Accountant

SUMMARY:
A dynamic and growing retail group supporting multiple brands across fashion, lifestyle, and wholesa

POSITION INFO:

A dynamic and growing retail group supporting multiple brands across fashion, lifestyle, and wholesale operations. This role plays a key part in ensuring accurate financial management, operational efficiency, and strong compliance across all entities.

Why join this team?

• Work across a diverse portfolio of retail and wholesale brands
• Contribute to an evolving finance function with opportunities to streamline and improve processes
• Take ownership of full-function accounting responsibilities across daily, weekly, monthly, and annual cycles
• Engage closely with operations, retail stores, suppliers, and external partners

What you will be doing: 

Daily

• Reconcile debtor payments and payment gateways
• Send purchase invoices from ERPLY to Xero
• Confirm GRV completion with Operations
• Full bookkeeping up to trial balance
• Reconcile cash-ups and review store sales and discount reports
• Manage customer special arrangements and debtor queries
• Provide banks with documents for forex payment releases
• Ensure shipments are correctly matched to supplier statements

Weekly

• Reconcile bank accounts, loan accounts, and creditors (including forex payments)
• Review and process exception reports
• Verify GP% and spot-check ERPLY price lists

Monthly

• Maintain monthly payment schedules and load creditor payments
• Oversee payroll processing and PAYE submissions
• Calculate royalties and intercompany reconciliations
• Process credit cards and review petrol card usage
• Reconcile bank charges and petty cash
• Update store sales target reports
• Prepare and analyse management accounts and variance reports
• Manage VAT submissions, payments, and audits
• Review insurance schedules and expense control
• Produce cash flow reports
• Finalise rep commissions
• Complete month-end retail reconciliations
• Manage supplier credit requests

Annual

• Prepare annual budgets and variance analyses
• Support external auditors with required schedules and statutory submissions
• Maintain the fixed asset register and process depreciation
• Ensure SARB compliance and approvals

General

• Review debtor and creditor contracts for compliance
• Provide financial information to banks when required
• Build a monthly accounting flow diagram
• Develop a time‑management schedule with key priorities

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience as a full-function Accountant
• Strong knowledge of retail/wholesale accounting processes
• Proficient with ERPLY, Xero, and Excel
• Strong reconciliation, reporting, and variance analysis skills
• Understanding of VAT, PAYE, and SARS requirements
• Ability to multitask, prioritise, and meet strict deadlines
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to liaise confidently across departments and external partner

Benefits and unique aspects:

• Exposure to multiple entities and brands
• Opportunities to refine financial processes and improve reporting structures
• Hands-on role with visibility across the entire business
• Engaged leadership team open to innovation and improvement

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