Financial Accountant

Qualifications: B. Com Accounting degree essential Computer literate: Syspro (advantageous) and MS Office (Strong Excel) Minimum of 5 years working experience in a similar role Experience in an FMCG environment will be advantageous for this role Responsibilities: All Financial reporting up to trial balance (Month-end, Year-end, Quarterly reviews) Processing of General ledger journals and ensuring that entries are correctly processed in the GL (and keeping and maintaining the required supporting documents for internal and external audit review) Submission of Flash Results and compiling Pack reporting by the 2nd and 4th working day respectively Balance Sheet reconciliations to be performed monthly for review Maintaining Fixed Asset registers Liaising with the Auditors (both Internally and Externally) Compilation of Budgets and giving guidance to the respective branches in this regard Capex management (Initiating capex, maintaining all required documents on file for audit purposes, verification of fixed assets on at least an annual basis) Calculation of commissions, provisions etc Liaising with factory and operation managers for expense accruals, queries etc Release of local creditor payments in the bank and verifying that creditor reconciliations are correct Performing day ends and month ends in Syspro for the following modules: AR/AP/INV/Cashbook/GL Ensuring clear intercompany charge accounts monthly. Investigation and resolution of queries Implementation of policies and procedures through standard operating policies and the maintenance thereof Various other ad hoc projects that may be required from time to time. Attributes and skills: Ability to perform under high levels of pressure Assertive Attention to detail Excellent communication skills both verbal and written Solutions-driven Solid and dependable team player Adherence to strict deadlines Good time management skills and able to work to multiple deadlines concurrently