General Ledger Supervisor / Manager

Maximize profits through timely reporting, budgeting and analysis of Results. Consciously establishes a culture that encourages customer focus, efficiency, collaboration, and creates an environment for process improvements.

Job Specification - Key Accountabilities:

• Manage month end procedures to ensure monthly costs are reported in an accurate and timely
• Conduct a detailed review of OVH cost for completeness accuracy prior to cost plus schedule
• Prepare and submit annual budgets
• Prepare and submit quarterly forecast
• Provide monthly commentary on deviations against budget and forecast on iMIS
• Prepare Africa monthly management reports (DnD, OVH, Stats, Box fees)
• Prepare comments / reports for the BA area call file
• Maintain and update Power of Attorney documents
• Maintain and update Business authorization signatory list
• Complete the monthly closing packages in FIM (SAP FC)
• Effectively follows Hapag-Lloyd accounting practices in daily and financial work while promoting standard processes and organizational blue print
• Assist in auditing of agents.
• Authorize invoices on VIM to the value of USD…. Per month
• Authorize Creditor’s reconciliations to the value of USD …. Per month
• Review and sign off balance sheet reconciliations
• Cash Management
• Liquidity Forecasting
• Taxation

 Qualifications and Technical Job Requirements:

• Minimum graduate / post-graduate with good academic track record
• Good understanding of accounting standards, especially IFRS
• Minimum 5 -7 years of experience.
• Good team management skills
• Exposure to ERP environment, preference shall be given to persons with minimum 2 years of
• experience in SAP
• Strong excel skills