Management Accountant_ Sorbet
Listing reference: click_018794
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 23 December 2024
Position summary
Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade
Job category: Other: Banking, Finance, Insurance, Stockbroking
Location: Johannesburg
Contract: Permanent
EE position: Yes
About our company
Clicks Group
Introduction
We are looking to recruit a Management Accountant to work within the Sorbet Finance department. The role will be based at Sorbet Head Office in Woodmead, Johannesburg and will report to the Finance Executive
Job description
Job Purpose:
The Management Accountant is responsible for ensuring internal financial controls are properly designed and implemented; general ledgers, trial balances and financial reports represent, in all material aspects, the financial position and performance of the Sorbet business unit.
Job objectives:
- Insightful weekly and monthly reporting (including exception reporting) and commentary
- Monthly journal preparation (including General Ledger account review)
- Monthly reconciliation analysis and review
- Profitability and other value add analysis
- Decision support (including report building)
- Weekly Scorecard reporting
- JSE Internal control testing
- Master Data management
- Purchase Order and Capex creation and management
- Feasibility master data management and uploads
- Reviewing of all billing schedules
- VAT calculation and submissions
- Monitoring of SARS e-filing profile for any correspondence from SARS
- Backup financial review benchmarks and analysis of ICU franchised stores as a finance business partner.
- Financial/Accounting training to franchise partners, annual financial reviews with franchise partners and accountants
- Fixed Asset register maintenance and tracking of Capital projects
Key challenges:
- Insightful monthly reporting (including exception reporting) and commentary
- Profitability and other value add analysis
- Report building
- Scorecard reporting
- Multiple deadline management
- Stakeholder management and engagement
Minimum requirements
Education and Experience:
- Matric qualification
- BCom Accounting/Financial Management or similar
- 3 – 5 years’ experience with 1 year at a managerial level
- Retail industry experience (Desirable)
- Advanced Excel skills
- SAP exposure advantageous
Job related knowledge:
- General accounting standards (IFRS) and principles
- Capital Investment analysis and decision-making
- Corporate business & transactional process
Job related skills:
- Ability to persuade and influence
- Good communication skills
- Analytical & problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Advanced Excel skills
Job related competencies:
- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Persuading and Influencing
- Presenting and Communicating Information
- Learning and Researching
- Working with People
- Applying Expertise and Technology
- Analysing
- Planning and Organising
- Analysis and Interpretation of financial and non-financial data
- Stakeholder management