Fixed Assets Accountant - Engen

What you'll be doing:

Asset Accounting: Month End and Year-End Activities

• Ensure the fixed assets register (FAR) is kept up to date as a result of all asset additions, disposals, transfers, write offs etc.
• Monthly and quarterly - ensure the fixed assets reconciliations and packs are updated and submitted within SLA and with the necessary quality requirements met the South Africa and Affiliates.
• Yearly – Calculate the DRR provision, useful life and residual values reviews and ensure they done accurately and timeously in accordance with IAS16 (property, plant, and equipment accounting standard) for South Africa and the Affiliates.
• Monthly fixed assets depreciation forecast for the business units (Retail, Commercial, Supply chain, Lubricants) and Lesotho and Eswatini.
• Support/ assist with the annual fixed assets business plan for the South African business units, Lesotho and Eswatini. (included any re-estimates required)

Monitoring Assets Counts

• Review and monitor that the physical counts at identified sites are completed and that the necessary steps are taken to align physical asset counts to the ERP system ensuring that Engen's fixed asset register is accurate.
• Collaborate across business units with verification agents and a wide stakeholder list to achieve verification results / provide guidance with respect to the fixed assets verification process.

Asset accounting: completeness and accuracy of motor vehicles accounting

• Lease vehicles accurately capitalised and leased vehicles per asset register matches Stannic job file. Fixed asset registers are accurate with minimal reconciling items.
• Changes to leased vehicle information is updated timeously.

Management of Tracker (motor vehicles) charges

• Ensure invoices paid and reconciled, central cost centre accurately cleared on a monthly basis and cost centre reconciliation maintained.

Query Logging and Resolution

• Ensuring that queries are logged and resolved timeously enabling meeting FSSC SLA's.

Compliance

• Assist with internal and external audit requirements.

Companywide fixed assets related projects

• Actively participate/support in companywide projects relating to fixed assets (analysis and reporting)
• Subject matter expert for fixed assets, perform user acceptance testing (UATs)
• Training of internal stakeholders relating to fixed assets related system changes
• Validation of the integrity of fixed assets-related data
• Ensure the project team resolves system related anomalies

Who You Are:

• You have strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills
• You are committed to delivering quality outputs, with a high concern for accuracy and attention to detail
• You are team-orientated and customer-focused
• You can work with people of various levels, both in the organisation and in the broader business environment
• You work well under pressure, with little or no supervision, and display excellent time management skills
• You have a reputation for performing above expectations

What you'll have done before:

Baseline:

• NQF Level 7 (Bachelor’s degree in accounting)
• 4 years’ experience in a finance function.
• Fixed Assets accounting experience in a corporate environment
• Asset count reconciliation experience

Advantageous:

• NQF Level 8 (Honours degree in accounting)
• SAP experience (Asset modules)

Exciting challenges you might face in the role:

• Collaborate with various stakeholders [internal and external] to ensure that accurate data is timeously recorded
• Deliver excellence, amidst tight deadlines