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Job ID 20775

Head of Administration

General Information

Country
South Africa
Team
Administration, Finance and Control
Seniority
Senior (8+ years of experience)
Job Type
Permanent
Hire Type
Full-Time
Work Regimen
Hybrid
Posting Date
16-Feb-2026
Expiration Date
22-Feb-2026
Company
Enel Green Power South Af

Description and Requirements

Reporting to the CFO, the successful applicant will be responsible for the set-up, supervision and coordination of all activities of the Administration department. He will be in charge of a team consisting of 8 people serving all Companies in the sub Saharan Region, ensuring full compliance with IFRS principles both for Group and Statutory purposes. The workload is expected to remain heavy, since there will be many activities running in parallel, both at internal as well as external (6 large projects under construction, additional entities to be acquired-become active) level. As the parent company is a multinational listed one there is a specific and onerous burden of regular and extraordinary requirements, as well as many constant deadlines, including the year-end closing at 31st of December each year

What you will do:
  • Supervision & co-ordination of all the activities of the Accounting Department (SAP environment to be implemented until the end of 2014), including among others: Regular bookkeeping work for Group and Statutory purposes, Monthly and yearly closing activities, preparation and checking of the monthly trial balances for all companies, Fixed Assets accounting and Preparation of the Fixed Assets Register , Participation, Equity and Bank accounts Reconciliation, Preparation, submission and settling of all Tax Obligations in co-operation with the Company’s Tax Department.
  • Closing of the books at year end and preparation of the Statutory Financial Statements 
  • Assistance in the preparation of the monthly reporting packages & other reports/inquiries from Headquarters
  • Direct interaction with other departments in order to resolve issues arising from posting purchase orders, purchasing, delivery & consumption of materials etc
  • Overall supervision of the relevant SAP modules 
  • Provide supervision and leadership, career development and up-skilling of its direct subordinates

Who you are:

  •  Ability to respect deadlines and work for additional hours during the monthly/year end closing
  • Active participation in the uploading of legal entities in SAP 
  • Active participation in the general set-up of the Group’s activities in South Africa 
  • Organize and work as a team with the other relevant functions (Planning and Control, Tax, Finance) as well as the other Company’s Departments.

What we search for in you:

  • University Degree in Accounting
  • Other Professional Degree (ACCA/ACA) or Post-Graduate Degree 
  • Very good working knowledge of IFRS 
  • Very good working knowledge of SAP.
  • Holder of Financial Statements Signatory Right/Licence 
  • 6-8 years of relevant work experience, part of which gained in a Big-4 environment

What we offer: Permanent

You can apply until: 22 February 2026

Who we are:

We are a multinational energy company, one of the world’s leading integrated electricity and gas operators as well as one of the leading producers of green energy. We work across all 5 continents, we are approximately 68,000 people from all around the world.

Innovation, Trust, Proactivity and Responsibility are the core values of our Organization. We are always looking for different perspectives, ideas and points of view. Each person is important to us, independently from their gender, age, nationality, ability or any other form of diversity or specificity. We are a people focused Company and we work to empower all our colleagues through development programs and lifelong learning.
We promote work flexibility recognizing the importance of well-being and work-life balance.

Find out more information on our website: www.enel.com