Accountant M/F

Groupe CFAO; South Africa; Vor Ort; ZAR 900.000 - 1.400.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

CFAO Healthcare, part of Groupe CFAO, is seeking an experienced accounting professional to drive financial reporting, accounts payable and receivable management, and tax compliance in a South African context.

The role requires a BCom Accounting degree, 5 years of relevant experience, and strong Excel/SAP skills. You will manage month-end processes, intercompany activity, and maintain accounting controls in a dynamic environment.

Qualifikationen

• BCom Accounting Degree or Equivalent.
• 5 years related experience.
• Auditing knowledge advantageous.
• Advanced MS Office.

Aufgaben

• Manage Accounts Payable and ensure timely, accurate processing of invoices and payments.
• Oversee Accounts Receivable, rebates, and bad debt provisions; coordinate with KAMs on claims.
• Perform month-end close, journals, intercompany reconciliations and balance sheet maintenance.
• Maintain vendor master data and ensure accuracy of GST/VAT-related records and reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and company policies; support external audits.
• Coordinate VAT returns and SARS submissions; assist during VAT audits.
• Support SAP automation initiatives for accounts clearing and reporting.

Kenntnisse

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Decision Making

Customer Orientation

Results Orientation

Planning & Organising

Deadline Driven

Resilience

Supervisory Skills

Teamwork

Ausbildung

BCom Accounting Degree

Tools

MS Office

SAP

Jobbeschreibung

With a pharmaceutical market worth over $20 billion, access to affordable, high-quality products remains
a major challenge for Africa. CFAO Healthcare is strengthening healthcare provision on the continent by producing and distributing pharmaceutical and medical products and services.

To ensure accurate and timeous reporting and processing of financial information and providing support to internal and external customers.

Experiential and Educational Requirements

• BCom Accounting Degree or Equivalent
• 5 years related experience
• Auditing knowledge advantageous
• Advanced MS Office

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Management of Accounts Payable

• Management of Overall Creditors
• Training of creditors clerk
• Management of creditors age analysis
• Analysis of goods receipt listing
• Maintenance of vendor master data
• Preparation of monthly accruals
• Approval of payments requisitions
• Bank Reconciliations
• Preparation of reconciliations with Ethica / UPSA.
• Develops, implements and maintains systems, procedures and policies, including accounts payable functions to ensure adherence to company guidelines

Management of Accounts Receivable

• Accountable on the validity of the rebates
• Reconciliation of rebates accrued vs paid
• Follow up on ageing on debtors
• Provision for bad debts
• Liase with DSV and Ethica on overdue accounts
• Work with KAM's on claims to ensure debtors claims / payments are up to date
• SAP automation on debtors clearing, work with the SAP team to build the specifications

Accounting

• Processing of Journals and setting up a month end timeline to ensure all entries are processed timeously
• Own intercompany confirmations and invoicing / receipting
• Preparation, maintenance & management of Balance Sheet accounts.
• Own Balance sheet reconciliation process
• Recommends financial actions by analysing accounts at month end
• Develop & document business processes & accounting policies to maintain and strengthen accounting controls.
• Tracking of budgets, actuals vs plan and balance to go
• Inventory provision validation

Taxes

Value Added Tax (VAT)

• Preparation of monthly Vat Return (Including submission to SARS)
• Management of Vat audit process with SARS

Audit

• Management & compliance of Overall Audit Process (Internal / External)

Key Competencies

1. Analytical Thinking
2. Problem Solving
3. Decision Making
4. Customer Orientation
5. Results Orientation
6. Planning and organising
7. Deadline Driven
8. Resilience
9. Supervisory Skills
10. Teamwork