Accounts Controller at DHL

Accounts Controller

Employer: DHL

Employment: Full-Time | Permanent

Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Posted date: 3 years ago

Deadline: Submission date is over

Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) is the logistics provider of the world with over 520,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories. DHL Global Forwarding, Freight (DGFF) is the Group's air, ocean, and road freight specialist. We offer standardized transport as well as highly specialized end-to-end solutions to customers in a wide range of industries globally.

Connecting People. Improving Lives.

Currently, we are seeking for Accounts Controller, In this role, you are required to provide timely financial information to optimize management decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor the overall performance of the country in terms of sales strategies and their impact on the operation. Ensure compliance in accordance with HO finance & controlling guidelines.
• Undertaking monthly reconciliations, ensuring month-end procedures/timetables are met. Preparing & managing the supply of financial information, reports & management report data to the CFO and Country Manager, in particular month-end, quarterly and annual reporting.
• In charge of the statutory tax matters by ensuring that the company is compliant with all the statutory tax matters, statutory requirements and handling all the tax issues optimally to ensure reduction of any tax exposures.
• Ensures accurate, transparent, relevant, and timely management reporting to the country representatives.
• Liaise with all departments to provide financial support on all financial topics.
• The initial point of contact for any DPDHL Internal Audit, Statutory Audit, a Tax authority audit, or any other adhoc audit as may be required from time to time.
• Works closely with the HR department to process and optimize the monthly payroll transactions.
• Sanity checks of all payments made by the company by ensuring proper approvals and necessary recoveries from clients have been done.
• Ensures global internal control framework in the area of scope is implemented and followed. Defines and Implements local policies and internal control procedures to meet globally defined procedures.
• Provide leadership and coaching to team members in the finance department.
• Act as a business partner to Country Management Team through timely provision of various adhoc reports that may be used to optimize the company performance.
• Handling Intercompany accounts in liaison with Shared Service Center.

Job Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• Good knowledge of divisional business
• Cross-divisional experience
• Below 10 years? experience in various general finance functions accompanied by a wide experience at senior level in a service-oriented business
• Manages and leads teams through expertise across several different disciplines within the finance function
• Cross-regional experience
• Professional accountancy qualification or university degree or equivalent (MBA, audit qualification)

?We offer:

• Opportunities in a global company where you can contribute your ideas and skills to move towards our shared goals.
• Possible further career development
• Competitive salary

Why join DHL Global Forwarding?

We are part of Deutsche Post DHL, the world?s leading logistics provider with operations in over 220 countries. Visit our career site on the web at https://www.logistics.dhl/us-en/home/careers.html

Our TOP EMPLOYER prestigious certification attests to our best-in-class efforts to attract and retain talent by fostering a positive work environment and encouraging personal and professional development among employees. The development of talented women in our organization will be a focus for us and an important part of our DGF Strategy 2025.

We aspire to become the undisputed leader in our industry, when people think of forwarding; we want them to think DGF because we have:

• The largest global network with more than ~30,000 passionate employees
• The most efficient processes and fastest response times
• The best solutions and best customer service

Our Vision: The Logistics Company for the World.

Our Mission: Excellence. Simply Delivered.

Our Purpose: Connecting People, improving lives.

Our Values: Respect & Results

Our Goals: Employer, Provider, and Investment of Choice, Living Responsibility

DHL Global Forwarding is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.?