takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Marketplace Financial Accountant to join our team in Cape Town.We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package, which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.The position reports to the Financial ManagerYour responsibilities will include:Develop, adapt and implement new processes and procedures as well as the maintenance thereof, to integrate the marketplace business unit into new/existing ERP system.Work closely with Product and Development teams to align business requirementsOwnership of the finance project and ensuring predefined outcomes are metOwn the daily transactional processing of all transactions, end to endImplement, controls and measurements to mitigate financial risk within a hyper-growth environmentContinuous implementation of automated processes to scale with business needsWork closing with internal and external stakeholders, to align on single processes and procedures relating to the business unitManaging the efficiency and effectiveness of the financial aspects of the seller onboarding and maintenance process, including continuing development of the process at scaleFull ownership of the payment cycle to ensure complete and accurate payments processing of Marketplace sellersResolving non-routine seller queriesPreparation and reporting of business unit KPIQuality review of monthly seller reconciliations, including management and control agingMonth-end procedures and reporting (income statement + balance sheet + operational reporting)Additional ad hoc duties, as required within the businessWork with operations- and compliance departments to manage finance-related risk.Work closely with internal business stakeholders, including Retail, Marketplace, Supply Chain, Logistics and EngineeringAd-hoc requests from CFO and Finance ManagersAttributes required:Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skillsStrong decision-making and problem-solving skillsAble to work in a fast-paced environment under pressureHigh volume environment with system driven approachAble to evaluate high-risk decisionsContinuous improvement- and scaling mindsetAccuracy and attention to detailDeadline drivenQualifications:Relevant B.com degree- Honors would be advantageousSAICA / SAIPA articles3 - 5 Years relevant experience in a similar finance roleProven experience in implementing systems/processes to mitigate financial riskHigh proficiency in advanced ExcelExperience in Retail / FMCG / Marketplaces advantageousMySQL/Looker/Qliksense experience advantageousThe Environment:takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improveWe are short on ego and high on outputWe are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after allWe love what we do and what we are creatingWe seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:is respectful but forthrightis an expert at doing, who can not only design but also executeis analytical, able to use data to make decisionsis competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hoursis passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experienceis entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and fasteris business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;is curious and challenge the status quois innovative and enjoys iterationis collaborativewill be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.comthinks like an owner of the businessis SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKINGIf you meet the above criteria and are an Extraordinary Mind, come and join us!Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
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