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Senior Accountant (UPD-Lea Glen)

Listing reference: click_023123

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 9 January 2026

Position summary

Industry: Pharmaceutical Sector

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Roodepoort

Contract: Permanent

EE position: Yes

About our company

Clicks Group

Introduction

We are looking to recruit an Senior Accountant to work for United Pharmaceutical Distributors (UPD). The role will be based at our Lea Glen branch and will report to the Finance Manager.

Job description

To ensure completeness of financials in accordance with statutory accounting practices, and financial support to the business.

To ensure complete and accurate presentation of financial statements and reports applying statutory and accounting best in class standards.
To efficiently plan, prioritise, interact and delegate interdependently with other functional areas to meet deadlines, and satisfy all stakeholder obligations (Group Finance etc.).
To proactively identify and resolve financial inadequacies or risks inherent in the current financial position and/or relating to past and historical practices.
Responsible for ensuring controls, authority matrixes are embedded in business processes and disciplines to achieve compliance across all financial dependent activities.
To stay abreast of latest and evolving accounting and legislative practices e.g. King III, companies act, IFRS, taxation.
To ensure financial transactions and recons are maintained within defined ageing and standards across order-to-cash and procure-to-pay to achieve an optimum cash position and fair representation of the balance sheet and income statement.
To ensure control and monitoring of the business assets and pre and post evaluation of capital expenditure.
To meet quality and compliance obligations that arises from internal and external audits and other quality reviews and standards (e.g. ISAE 3402, tax audits etc.)
To conduct analytical reviews, forecast and budgetary controls of monitoring and alerting so that business is operating within the set targets to achieve its financial objectives.
To ensure effective people management (subordinates and other dependents) and development of their capabilities to improve and grow capabilities (talent) within finance.

Minimum requirements

Skills:

Presentation skills
Communication (verbal and written)
Control and risk management
Analytical, modeling, forensic and problem solving skills
Leadership and people management skills
Knowledge of HR processes and disciplines
Advanced computer skills
Interpersonal skills
Proactive and results driven

Knowledge:

Excellent knowledge of statutory and accounting principles
Reconciliations of order-to-cash, procure-to-pay and inventory.
Principles of project management
Knowledge of the logistics and distribution environment

Personal Competencies

Adhering to Principles and Values
Writing and Reporting
Presenting and Communicating Information
Analysing
Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
Planning and Organising
Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives
Leading and Supervising

Education and Qualification

CA (SA) preferable
Articles with an audit firm preferable
1-3 year experience in finance

Experience

Minimum 3 years accounting experience at a senior level in a high volume FMCG / Wholesale / Pharmaceutical / Manufacturing environment.
At least 2 - 3 years' experience managing a team of accountants.