Accountant

Ingrain; uMnambithi; On-site; ZAR 520,000 - 740,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingrain is seeking a detail-oriented Finance professional to manage daily sales reconciliations, prepare SAP journal entries, and oversee inter-company transactions. The role covers fixed asset management, payroll validation, and month-end closing activities.

You will contribute to budgeting, cost control, and financial reporting, while ensuring strong internal controls and audit readiness across stock, assets, and expense processes.

Responsibilities

• Daily sales reconciliations and validation of supporting documentation.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies relating to sales, weighbridge transactions, inventory movements, and cost of sales.
• Prepare and process journal entries in SAP.
• Manage inter-company/inter-mill transactions, reconciliations, and related accounting entries.
• Support fixed asset management, including asset verifications, CAPEX administration, reconciliations, and work-in-progress monitoring.
• Manage petty cash reconciliations, journals, and documentation.
• Oversee payment processes, cash flow requirements, and payment compliance.
• Process and reconcile corporate credit card expenses.
• Review and approve purchase orders in line with company policies and delegated authority levels.
• Validate payroll information, including overtime and monthly payroll transactions.
• Prepare and review balance sheet and income statement reconciliations and investigate outstanding items.
• Participate in cycle counts and month-end inventory stock counts.
• Conduct spares verification, reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting.
• Investigate stock discrepancies, write-offs, and inventory adjustments.
• Support inventory risk assessments and reporting.
• Prepare and distribute weekly financial and operational performance reports.
• Compile monthly management accounts and variance analysis reports.
• Support the preparation of monthly finance reports and management packs.
• Assist with half-year and year-end financial reporting requirements.
• Monitor expenditure and ensure accurate allocation of costs to cost centres and general ledger accounts.
• Analyse budget variances and engage with departmental managers to address overspending.
• Facilitate financial review discussions with operational teams.
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Consolidate departmental budgets and assist with financial trend analysis.
• Monitor compliance with internal financial controls and company policies.
• Maintain and improve financial processes, controls, and documentation.
• Assist with internal and external audits and respond to audit-related queries.
• Prepare audit schedules, reports, and supporting documentation.
• Provide leadership support to the Finance team in the absence of the Financial Manager.
• Act as backup support for key finance functions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and business process enhancements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve controls and operational efficiency.
• Participate in special projects and strategic initiatives as required.

Job description

• Perform daily sales reconciliations and validate supporting documentation.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies relating to sales, weighbridge transactions, inventory movements, and cost of sales.
• Prepare and process journal entries in SAP.
• Manage inter-company/inter-mill transactions, reconciliations, and related accounting entries.
• Support fixed asset management, including asset verifications, CAPEX administration, reconciliations, and work-in-progress monitoring.
• Manage petty cash reconciliations, journals, and documentation.
• Oversee payment processes, cash flow requirements, and payment compliance.
• Process and reconcile corporate credit card expenses.
• Review and approve purchase orders in line with company policies and delegated authority levels.
• Validate payroll information, including overtime and monthly payroll transactions.
• Prepare and review balance sheet and income statement reconciliations and investigate outstanding items.

Financial Accounting & Reconciliations

• Perform daily sales reconciliations and validate supporting documentation.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies relating to sales, weighbridge transactions, inventory movements, and cost of sales.
• Prepare and process journal entries in SAP.
• Manage inter-company/inter-mill transactions, reconciliations, and related accounting entries.
• Support fixed asset management, including asset verifications, CAPEX administration, reconciliations, and work-in-progress monitoring.
• Manage petty cash reconciliations, journals, and documentation.
• Oversee payment processes, cash flow requirements, and payment compliance.
• Process and reconcile corporate credit card expenses.
• Review and approve purchase orders in line with company policies and delegated authority levels.
• Validate payroll information, including overtime and monthly payroll transactions.
• Prepare and review balance sheet and income statement reconciliations and investigate outstanding items.

Inventory & Stock Control

• Participate in cycle counts and month-end inventory stock counts.
• Conduct spares verification, reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting.
• Investigate stock discrepancies, write-offs, and inventory adjustments.
• Support inventory risk assessments and reporting.

Financial Reporting

• Prepare and distribute weekly financial and operational performance reports.
• Compile monthly management accounts and variance analysis reports.
• Support the preparation of monthly finance reports and management packs.
• Assist with half-year and year-end financial reporting requirements.

Budgeting & Cost Management

• Monitor expenditure and ensure accurate allocation of costs to cost centres and general ledger accounts.
• Analyse budget variances and engage with departmental managers to address overspending.
• Facilitate financial review discussions with operational teams.
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Consolidate departmental budgets and assist with financial trend analysis.

Internal Controls & Audit Support

• Monitor compliance with internal financial controls and company policies.
• Maintain and improve financial processes, controls, and documentation.
• Assist with internal and external audits and respond to audit-related queries.
• Prepare audit schedules, reports, and supporting documentation.

Team Support & Continuous Improvement

• Provide leadership support to the Finance team in the absence of the Financial Manager.
• Act as backup support for key finance functions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and business process enhancements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve controls and operational efficiency.
• Participate in special projects and strategic initiatives as required.