Retail Accountant

Seeking a dynamic and driven Accountant for a well known multi-national brand. This entity has exciting projects in the pipeline and the working environment is great.

Responsibilities:

• Full management of the Fixed Asset Register in accordance with accounting policies and procedures.  New acquisitions, disposals, calculation of depreciation and allocations between departments.  Ensuring all assets are adequately insured timeously.  Monthly reconciliations and forecasting in conjunction with relevant departments
• Calculation and accrual of leases in accordance with straight-lining requirements as well as annual offline for local statutory reporting (IFRS 16 - Leases)
• Assist with the preparation of the South African annual budgets, monthly forecasts and 5 year OGSP plans
• Monthly processing and reconciliation of Retail Sales and Cost of Sales into Aurora
• Monthly update and collation of retail key metrics in the rolling data report
• Monthly inventory stock movement reconciliation between Aurora and Raymark POS
• Review of retail stock count variances and report to Financial Controller
• Preparation of the Retail Global report on a monthly basis
• Preparation of Retail GTM report on a weekly basis
• Preparation of Monthly Retail P&L actuals and distribution to management
• Assist Retail team with Monthly Retail P&L updated rolling forecasts and budgets
• Weekly Gross Margin and Sales Analysis for Retail vs Budget and Forecast
• Develop and implement additional reporting dashboards for retail when required
• Monthly commission and incentive accrual
• Review of all expenses and ensuring invoices are captured correctly by the Accounts Payable Manager
• Review of retail receipts and sales recon
• Review of all service providers and implementation of cost savings initiatives
• Maintenance of lease eagle software
• Preparation of lease payment schedule in accordance with lease agreements
• Assist with projected financials for store renewals, new store openings and Capital Asset Requisitions (CARs)
• Monthly eCom P&L actuals and forecasts
• Weekly eCom dashboard report
• eCom Revenue Share accrual and recon

Requirements

• BCom accounting degree or similar
• 3-4 years commercial experience
• Highly developed / advanced Excel skills
• Strong reconciliations skills

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