Financial Accountant

Umoja Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Accountant with a strong background in the wholesale and retail sector. In this dynamic role, you will be responsible for managing financial statements, reconciling accounts, and preparing monthly management reports. The ideal candidate will possess a strong personality, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive under pressure. Join a forward-thinking company where your expertise will contribute to effective financial management and operational excellence. If you are deadline-driven and ready to take on new challenges, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience as an Accountant in wholesale and retail.
• Strong personality and good communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage trial balance, income statement, and balance sheet.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and prepare monthly management accounts.
• Handle VAT calculations and manage creditors and petty cash.

Skills

Communication Skills

Deadline Orientation

Strong Personality

Tools

Syspro

Job description

Experience required within the wholesale and retail industry.

Syspro experience will be advantageous.

Minimum 5 to 8 years experience required as an Accountant within a wholesale and retail industry.

Must have a strong personality, stable work record, be presentable, and possess good communication skills.

Must not crack under pressure and be very deadline driven and orientated.

Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for the trial balance, income statement, and balance sheet.
2. Reconciling balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
3. Processing and recordkeeping of all adjustment journals, to be approved by Group Financial Manager and Group Financial Director.
4. Preparation and reporting on monthly management accounts to management.
5. Performing month end and year-end on SYSPRO.
6. Expense provisions management.
7. Nedfleet management.
8. Monthly VAT calculation, reconciliation, submission, and payment.
9. Process monthly journal entries to correct allocations, raise appropriate accruals and provisions, and record expenses not processed from the cash book or purchase order systems.
10. Review diesel consumption from branches with bowsers and process expenses monthly.
11. Summarise and process Nedfleet expenses per branch monthly.
12. Reconcile and process staff loans per branch monthly to balance back to payroll.
13. Calculate and process insurance recoveries to profit and loss.
14. Calculate monthly distribution recoveries for relative branches and process reallocation journals to the correct GL account.
15. Management of obsolete stock and revaluation provisions, calculate monthly utilisations and process reallocation journals.
16. Creditors management.
17. Petty Cash management.
18. Internal control.
19. Fixed Assets management.
20. Budgeting.
21. Cashflow management.
22. Monthly sales incentive and non-stock purchase order reports.