Assistant Accountant (Treasury)
Listing reference: click_014438
Listing status: Closed
Apply by: 20 October 2023
Position summary
Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade
Job category: Accounting, Auditing
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Permanent
EE position: Yes
About our company
Clicks Group
Introduction
Introduction
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant to work within the Group Finance department of Clicks Group Services. The role will be based at Clicks Head Office in Cape Town and will report to the Group Treasurer.
Job description
Job purpose
The main purpose of the job is to assist the Group Treasurer in his tasks including daily cash forecasting, monthly accounting, foreign exchange hedging and maintaining access controls over bank accounts.
Job Objectives
- Preparing daily cash forecasting and cash management report for review _ by group treasurer.
- Cash flow forecasting and tracking.
- Ensuring all accounts are funded with the daily cash requirements.
- Minimising financing cost for the group.
- Preparing the monthly foreign exchange hedging accounting entries.
- Calculating FEC’s to mature on a monthly basis.
- Assist Group treasurer in ad-hoc projects.
- Maintaining and updating account signatories, online banking operators and other banking rights.
- Assist with Know Your Client updates.
- Perform the accounting entries.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Prepare quarterly financial controls testing.
- Keep up to date with banking offerings, exchange markets and treasury best practice.
Minimum requirements
Job Requirements
Education
- Essential: A relevant tertiary qualification: B com or similar
- Desirable: More than 2 years working experience in a treasury environment.
Job Experience
- Essential: More than 2 years commercial accounting experience
- Desirable: Treasury background
Job Knowledge & Skills
- Essential: Strong technical financial background
- Essential: Strong operational background in finance
- Desirable: Treasury background
- Essential: Microsoft Office Suite of Packages (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Desirable: SAP
- Desirable: Tradecloud
- Desirable: Online banking
Competencies:
- Deciding & initiating action
- Adapting & responding to change
- Planning & organising
- Coping with pressures & setbacks
- Adhering to principles & values
- Writing & reporting