Assists in preparation of Group management accounts, statutory accounts, press release, half year accounts and annual reports. Prepares statutory accounts for small entities that are managed at Group level, monthly variance management accounts and Group division�s performance reports. Assists in coordination and preparation of Group Budgets and forecasts and review SBUs' budgets. Assists in providing input for Board papers and strategic documents for other SBUs and present financial results to SBUs' Board meetings. Manages tax compliance issues for the Group and other SBUs. Liaises with external and internal auditors during audits. Performs financial analysis for the Group and SBUs for given strategic projects. Researches on the developments with regards to changes in IFRS and IAS and their effect on the reporting of the Group�s financial performance. Assists in the continual development of the Group internal control environment. Decides on which financial tool/ model to use for interpreting financial data and recommends course of action from financial modelling results. Decides on effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions and/or reaching conclusions. Decides on best ways to administer smartstream to keep it running smoothly. Decides on which smartstream reports and systems should be developed to assist users to extract meaningful information. Decides on where and how to invest funds for managed small entities. Decides on making sure that system interface journals are done timely and accurately. Decides on critical tax updates that must be advised to SBUs for their compliance, issues that need to be escalated to senior management and when to pay taxes when they are due. Decides on report formats and content that conveys adequate and clear information that aid decision making within the Group. Decides on day to day duties on month end consolidation and production of Group management accounts. Decides on budgeting techniques to use in order to meet budget deadlines. Decides on the following on smartsream: how to effectively utilise smartstrem, allocation of new account numbers, when to close year end and when to pass year end retained earnings journal for all Group entities and whether to adjust stock and purchase order variances. Performs costs analysis for products and divisions. Computes the allocation for shared costs and management fees and follow up on recovery from Group companies. Raises journals and checks invoices for the Group and SBUs. Performs system administration tasks on smartstream (includes mapping interfaces with new systems, management of exceptions on interface journals and posting, account opening, closing of accounts, maintenance of structures,  month end and  year end routines, administers stock and purchase orders adjustments in smartstream). Maintains the DRP programs for financial reporting systems. Develops and monitors Group business and financial dashboards. Coordinates the work of trainees recruited under the TOPP programme. Analyse trial balances for the Group and SBUs. Deployment plan and resources for trainees. Ensuring that all journals are processed on a daily basis. Submit management accounts and reports before deadline. Check reporting and compliance dates. Scheduling of Group tax obligations and ensure tax payments are done in time. Plan on daily, monthly and yearly smartstream processes and timeously resolving smartstream queries. Research on current developments on accounting and tax issues. Solving queries from regulatory bodies, external audit, Group departments and SBUs. Ensuring that accounting entries adhere to IFRS requirements. Ensuring accounting process flows comply with procedure and policy manuals. Development and implementation of changes to accounting systems and processes. Recommendation on costs cutting measures. Pressure to meet strict deadlines. Diagnose and figure out how reported smasrtstream problems can be solved timeously. Solving interface journals posting errors.

Job evaluation subgrade: D