Recrutement de 01 Accounting Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions

Recrutement de 01 Accounting Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions
Niveau d'études: Non précisé
Expérience: 4 ans
Expire le: 15-07-2022

Maersk Line
Cape Town, South Africa
Transports et logistique
Accounting Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions

Full time
ZA - Cape Town

Opportunité
As the Accounting Manager you will be the anchor point for all accounting, compliance, and internal control related matters of all Merger and Acquisitions as well as the senior liaison between the frontline and various Global Service Centre teams.

Your responsibilities include ownership of and providing insight into the Financial Statements and handling the relationship with external parties such as various Government authorities, and auditors, where relevant. You will have to ensure true and fair view of financials and management accounts are published effectively. In addition, you will need to be on top of governance, secure our licence to operate, ensure robust internal controls and protect and enhance our external reputation.

The role entails building a trusted relationship with key internal and external stakeholders, leading without authority, and working remotely with various teams to achieve desired outcomes. You will have to be a true Business Partner influencing decisions when it comes to M&A’s and as well as the tax and accounting requirements for future business cases

You will be accountable for the following:

Accounting and Finance
Drive the collaboration with the various teams to achieve desired outcomes using the standard Maersk operating systems routines
Own and provide insight into the Financial statements
Review consolidated financial statements
Ensure that all ageing open items and exposures on the Balance Sheet are identified in a timely manner and are sufficiently mitigated by driving appropriate actions with the relevant parties
Act as the focal point for all accounting and finance improvements (example: banking solution improvements, local accounting GAAP implementation in SAP etc)
Monitors and tracks the synergies and prepares the reporting pack for Steerco and Board
Provides IFRS and tax input for M&A as well as is instrumental in future business cases
Has responsibility for timely closure of books of accounts, reporting of financials, manages day to day accounting
Ensure that the year-end audit and preparation of the Annual Financial Statements is completed timely, and an unqualified audit report is issued

Compliance (Our licence to operate)
Maintain our license to operate, ensure we are a good corporate citizen and live up to our values and standards
Improve our external reputation and ensure we are in full compliance with all statutory obligations we have in the Area
Engage with local authorities as needed (example: agency licenses, reporting requirements, foreign exchange control)
Be accountable for the timely preparation and distribution of the Board Meeting material and ensure that the Board Meetings are conducted in accordance with the local legal requirements
Take directions from the Tax team in ensuring compliance with tax regulations, optimising tax cost and managing tax risk.

Control framework
Drive a robust control environment which mitigates all material control risks in the Area
Ensure that any risks and control deficiencies raised by any Audit team are addressed timely by driving the required actions and improvements
Ensure that the control self-attestation is performed and reported correctly and is being performed consistently in an upright manner

Others
Be a role model for our values
Reinforcing APMM culture and values through leading by example
Good ideas and practices should be spread within the Area, Region and subsequently globally
To be involved in Joint Venture, Merger and Acquisitions Due diligence and control reviews

Who and What we are looking for:
A financial educational background such as master’s degree in Finance, Tax, Accounting or a Chartered Accountant qualification
At least 4 years in a similar function or in a consulting firm
Can lead without authority
Has strong Stakeholder Management skills
Ability to work remotely with various teams to achieve desired outcomes
Should have strong analytical skill
Good experience in Excel, Word and Power Point
Must have good command of English

Informations supplémentaires
Ref. R3353

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 70,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.