Financial Controller (Inventory)

SUMMARY:
A position is available in Port Elizabeth for a Financial Controller with at least 5 years experience in dealing with the financial aspects of inventory, accounts payable and accounts
receivable. The ideal candidate would be currently unemployed and immediately available.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
- Matric and a tertiary qualification in accounting or finance.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience dealing with the financial aspects of inventory, accounts payable and accounts
receivable.
- 3 to 5 years’ experience in a similar role supervising a team of clerks.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
- Experience on systems such as Pastel / Syspro / Macro / In house Systems.
- Experienced in reviewing and reconciling general ledger accounts, stock movement, stock balances and pallets.
- Experienced in calculating and reviewing inventory costs.
- Experienced in processing stock journals.


Main Duties/Key Results Areas:

Leadership:
− Successfully lead and motivate a team of clerks.
− Strive towards creating a work environment where Stock Administrators can achieve goals and meet objectives.

Processing:
− Ensure that all stock transactions are processed and deadlines are met.
− Ensure that all stock movements are correctly processed on Syspro and any other stock reports or database.
− Ensure that costs are correctly processed / updated on Syspro and any other stock report or database.
− Assist with processing should the need arise.
− Process stock journals.

Reserving Stock:
−Ensure that stock booked in is reserved and deadlines met.
− Ensure that stock booked in is correctly reserved on Syspro.
− Assist with reserving stock should the need arise.

Reviewing of Reports and Reconciliations:
− Ensure that stock balancing and report deadlines are met (including pallet reconciliations).
− Ensure that the stock balance reports agree to each other (quantities and cost).
− Ensure that costing, billing weeks & billing rates are correct.
− Assist with balancing stock should the need arise.
− Ensure that daily and weekly reports are sent out by the team.
− Analyse reports to ensure that information reported is reasonable.
− Ensure that reports and reconciliations are reviewed before submission to Managers/Directors.

Stock Queries:
− Ensure that all stock queries are kept to a minimum by assisting the Stock Administrators where required.
− Meet with Stock Administrators regularly to discuss and resolve stock queries.
− Analyse and provide feedback on queries and claims on a weekly basis.
− Assist in resolving the older outstanding queries / claims still to be finalised.
− Assist Stock Administrators with reconciliations when required.
− Ensure that the team is sending out the relevant reports relating to outstanding issues and claims.
− Ensure that the claims process is being followed by the team.
− Ensure that all urgent queries are resolved as soon as possible.

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