Financial Accountant

Purpose of the Role:

To provide leadership and expertise in respect of the central office financial function in order to ensure timeous accurate financial reporting, as well as continuous improvement in our financial processes and to ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures and internal controls.

Minimum Requirements:

• Tertiary Finance qualification
• CA (SA) would be advantageous
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position
• Retail industry experience would be preferred
• Proficient in all related computer applications including SAP (advantageous), MS Office (intermediate level), etc.

Key Performance Areas:

• Management of the monthly general ledger close process
• Completion of monthly and ad hoc journal entries and review of general ledger team journal entries
• Completion and review of balance sheet recons
• Preparation and compilation of budget and forecast reports
• Monthly reporting and commentary on key items, including financial status per cost centre to management.
• Tracking of monthly results per cost centre against budget and prior year
• Daily cash flow forecasting and budgeting
• Interim and year-end reporting including IFRS journal processing, monitoring of accruals and reporting pack completion
• Administer and control accounting procedures.
• Develop financial policies and parameters.
• Ensure statutory compliance to the auditors’ satisfaction.
• Manage and control bank accounts, and petty cash.
• Manage company assets.
• Assist with ad hoc projects, duties and technical research areas
• Staff management and cross departmental engagement
• Co-ordination of general ledger, debtors and creditors teams
• Identifying areas of inefficiencies in processes and implementation of continuous improvement practices
• Project oversight and implementation