Job Purpose:
Maintain & manage all finance & accounting operations and prepare forecasts and financial reports.
Reporting
- Manage all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL and, Cost Accounting, and Revenue Recognition
- Prepare and publish timely monthly management accounts with supporting commentary
- Preparation of budgets & forecasts and report variances
- Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting
- Research technical accounting issues for compliance
- Support month-end and year-end close process
- Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
- Manage & maintain working capital and preparation of cash flow projections
- Manage and comply with local government reporting requirements and tax filings
- Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
- Assist with preparation of the annual audit file in line with audit requirements
- Assist with costing and pricing workings and exercises
- Prepare and process monthly journals
- Assist with cost saving initiatives
- Assist with B-BBEE compliance
Minimum qualifications
- Chartered Accountant (CA) SA or and Computer literate, administratively strong, attention to detail
- Highly proficient in Excel, Word and the normal office Windows packages
No. of years of experience needed:
- Newly qualified CA or 1 -2 years’ experience in a similar role.
Core skills needed:
- Strong computer knowledge including, but not limited to Sage or SAPP and Microsoft Office Suite (Intermediate to advanced spreadsheet based skills).
- Have a strong analytical mind that is efficiency and solutions driven.
- Ability to manage a team.
- Ability to set deadlines and achieve them.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong literacy and numeracy knowledge.
- Great organisation skills and problem solving abilities.
- Must be organized, able to multitask & have good time management skills.
- Critical analysis.
- Understanding of the nature of data.
- Securing and safeguarding, information and data in both a digital and physical environment.
- Initiative.
- Ability to design systems and processes.
- Experience with Sage X3 - beneficial.
- Experience with robotics automation - beneficial.
- Experience in a logistics environment - beneficial.
