Accounting Specialist - Johannesburg, South Africa - Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

The Position

As an Accounting Specialist, you will play a vital role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with regulations, and maintaining robust internal controls.

You will directly report to Finance Manager.

Your main accountabilities will be:

Financial Reporting: Prepare and submit accurate financial reports such as the Annual Questionnaire, Annual Report, and Tax Report in compliance with corporate guidelines and local regulations.
Statutory Reporting: Ensure timely completion of financial and nonfinancial statutory reports, meeting all deadlines and regulatory requirements.
Month End Reporting: Handle monthend postings, including accruals and provisions, and conduct monthly followup meetings with Business Support and local affiliates to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
Internal Control and Compliance: Implement and maintain a robust financial internal control environment, adhering to corporate and local guidelines, to safeguard the integrity of financial data and ensure compliance.
Process Standardization and Efficiency: Drive efforts to standardize and streamline accounting processes across the Business Area, promoting efficiency and maintaining a wellorganized financial function. Additionally, support the goal of keeping the financial "House in Order" at all times.

As a person you have strong accounting skills combined with a pro-active mindset and "can do" attitude, you can drive interaction with your key stakeholders, you are focused and take pride in delivering high quality on time and are naturally meticulous.

You are able to communicate numbers and accounting in an easy and understandable way and you are a problem solver.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree within Finance and Business Administration
Minimum 7 years of an experience
Strong accounting and/or tax knowledge
Knowledge of SAP systems, Excel, Power Point is a must
Good internal controls understanding

About the Department
As a department, we are focused on continuous improvement and are tenacious and innovative in the achievement of our ultimate goal of

business growth and improvement of diabetes care for patients.

F&O is the department responsible for the day-to-day activities of the affiliate, including, financial accounting, financial planning and reporting, management of the company's cash flow and assets, Supply Chain & Logistics, Procurement activities and DDI projects.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don't wait for change. We drive it.

We're a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future.

We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we

seize them.

From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales - we're all working to move the needle on patient care.

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We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world.

We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures.

We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in.

Together, we're life changing.