Chief Accountant

Role Summary

Provides day-to-day administrative and technical supervision to a small group of professional accountants and clerical personnel for a specific segment of accounting activity. The incumbent has both administrative and technical responsibility for staff. The area will tend to be specialized (e.g., general ledger, sales budgets) for a larger organization or general accounting for a sub-unit (e.g. plant) or small organization. Overall accounting policies have been prescribed but there is latitude for procedural variation. Has a thorough knowledge of the organization's systems and can modify or develop new procedures to meet specialized needs.

Job Responsibilities

• Financial Policies, Guidelines, and Protocols
  Develop and deliver financial guidelines and protocols to ensure the company complies with regulations and good financial practice.
• Financial Management and Control
  Develop and/or deliver a plan for significant aspects of the financial management and/or control process.
• Data Collection and Analysis
  Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
• Data Management
  Manage basic aspects of the data management system with guidance from senior colleagues. This includes being responsible for developing or operating basic elements of the data management systems to deliver prescribed outcomes.
• Leadership and Direction
  Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the function's strategy and action plan, and the broader organization's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Insights and Reporting
  Contribute to the design and creation of reporting strategies and templates. Lead execution of complex reports, identifying and interpreting complex patterns and trends, and translating those insights into actionable recommendations.
• Operational Compliance
  Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards. OR Identify, within the team, patterns of non-compliance with the organization's policies and procedures, and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Performance Management
  Develop and propose own performance objectives; take appropriate actions to ensure achievement of agreed objectives, using the organization's performance management systems to improve personal performance. OR Manage and report on team performance; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project / account team members and hold them accountable for achieving these, taking appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team / personal objectives.
• Organizational Capability Building
  Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions to build their capabilities. Provide training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.