Senior Financial Accountant

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client in the FMCG industry is looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join their team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Financial Controller and back-up as needed.
• Daily, weekly, monthly & annual Accounting entries and journals.
• Income Statement & Balance Sheet reconciliations to prepare.
• Detailed stock reconciliations.
• Monthly and annual accruals.
• Monthly and annual Insurance reviews and schedules.
• Fixed asset registers maintenance, sundry debtors, bank & cash, loans, etc.
• Floats/Petty Cash reconciliations & follow-up on related queries.
• VAT reconciliations, submissions, and payments.
• Review of monthly payroll schedules, reconciliations, and payments.
• Preparation of monthly Management Reports (Balance Sheets & Income Statements) and related schedules.
• Assist in the preparation of presentations and reports for directors and shareholders'' meetings.
• Assist with Cash Flow forecasting and schedules when needed.
• Assist with budget preparations and importing into the accounting system.
• Assist with drafting the annual financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Assist in Annual audit preparations, schedules, queries, etc.
• Assist in any SARS and Franchisor related audits.
• Assist with stock take procedures and analyzing results.
• Maintaining files & supporting documents.
• Assist with all taxation calculations (Income, Provisional & Deferred) and submissions to SARS.
• STATS SA submissions.
• Staff management.
• Assist with meeting daily, weekly, and monthly finance deadlines.
• Assist with developing business processes and internal controls to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
• Ensure quality control & integrity of all financial transactions, compliance, and financial reporting.
• Assist with streamlining/automating systems and procedures.
• Assist with any on-the-job training for any staff in the department when needed.
• Any ad hoc duties and projects in Finance Department on a daily/weekly / monthly/yearly basis.

Skills

• Completely proficient in English.
• High Computer Literacy.

• Advanced Excel Skills (non-negotiable).
• Previous Retail experience will be a strong advantage.
• Pastel Evolution and Payroll knowledge will be a strong advantage.
• Excellent reconciliation skills & financial applicable technical knowledge.
• Strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Must have a University Degree in Accounting (Not a Diploma).
• Preference will be given to SAIPA/SAICA articles completed.
• Have Commercial experience and not only Auditing/Accounting Firm exposure.
• Preferably in a smaller/family-owned Retail/FMCG, fast-paced environment.
• Not a big corporate environment where they had limited exposure to the full accounting scope.
• Previous management experience (Training, recruitment, and Performance management).
• Preferably experienced in preparing management reports; payroll reconciliations; stock reconciliations; accruals & analytical review.

• A Bcom degree with completed articles & a minimum of 5 years post-article experience.