Purpose of the Role: The role of the Financial Accountant exists to ensure the smooth running of Dis-Chem Life’s financial operations by maintaining accuracy, discipline, and compliance across all financial processes. By managing creditors, payroll, reconciliations, and reporting, this role provides the foundation for sound financial decision-making and business integrity. The Financial Accountant is the guardian of process and accuracy ensuring that every payment, report, and record reflects reliability, compliance, and attention to detail. In doing so, this role protects the business from risk, enables operational efficiency, and ensures that leadership always has timely and accurate financial information to make decisions with confidence. Role Summary The Financial Accountant is responsible for supporting day-to-day financial operations, including creditors, payroll, management accounts, reconciliations, and financial reporting. This role requires precision, discipline, and the ability to work to strict timelines. The successful candidate will be highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable handling sensitive information with the utmost confidentiality. This role demands someone who thrives in a structured environment, can juggle multiple responsibilities, and ensures financial policies and procedures are always adhered to. Ultimately, success is measured by accurate records, timely reporting, and the reliability of financial information presented to management. Benefits: Purpose-led role where accuracy and reliability directly impact business performance. Exposure to a growing financial services business in the life insurance sector. Supportive team culture with opportunities for growth. Hands-on experience with a variety of financial processes, from creditors to management accounts. Training and development to strengthen technical financial skills. Key Responsibilities Creditors Monitor and maintain the invoices mailbox. Process supplier invoices/credit notes on the accounting system. Ensure all invoices comply with VAT requirements. Assist in invoice approval by attaching relevant reconciliations and supporting documents. Load creditor payments on the online banking profile. Allocate payments and credit notes accurately. Liaise with creditors on queries and disputes. Prepare accrual schedules and creditor reconciliations for management accounts. Payroll Upload ACB/CSV payroll payment files to the banking profile. Process payroll journals in the accounting system. Prepare payroll reconciliations for management account purposes. Management Accounts Prepare financial reports, including prepayment schedules, bank reconciliations, and accrual schedules. Support the preparation of robust monthly management accounts. Ensure accuracy and completeness of accounting records. Assist with year-end audits and preparation of financial statements. Office Administration Order and manage office supplies. Liaise with office suppliers regarding queries and orders. Ensure facilities are maintained and serviced as needed. General Uphold financial policies and internal controls. Maintain strict confidentiality on payroll, creditor, and banking information. Adhere to timelines to ensure leadership has timely financial insights. Soft Skills: Strong organisational and multitasking ability. High attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive information. Punctual, reliable, and self-motivated. Integrity and accountability. Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. Effective conflict resolution abilities. Collaborative team player who can also work independently. Skills and Experience: 2–3 years of experience in financial administration, bookkeeping, or accounting. Strong knowledge of internal controls, financial systems, and statutory regulations. Hands-on experience with accounting software (Xero advantageous). Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook). Experience preparing reconciliations, reports, and supporting audits. Qualifications: Higher Certificate in Accounting or similar (essential). BCOM Accounting Degree (Advantageous) Clear Criminal and Credit Record (essential).

To assist with Financial Reporting activities for parent company, internal subsidiaries and consolidated financial statements. Be responsible for managing financial transactions, preparing financial reports, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. • Bachelor’s/post-graduate degree in Financial/Management accounting • CA(SA) would be advantageous • Minimum of 5-8 years’ PFMA experience in Financial services, the public sector and DFI’s • Experience dealing with internal and external auditors. • Knowledge and experience of the SAP system required • Experience in preparing financial statements on SAP DM would be advantageous • Preparation of the notes to the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements. • Ensure that all internal subsidiaries financial statements are timeously prepared and comply with IFRS. • Liaison with both internal and external auditors. • Preparation of VAT returns for internal subsidiaries. • Day-to-day checking of payment proposals, journal postings and invoice processing. • Preparation of reconciliations, financial information analysis and commentary, and    general ledger closure. • Prepare quarterly reports submitted to National Treasury and Reserve Bank. Daily and Monthly duties: • Posting transactions into the SAP system. • Checking, and releasing IDC payments (accounts payable process). • Processing and performing leave pay provision and payroll journals and reconciliations. • Performing staff debtors’ reconciliation. • Performing intercompany journals and reconciliations. • Executing sundry income and staff debtors’ recovery processes. • Preparing audit fee provisioning. • Preparing provision for incentive bonus, non-pensionable allowance and long-term bonus journals reconciliations. • Preparing retirement medical aid provision journals and reconciliations. • Preparing VAT201 returns for internal subsidiaries. • Preparing the imported services register. • Raising various invoices for client fees and sundry income. • Preparing the director emoluments confirmations. • Processing capital transfers from debtors to loans. • Allocating receipts of monies from FASSET, IDC pensioners, I Do Care payroll, creche, Cash Management for corporate gifts and access cards and sundry income invoices. • Checking payment proposals, transfers of monies between various bank accounts and daily money market deals. • Authorising bank charges, municipal invoices and statements. • Validating vendor roles on SAP. • Allocation of Guardrisk money received and payment to Guardrisk for IDC Pensioners’ insurance. • Perform ad-hoc tasks for Manager: Financial Management and other departments. • Attend various meetings on behalf of the manager and provide feedback. Quarterly duties: • Perform National Treasury financial reporting (PE48, N01, N02, MTEF), Reserve Bank reporting (F02 and F04).  Interim and Year end duties: • Ensure completion of internal subsidiary trial balances for group consolidation. • Assist in drafting and sending out letters to all associates and subsidiaries, as well as following up on outstanding letters at interim and year end consolidation process. • Assist in verifying the intercompany confirmations received from external subsidiaries. • Assist in performing elimination and consolidation entries in the consolidation model. • Assist in the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements notes. • Assist with the preparation of IAS 28 investments in associates and joint ventures. • Accounting for accruals, including dividends. • Be a 1st – level reviewer in other notes to the interim and annual financial statement. • Assist in financial results presentations and analysis (abridged financial statements, CFO reports, commentary, analysis, going concern assessments, share portfolio reporting etc.)