Financial Accountant

• B. Com Accounting degree essential
• Computer literate: Syspro (advantageous) and MS Office (Strong Excel)
• Minimum of 5 years’ working experience in a similar role
• Experience in an FMCG environment will be advantageous for this role

• All Financial reporting up to trial balance (Month-end, Year-end, Quarterly reviews)
• Processing of General ledger journals and ensuring that entries are correctly processed in the GL (and keeping and maintaining the required supporting documents for internal and external audit review)
• Submission of Flash Results and compiling Pack reporting by the 2nd and 4th working day respectively
• Balance Sheet reconciliations to be performed monthly for review
• Maintaining Fixed Asset registers
• Liaising with the Auditors (both Internally and Externally)
• Compilation of Budgets and giving guidance to the respective branches in this regard
• Capex management (Initiating capex, maintaining all required documents on file for audit purposes, verification of fixed assets on at least an annual basis)
• Calculation of commissions, provisions etc
• Liaising with factory and operation managers for expense accruals, queries etc
• Release of local creditor payments in the bank and verifying that creditor reconciliations are correct
• Performing day ends and month ends in Syspro for the following modules: AR/AP/INV/Cashbook/GL
• Ensuring clear intercompany charge accounts monthly.
• Investigation and resolution of queries
• Implementation of policies and procedures through standard operating policies and the maintenance thereof
• Various other ad hoc projects that may be required from time to time.

• Ability to perform under high levels of pressure
• Assertive
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written
• Solutions-driven
• Solid and dependable team player
• Adherence to strict deadlines
• Good time management skills and able to work to multiple deadlines concurrently

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