Financial Accountant (Takealot Delivery Team)
Takealot
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serve as a finance business partner to the Takealot Delivery Team (TDT) and Takealot Franchisee Network
- Supports the co-ordination and preparation of Takealot Logistics budgets, financial forecasts, scenario planning and actual vs budget cost tracking
- Recommendation and implementation of financial processes, improvement measures and Internal Control procedures.
- Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
- Continuous improvement of TDT and the Franchise Network reporting, automation of reporting and building robust financial models and processes that aid decision making
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including the Franchise Network, on project initiatives, costs analysis, SOP implementation etc.
- TDT month end reporting. Preparation of delivery cost and revenue calculations, approval of invoices, posting of accruals. Investigating and reporting on variances, performance indicators, trends and financial ratios
- Preparing & reviewing of monthly Balance Sheet recons
- Manage internal purchases and sales TDT operating stock and assets provided to Franchisees and owned network facilities
- TDT expense and cost centre allocation and purchase order approval management and tracking
- Managing junior staff
- Ad hoc tasks, as required by senior management
- Good communication skills, interpersonal skills
- Work under pressure
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Deadline driven
- Problem solving skills
- B.Comm Accounting/ Finance. B.Comm. Logistics specialisation is beneficial
- CA(SA) / CIMA beneficial
- 1-3 years' experience in a retail / logistics environment beneficial
- Advanced Excel and Google Sheet skills
employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e-commerce company in Africa. * We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve
- We are short on ego and high on output
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all
- We love what we do and what we are creating
- is respectful but forthright
- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
- is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
- is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
- is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
- is curious and challenge the status quo
- is innovative and enjoys iteration
- is collaborative
- will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for
- thinks like an owner of the business
- is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING
- Required