tasks that may be required by the Company from time to time; 6. Leadership Providing leadership to the departmental staff, supervising and managing their performance and development in line with Oasis's goals, objectives, policies and regulations; Developing a departmental annual work plan, including but not limited to audit and compliance monitoring, financial budgets and reporting in line with the Company's requirements and objectives; 7. Relationship & service delivery management Ensuring that relationships with the following external parties be created and maintained with external parties including but not limited to: Banks Taxation Authorities Insurers Company registrars Regulatory Authorities Central banks Auditors 8. Project Management Overseeing the planning, implementation, and tracking of a specific short-term project which has a beginning, an end and specified deliverables; Coordinating through internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects; Ensuring that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget; Assisting in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility; Developing a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress; Managing changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques; Measuring project performance using appropriate tools and techniques; Reporting and escalating to management as needed; Successfully managing the relationship and all stakeholders; Performing risk management to minimize project risks; Establishing and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors; Creating and maintain comprehensive project documentation; Managing the activities and staff associated with the project as well as the success of that project; Defining project schedules to plan and coordinate project activity; Providing technical coordination and leadership for staff; Assisting with development and oversight of programming and testing for the project; Ensuring the project is securely delivered and fulfill expectations; Identifying opportunities for enhancement and refinement to standards and processes; Working directly with the relevant internal and external parties to manage the technical aspects of the project; Ensuring that project documents are complete, kept up to date and stored appropriately; Ensuring that adequate procedure manuals are prepared and signed off; Ensuring that system users are trained and fully family with the systems being used by the Company and to ensure that the Company is getting maximum benefit from system and improvement on efficiencies; 9. Project Planning Defining the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management; Creating a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project; Determining the resources (time, money, equipment, etc.) required to complete the project Developing a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities; Reviewing the project schedule with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required Determining the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion; 10 Managing Team for Project In consultation with the CEO, recruit, interview and select staff with appropriate skills for the project activities; Managing project staff and/or volunteers according to the established policies and practices of the organization; Ensuring that personnel files are properly maintained and kept confidential; Ensuring that all project personnel receive an appropriate orientation to the organization and the project; Contracting qualified consultants to work on the project as appropriate; 11. Project Implementation Executing the project according to the project plan; Developing forms and records to document project activities; Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured; Monitoring the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project; Establishing a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project; Reviewing the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis and to ensure that it meets the project standards; 12. Project Controls Writing reports on the project for management; Communicating with funders as outlined in funding agreements; Monitoring and approving all budgeted project expenditures; Monitor cash flow projections and report actual cash flow and variance to senior management on a regular basis (Weekly/monthly/bimonthly); Managing all project funds according to established accounting policies and procedures; Ensuring that all financial records for the project are up to date; Preparing financial reports and supporting documentation for funders as outlined in funding agreements; 13. Project Evaluation Ensuring that the project deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality; Evaluating the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase; 14. Project Reporting Attending all departmental project meeting with the CEO at his request and ensure that the CEO and other Senior Executives instructions are followed and implementedIn the event that the CEO is not available, the Employee will be expected to attend the meetings on behalf of the CEO and provide detailed report backs to the CEO; Attending and report back to the CEO on the annual Technology Audit, and to conduct ad hoc Technology audits as requested by the CEO; Management reporting and/or reporting to the CEO must include an executive summary with an analysis supporting the executive summary. In case an issue is highlighted than the report must contain suggestions for resolution of the issue.; Ensuring that both internal and external reporting is done accurately and timeously; Reporting occurs to the following committees, and the content of the report shall be cultivated to meet the terms of reference relevant to each: Board of Directors Report (Bi-Annual), ORM Report (Bi-Weekly), HOD OPS (Bi-Weekly) Review , Innovation And Documentation Ensuring that the business process workflow, systems are efficient and that any changes to improve the workflow are documented in the necessary procedure manuals. Ensuring that changes in company business process to be brought through to finance business process. Maintaining necessary up to date knowledge of the industry and regulations. Internal communication Communicating with the other departments in the organization and represent the Finance department at the various operational meetings. Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all reporting to the other departments. 15. General Ensuring that the processes are automated and where any development is required coordinate with the relevant departments to achieve that objective; Ensuring that mapping on various systems is accurate and integration and data sharing is done properly to ensure accuracy and reliance on the data; Creating, implementing and monitoring processes and procedures around the creation of monthly forecasts; Preparing periodic financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries; Developing and implementing finance and accounting procedures; Establishing and maintaining appropriate internal controls; Interacting with other managers to provide support through financial and management information analysis, reports, and recommendations; Monitoring and evaluating financial information systems; Establishing and implementing short and long range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating; Formulating a business plan for the accounting function (including all sub-functions) in order to ensure the effective management of the group; Contributing to medium and long-term business planning; Advising on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions; Ensuring records are maintained in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; Developing and direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems; Qualification: Bcom (Accounting) Qualified Chartered Accountant Registered CA (SA) having passed the Board Exams at 1st attempt. A Masters In Business Administration, Masters in Taxation or Masters in Accounting would be an added advantage Good working knowledge on Accounting Package (Pastel, Oracle, Caseware, MDA etc); 5 to 10 years of experience Must have an in-depth knowledge of corporate and tax laws and regulatory requirements in order to ensure that the returns, account etc. are filed on a timely basis. Apply Now

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