Fund Accountant

SUMMARY:
Signa Opportunity
is recruiting unemployed youth for quality workplace experience through the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative.
About the YES Initiative
The initiative was launched by the President in 2018 and is a partnership with the government and labour department to collectively devise a national plan to build economic pathways for South Africa’s youth by creating workplace opportunities for South African youth over a period of 12 months.

Position: Fund Accountant

Stipend: R5200.00 pm

Location: Johannesburg (Sandton)

POSITION INFO:
About the role
Duties will include identifying prospective customers, following up on potential sales leads and maintaining relationships with new customers effective and efficient on a day-to-day operation. Provide or create marketing strategies designed for a target market.

Responsibilities

• Communicating with customers on a professional and high level.
• Making outbound calls to potential customers, current and development on new leads.
• Source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls and emails.
• Creating and maintaining customer database.
• Understanding customer needs and making sure we can meet their deliveries from all angles.
• Explaining product features, benefits, sell products and services (training will be given).
• Closing sales and achieving quotas.
• Aim for internal target growth.
• Research our current products and new marketings.
• Discuss pipeline business with sales team.
• Manage a client’s projects and accounts from beginning to end.
• Forecasting and planning monthly for commodities based on customer’s needs, and new projects that’s being worked on.
• Coordinate with sales or support team in Jhb, so that the customer’s expectations are met.
• Product or business development within the business for strategic planning.
• Overall responsibility for financial matters including budgets and sales targets on a yearly basis.
• Reporting (content and format as agreed) weekly, and Month End Reports.
• Adhere to all organization policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate commercial records and place under one drive.

• South African Unemployed youth between the ages of 18 and 34.
• Must not have participated on the programme before.
• National Senior Certificate / Matric / Grade 12 Certificate (Completed)
• Minimum of 2-5 years experience in a sales position.
• Sales or Telesales experience is required.
• Experienced in the handling of customers (Customer collaboration).
• Computer literate (Knowledge of Syspro or related packages and Basic PowerPoint, MS Word, and MS Excel skills )
• Language - English fluency in speech and literacy
• Knowledge of the chemical industry. (Training will be given)
• The ability to cope with a diversity of tasks in a high pressure environment.
• Excellent communicator with a strong sense for urgency.
• High achievement orientation.
• Excellent people skills.
• Concern for order, quality, and accuracy.
• High customer service orientation.
• Excellent telephone skills.
• Good admin skills.
• Team player.
• Must have a license – to equip them to move into external sales.