Volvo Trucks Senior Accountant at Volvo Group

Job Objectives:

• Relationship manager for the Volvo Trucks division consisting of New Trucks, Used Trucks and Market Africa.
• Timely and accurate accounting for the assigned financial line items.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and internal Volvo Financial Policies and Procedures (FPP).
• Adherence to Financial, Company and Group Internal Controls and associated frameworks. 
• Support the business through the monthly closing process and accounting inquiries. 
• Manage and train offshore Accounting Services teams.
• Responsibility for preparing reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and key income statement accounts to ensure accuracy and validity of general ledger balances.
• Responsibility for the preparation and reporting of month-end results in the group reporting system. Providing timely, accurate, complete and compliant financial, commercial and statistical data.
• Analyse and provide financial reports as required to support Financial Planning, Forecasts and associated processes.
• Approve and ensure accuracy of journals processed by the business.
• Liaise with the business to stay abreast of business developments and resolve concerns.
• Understand business operations and systems and proactively identify areas of efficiency and effectiveness improvement within FCA.
• Any other duties that may be reasonably requested by your manager.

Qualification & Job Experience

• A Qualified Chartered Accountant – CA(SA).
• Minimum of three years working experience in financial accounting, reporting and consolidation, financial planning, business analysis and tax.
• Good technical knowledge of IFRS.
• Practical experience working in an international environment and in cross functional teams.