Head of Accounting

About

Our client, a large and well-known automotive production company, is currently seeking to hire a Head of Accounting to join their growing team based in Kariega, Eastern Cape. In this role, you will have overall responsibility for all accounting functions within the organization, ensuring accurate, compliant and timely financial data and statutory financial reporting in line with IFRS and Group Accounting Guidelines. The role provides strong financial leadership, supports business strategy and governance, and mitigates financial and reputational risk.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for financial accounting and reporting, including preparation and transmission of FACTS reporting to the parent company.
• Oversight of the preparation of Company and Group consolidated Annual Financial Statements.
• Overall accountability for inventory accounting and control, product and component costing.
• Ensure integrity of management accounting data to support decision-making.
• Oversight of Accounts Payable management.
• Ensure adherence to IFRS and Group Accounting Guidelines.

Technical and Behavioural Competencies:

• In-depth knowledge of financial guidelines, IFRS and accounting principles
• Strong financial and analytical capability with strategic thinking ability
• Ability to translate complex financial data into executive-level insights
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong leadership and people management capability
• High level of integrity and sound business judgement
• Commercial and business acumen

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Chartered Accountant CA(SA) or
• BCom Accounting Honours Degree with completed SAICA articles
• Completed articles with strong financial reporting experience
• Minimum of 5–7 years’ experience in a financial accounting environment within an automtive manufacturing/ similar sector
• Experience in complex regulatory, audit and reporting environments preferred