Financial Accountant

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South Africa, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape
Entry level
Big Data • Cloud • Information Technology
The Role
The Financial Accountant at Iron Mountain will manage day-to-day accounting activities including preparation of financial statements and reports, ensure compliance with accounting policies, assist in audits, and maintain relationships with stakeholders. This role requires a high standard of accuracy and transparency in financial reporting while supporting transitions to shared services.
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At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways. 

Are you curious about being part of our growth stor​y while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.

Our values:

Climbing Higher and Stronger Together

Job Summary:

Performs general accounting activities, including the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of ledger accounts and financial statements such as balance sheets, profit-and-loss statements and capital expenditure schedules. Prepares, records, analyzes and reports accounting transactions and ensures the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles. Analyzes and prepares statutory accounts, financial statements and reports. Conducts or assists in the documentation of accounting projects. May provide financial support, including forecasting, budgeting and analyzing variations from budget.

What you will do:

  • Manage the day-to-day accounting work, including payroll, fixed assets, intercompany and banking. Prepare / review journals.
  • Support transition to accounting shared services and support their work once they are operational
  • Review and report on monthly performance Oracle > OneStream to deliver robust financial information free from error on a monthly basis
  • Ensure the month end closing & all relevant reporting (monthly, quarterly & annual) is completed in a timely manner & within US reporting deadlines.
  • Prepare balance sheet reconciliations. Following transition to shared services this responsibility will be to review the reconciliations prepared by the shared services
  • Support the preparation of statutory accounts and tax returns for all country entities. Target is for all to be completed on time.
  • Support the statutory audits. Target is for all to be completed on time.
  • Provide support to investigate and resolve accounting issues for all Country entities
  • Accountable for ensuring compliance with IM group accounting policies, US GAAP and SOX-Lite. Collaborating with and supporting Country Controller in ensuring ongoing risk-based monitoring, design, and implementation of effective internal controls for the country locations
  • Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with both internal and external key stakeholders

What you will bring to the role:

  • Managing a General Ledger close for a large multinational corporation
  • Good understanding of US GAAP and  local GAAPs
  • Experienced in preparing Statutory Accounts
  • Experienced in managing statutory audits
  • Experience working within a matrix organization
  • Proactive self-starter with proven problem solving skill set
  • Excellent communicator with team building skills
  • Independent,  proactive and inspires to challenge the status quo
  • Presence of character to command respect and build working relationships at all levels

What we offer:

  • Be part of an ever evolving global organization focused on transformation and innovation.
  • A support system where you have a safe place to voice your opinion, share feedback, and be your true authentic self.
  • Global connectivity to learn from 26,000+ teammates across 52 countries.
  • Be part of a winning team who embrace diversity, inclusion, and our differences.
  • Competitive Total Reward offerings to support your career at Iron Mountain, family, personal wellness, financial wellbeing.
  • The possibility of working from home.

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Category: Finance

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Onestream
Oracle
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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
32,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1951

What We Do

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 220,000 organizations around the world, Iron Mountain boasts a real estate network of more than 80 million square feet across more than 1,350 facilities in 45 countries dedicated to protecting and preserving what matters most for its customers. Iron Mountain’s solutions portfolio includes records management, data management, document management, data centers, art storage and logistics, and secure shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets, including critical business documents, electronic information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts.

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