Management Accountant

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global engineering business that focuses on providing clients with industrial products that help multiple sectors improve their everyday processes. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling, and have over a century of experience in doing so.

We are seeking applicants for the vacant role of Management Accountant within our Howden MEA Projects Division. The Management Accountant supports the senior management accountant and financial manager in the management accounting and financial reporting for the division and ensuring the integrity of the information. This position takes an active role in project margin reviews, analysing and explaining changes to budget and providing accurate information to be used in forecasting. This role will also participate in the month end close, forecast and budget development and ensuring proper internal controls are in place to safeguard the Company’s assets.

What Will You Do?

• Perform daily, weekly and monthly processes in the financial system to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of project information.
•  Actively participate in project cost reviews, working closely with the project managers, the management accountant will analyse and report any cost change to budget and the impact on profitability.
• Develop actions from project cost reviews to mitigate issues from recurring. Perform month end close where required.
• Ensure manual and system transaction accounts reconcile to applicable reports. Reports and reconciliation of accounts are to be reviewed with the senior management accountant and financial manager.
• Close all open accounting issues prior to or on the last day of the month.  Explain any variances to forecast and budget. Issue reports as required.
• Process One Stream reporting requirements.
• Prepare weekly / monthly contract performance reviews with project managers. Ensure accurate weekly operational reporting.
• Prepare monthly reports ASGISA, Statistics SA and other external reporting requirements.
• Participate in the preparation of the monthly forecast, strategic plan and annual budget.
• Develop, maintain and distribute management reports as necessary to support the ongoing business and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform capital expenditure / ROIC reviews (as necessary) for proposed capital projects and track ROIC performance of implemented capital projects.
• Track and control overhead spending.
• Adhere to Sarbanes Oxley and AX controls.

Your Experience Should Be...

• Qualified accountant (CA or CIMA)
• A minimum of 3-5 years PQE.
• IFRS, GAAP, and US GAAP up to date knowledge
• Sarbanes Oxley compliance experience and application of key controls.
• Experience in system implementations and support within a full lifecycle ERP solution.
• Experience working in a project costing environment. Percentage of Completion calculations, WIP reporting.
• Technically and commercially strong
• Ability to make quick and clear decisions
• Confident and able communicator who can influence and persuade others.
• Professional approach to reporting.

Our Benefits Package...

Howden provides a great benefits package in addition to an attractive salary. The Company also offers the opportunity to work in an exciting, fast-paced environment within a global engineering company.