Accountant Record to Report

The Organisation

MultiChoice Group (MCG), a subsidiary of Groupe CANAL+, is a leading provider of entertainment and related consumer services. The company has an expanding ecosystem, underpinned by scalable technologies, and track record now spans almost 40 years

.MCG provides video entertainment products and services through its linear and streaming platforms to millions of households across 50 countries on the African continent. Continues to grow by producing and acquiring the best local, sport and international content, offering tiered subscription packages and aggregated streaming services to its customer base

.MCG’s superior technology capabilities enable it to continue innovating around distribution, digital, payment solutions and content security to offer the best customer experience across the continent. Reaching up to 10

0million individuals daily, the MultiChoice Group is using its scale and distribution to expand its platform to include sports betting and interactive entertainment, fin-tech services, household services (focused on internet connectivity with emergency response services) and ed-tech

.Irdeto which is MCG’s technology business, provides platform cybersecurity services which protect over 6 billion devices and applications globally for some of the world’s best media and technology brands, as well as clients in the connected industries

Key Performance Objectives

Tasks

Governance, Controls & Policies

• Provide input into the development, implementation and maintenance of robust controls, procedures and policies
• Ensure relevant processes are implemented and documented for all fixed assets, revenue, subsidy, stock and intercompany activities
• Provide input into risk control matrix and ensure relevant controls implemented to mitigate these risks
• Identification of control weaknesses and recommendations for improvements
• Ensure compliance to accounting policies, internal controls and external audits
• Support internal audits and ensure that any findings are timely resolved
• Support on external audit findings and implementation of recommendations
• Assist in the improvement and development of processes and systems for accounting purposes
• Collaborate with cross functional teams within Shared Services centre and the business partners to ensure compliance, accuracy and efficiency in financial areas
• Enforce governance of the Revenue, Stock & Subsidy, Fixed Assets and intercompany policies and recommend policy enhancements
• Support the Shared Services centre Innovation team in governance initiatives

Month end and Year end

• Responsible for the month end and year end reporting
• Responsible for fixed assets, revenue, subsidy stock activities and intercompany accounting
• Provide meaningful analysis to explain trends, as well as explaining variances to Prior month/year actuals
• Prepare schedules or reports of sub systems and ensure this tie back to the GL
• Ensure Revenue interface journals are complete, accurate and reasonable
• Ensure compliance to related policies and procedures e.g. stock obsolescence, stock take procedures, credit management etc.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of fixed assets register. Alignment to tax asset register
• Perform the monthly HFM process including loading the trial balance, completing validations, updating disclosures – and ensure fixed assets are accurately reported in Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow
• Review the outcome of stock takes and highlight risk areas
• Work with business partners and other Shared Services departments to ensure an accurate and efficient month end close
• Responsible for parking journals and ensure accurate processing in SAP
• Responsible for Balance Confirmation of Intercompany
• Reconciliation of SAP balances to HFM
• Analyse the trial balance and explanation/commentary for movements compared to previous months. Analyse of GL accounts
• Ensure that Balance Sheet accounts are accurately recorded and reconciled as per the reconciliation policy
• Develop value added reports to provide to Finance Business Partners
• Resolve queries received from business partners
• Consult with the Tax Team on applicable matters related to month end close
• Timely & relevant delivery of analysis, insight and actions
• Assist in the year end pack reporting process and audit for Finance Shared Services
• Preparation of reporting packs and Financial Statements and disclosures at interim and year end. Assess disclosures required, create templates and automated reports
• Preparation of Annual Financial Statement process
• Support the Annual Financial Statement and Statutory Pack process. Provide relevant disclosures
• Timely & relevant delivery of analysis, insight and actions
• Drive and monitor KPIs and implement initiatives to ensure improvements. Ensure that all relevant and strategic KPIs are reported
• Initiate and manage the improvement of processes and work towards standardisation of relevant aspects such as reports, data analysis etc.
• Drive shared service principles, efficiencies and standardisation and automation across the various businesses. Standardisation of processes across the BUs
• Work with cross functional teams in the shared services and business to ensure compliance, accuracy and efficiency in financial areas

General

• Assist the Record to Report Financial Manager and Financial Controller on finance projects
• Ad hoc projects that arise on a continuing basis
• Analysis and financial modelling
• Manage, improve and develop relationships with internal & external stakeholders
• Support the Shared Services centre Innovation team on projects

Qualifications

• BCom / Relevant qualification
• BCom Honours preferred

Experience & Skills

• Minimum 1 years’ relevant experience in a similar role