Group Accountant

Responsibilities:

Group Accounting & Consolidation:

•  Oversee accounting activities across the Group and its subsidiaries.
• Review subsidiary accounts and ensure compliance with approved accounting policies and procedures.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial reports.
• Perform intercompany reconciliations and appropriately eliminate intercompany balances and transactions.
• Maintain accurate records of the Group’s assets, liabilities, income, and expenditure.
• Ensure proper accounting treatment for capital projects, investments, and major assets.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and financial performance reports.
• Provide management with clear analysis of revenue, expenses, cash flow, profitability, and financial position.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Develop and maintain financial reports and dashboards for the Group and individual subsidiaries.

Financial Controls:

• Enforce appropriate accounting and financial controls across the Group.
• Review payment documentation, approvals, reconciliations, and supporting records.
• Ensure proper segregation of duties and authorization controls.
• Monitor cash movements and subsidiary funding.
• Ensure all financial transactions are properly documented and supported.

Treasury & Cash Management

• Monitor Group and subsidiary bank accounts.
• Prepare cash-flow forecasts.
• Monitor cash requirements and funding between subsidiaries and the Group.
• Maintain proper records of intercompany loans, advances, and capital injections.
• Support management in major funding and cash-management decisions.

Tax, Audit & Statutory Compliance:

• Coordinate with external auditors and tax advisers.
• Ensure accounting records are maintained in an audit-ready condition.
• Coordinate preparation of schedules and supporting documentation required for audits.
• Monitor statutory tax and financial reporting obligations.
• Liaise with relevant professional advisers and regulatory bodies when required.

Accounts Payable, Receivable & Payroll Oversight:

• Monitor accounts payable and receivable across subsidiaries.
• Review supplier balances and outstanding receivables.
• Ensure timely reconciliations.
• Oversee payroll accounting and related statutory deductions.
• Monitor staff advances, loans, and other employee-related balances.

Asset & Capital Project Accounting:

• Maintain the Group’s fixed asset register.
• Ensure appropriate capitalization and depreciation of qualifying assets.
• Monitor major capital expenditures and project-related payments.
• Reconcile project expenditure with approved budgets.
• Ensure proper documentation of Group-owned assets and assets purchased or held by subsidiaries.

Systems, Policies & Process Improvement:

• Develop and implement standardized accounting procedures across the Group.
• Ensure subsidiaries use consistent accounting practices and reporting formats.
• Improve accounting systems, reporting processes, and financial controls.
• Support implementation or improvement of accounting software/ERP systems.
• Maintain proper financial documentation and records.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification is strongly preferred.
• Minimum 4–8 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in a Group, holding company, or multi-subsidiary environment.
• Experience preparing consolidated financial statements or Group management accounts.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial controls.
• Experience with intercompany accounting and reconciliations.
• Experience working with external auditors and tax advisers.
• Strong Excel and accounting software skills.
• Experience with ERP/accounting systems will be an advantage.
• Experience in any combination of mining, agriculture, hospitality, energy, or other asset-intensive businesses will be an advantage.

Who we are looking for:

The ideal candidate should be:

• Hands-on and detail-oriented.
• Highly organized and able to meet reporting deadlines.
• Firm and consistent about accounting procedures and documentation.
• Comfortable working independently in a growing organization.
• Able to build systems rather than simply process transactions.
• Trustworthy and discreet when handling confidential financial information.
• Willing to travel across multiple cities and remote locations.