{"id":19621,"date":"2025-09-22T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/specialist-accountant\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T01:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T01:31:35","slug":"specialist-accountant","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=19621","title":{"rendered":"Specialist: Accountant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job Purpose<\/p>\n<p>\tThe Specialist Accountant is responsible for the general accounting of transactions within BMW Finance, including Insurance, Commercial Finance, Risk and Securitisation.<\/p>\n<p>Key Accountabilities<\/p>\n<p>\tDaily clearing of Commercial Finance suspense accounts.<br \/>\n\tEnsure that the accounting between CFS (Commercial Finance) and SAP is accurate and timely.<br \/>\n\tPreparation of month-end reconciliations and addressing of old long outstanding reconciling items.<br \/>\n\tApprove CFS ticket log and allocations on the system relating to accounting matters.<br \/>\n\tResponsible for month end, top up and buy back process for securitisation transaction.<br \/>\n\tPreparation of servicer report on a quarterly and submit to the administrator (Maitland)<br \/>\n\tPreparation of month-end reconciliations and addressing of old long outstanding reconciling items.<br \/>\n\tResponsible for the preparation of the BA501 regulatory reports, Securitisation audit and AFS process.<br \/>\n\tResponsible for the Securitisation audit and AFS process.<br \/>\n\tAttend monthly steering committee meetings with the insurance service providers<br \/>\n\tAttend to invoicing for insurance marketing and commission fees to the relevant insurance service providers.<br \/>\n\tEnsure that the accounting between Guard-risk (Insurance business) and SAP is accurate and timely<br \/>\n\tProvide month end accounting and attend to month end queries before closing out of a period.<br \/>\n\tPosting of monthly journals, perform monthly reconciliations and investigate any differences.<br \/>\n\tRegular interaction with Insurance providers to ensure that accounting records reflect correctly between each other.<br \/>\n\tLiaise with securitization\u2019s administrators to ensure that accounting records reflect correctly between each other. In addition to ensure that all monthly and quarterly submission and requirements are adhere to.<br \/>\n\tRegular interaction and review with internal and external stakeholders in relation to mandatory accounting submissions, as well as ad hoc projects that need the participation of the accounting department.<br \/>\n\tAttend to any other requests from management and provide regular updates on the status of the business from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>Educational Background \/ Professional Knowledge and Experience \/ Other Skills<\/p>\n<p>\tBachelor\u2019s Degree with Accounting as a major.<br \/>\n\tNewly qualified Chartered Accountant (CA)(SA) is preferable or had articles experience.<br \/>\n\t3 years financial accounting experience within the financial services industry<br \/>\n\tFinancial Services Experience, as well as knowledge of the motor industry<br \/>\n\tKnowledge of accounting software, e.g. SAP<br \/>\n\tKnowledge of \u00a0IFRS ( International Financial Reporting Standard), South African Tax Acts (inclu. 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