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Management Accountant

Management Accountant

Sappi Southern Africa
Country:  South Africa
City:  Umhlanga
Location:  Global Business Services - Umhlanga
Department:  Finance
Posting date:  Dec 10, 2025
Closing date:  24 Dec 2025

We are hiring! 

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Management Accountant to ensure that accurate and timeous financial information is made available to all stakeholders and ensure that accurate product costing is done in line with budget. Managing the receivables, taxes and payments in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, focusing on system and staff productivity and ensuring efficiencies throughout the process.

As a Management Accountant, you will be responsible to:  

  • Review, analyse and process all applicable daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports, management reports and statements and obtain approval where applicable.
  • Ensure correct payment, adjustments and reporting of all financial information for external and external transaction occurs within agreed timelines.
  • Ensure the availability of accurate data, statistics, variable production costs and management reporting information.
  • Maintain accounting controls in compliance with prescribed accounting statements, internal control procedures and Sappi accounting policies, including the loading of data into Hyperion.
  • Monitor and guide the cost centre owners to ensure compliance to the budgeting and forecasting guidelines and processes.
  • Complete the applicable financial forecast estimations and obtain approval where needed uploading fixed expense budgets onto the SAP system
  • Manage discounts and payment processes by paying suppliers on time and making cashflow calculation decisions for settlement discounts to benefit from the discounts
  • Perform management audits measuring adherence to policies and procedures, ensuring business units comply with regulations related to the Companies Act, Income Tax Act, VAT Act, Customs and Excise and other regulatory bodies such as the International Financial reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC4).
  • Facilitate problem resolution within the department and at various business units relating to the processing of documentation in order to drive continuous efficiency/streamlining processes  
  • Plans for month-end activities including the timing of payment runs, preparation of recons

 

 

What are we looking for? 

 

  • Bachelors’ Degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 3 Years Post Graduate Experience in Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Administration.
  • SAP Experience preference
  • Computer Literacy Microsoft Office

 

What’s in it for you?  

  • An excellent opportunity to work, learn & grow with us. With our culture of learning & development, you can access thousands of online training.
  • A multi-cultural & international environment to share and collaborate with colleagues from more than 68 nationalities in 31 locations globally.      
  • A unique opportunity to join a global wood fibre solution company. We are constantly innovating toward a circular economy working to achieve our sustainability goals & reduce our carbon foot print.  

 

 

 

 

We are hiring! 

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Management Accountant to ensure that accurate and timeous financial information is made available to all stakeholders and ensure that accurate product costing is done in line with budget. Managing the receivables, taxes and payments in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, focusing on system and staff productivity and ensuring efficiencies throughout the process.

As a Management Accountant, you will be responsible to:  

  • Review, analyse and process all applicable daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports, management reports and statements and obtain approval where applicable.
  • Ensure correct payment, adjustments and reporting of all financial information for external and external transaction occurs within agreed timelines.
  • Ensure the availability of accurate data, statistics, variable production costs and management reporting information.
  • Maintain accounting controls in compliance with prescribed accounting statements, internal control procedures and Sappi accounting policies, including the loading of data into Hyperion.
  • Monitor and guide the cost centre owners to ensure compliance to the budgeting and forecasting guidelines and processes.
  • Complete the applicable financial forecast estimations and obtain approval where needed uploading fixed expense budgets onto the SAP system
  • Manage discounts and payment processes by paying suppliers on time and making cashflow calculation decisions for settlement discounts to benefit from the discounts
  • Perform management audits measuring adherence to policies and procedures, ensuring business units comply with regulations related to the Companies Act, Income Tax Act, VAT Act, Customs and Excise and other regulatory bodies such as the International Financial reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC4).
  • Facilitate problem resolution within the department and at various business units relating to the processing of documentation in order to drive continuous efficiency/streamlining processes  
  • Plans for month-end activities including the timing of payment runs, preparation of recons

 

 

What are we looking for? 

 

  • Bachelors’ Degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 3 Years Post Graduate Experience in Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Administration.
  • SAP Experience preference
  • Computer Literacy Microsoft Office

 

What’s in it for you?  

  • An excellent opportunity to work, learn & grow with us. With our culture of learning & development, you can access thousands of online training.
  • A multi-cultural & international environment to share and collaborate with colleagues from more than 68 nationalities in 31 locations globally.      
  • A unique opportunity to join a global wood fibre solution company. We are constantly innovating toward a circular economy working to achieve our sustainability goals & reduce our carbon foot print.  

 

 

 

 

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

ABOUT SAPPI

Sappi is a leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy by making what we should, not just what we can.

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