Financial Accountant

A leading FMCG Company is looking for a Financial Accountant to join the team. The successful applicant will report to the Group Financial Manager.

Requirements:

• B. Com Accounting degree
• Computer literate: Syspro, QlikView, and MS Office
• Min 5 years of working experience in a similar role
• Experience in an FMCG environment will be advantageous for this role

Responsibilities:

• 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).
• Submit Flash Results and compiling Pack reporting by the 2nd and 5th working day respectively.
• Balance Sheet reconciliations are to be performed monthly for review.
• The maintaining of 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 local creditor payments in the bank and verify that creditor reconciliation is correct.
• Performing day ends and the 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 may be required from time to time.

Skills:

• 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 the ability to work to multiple deadlines concurrently.