PURPOSE ​

The Business Continuity Officer ensures smooth and uninterrupted financial operations relating to intercompany transactions. The role focuses on maintaining accurate records, preparing schedules, performing reconciliations, and supporting audit processes to sustain business continuity and compliance.

THE JOB​

• Spool trial balances to compute intercompany interest accurately.
• Raise journals for intercompany cleanup payments to ensure accurate accounting entries.
• Support the preparation of intercompany interest schedules for the financial year.
• Perform computation and booking of intercompany interest in the accounting system.
• Reclassify reconciled intercompany balances to maintain accurate financial reporting.
• Prepare schedules and documentation required for intercompany audits.
• Collaborate with finance teams to ensure timely and accurate reporting of intercompany transactions.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, financial policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required to support business continuity.   

THE PERSON MUST ​

• Have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to compute, interpret, and validate financial data accurately.
• Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) for posting journals, interest computation, and reclassification.
• Excellent understanding of intercompany accounting, financial reporting processes, and reconciliation procedures.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, formulas, data validation, financial modelling).

QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong understanding of intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and interest computations is an added advantage

EXPERIENCE​

• Minimum of three years’ cognate experience in a similar role.