Cape Town: Financial Accountant posted by Headhunters

Our Client, a prominent brand name in the FMCG Industry, is seeking to employ an experienced Financial Accountant to their team based in Maitland, Cape Town.

Main Purpose of the Job: To produce accurate and timeous month end, quarterly and annual results.

A great career opportunity, with a great employer!

Requirements:

• B.Com Honours or equivalent degree.
• CIMA qualification.
• Advanced accounting expertise.
• Strong administrative ability.
• Understanding of company policy and operations.
• Numeric ability.
• Knowledge of creditors / accounts payable.
• Reconciliations skills.
• Budgeting skills.
• Knowledge of F8 (accounting standard / ACCA paper).
• Ratio analysis.
• Understanding / ability to compute free cash flow.
• Experience with consolidated financial results.
• Knowledge of CaseWare (software).
• Ability to analyse and review financial data.
• Processing and synthesis ability.
• Understanding of cash flow process.
• Knowledge of accounting processes specific to FHG (or similar group accounting).
• Understanding of stock purchasing processes.
• Understanding of commission structures.
• Audit process knowledge and understanding.
• Experience in preparing management accounts.

Responsibilities, but not limited to:

• Prepare individual and group consolidated financial statements.
• Review actual cash flow vs cash flow targets monthly.
• Update and review open to buy targets.
• Prepare and control the annual expense budget within company parameters.
• Manage and control expenses as per budget.
• Prepare the financial section of the Board Pack.
• Analyse and investigate discrepancies in financial data.
• Ensure that all expenses are accounted for and accrued in the correct accounting period.
• Ensure management accounts are issued within 5 working days of new month.
• Ensure hours worked are reconciled.
• Ensure volumes delivered and cost per kg are reconciled.
• Be accountable for all account reconciliations; address reconciling items.
• Ensure accuracy of balance sheet account reconciliations, including accruals and pre-payments.
• Calculate premiums and finance charges.
• Complete journal postings.
• Coordinate and manage Botswana payroll (or multi-jurisdiction payroll if relevant).
• Manage and co-ordinate promotional item costs.
• Produce breakdowns of logistics methods.

Please note that should you not receive a response within 2 weeks of applying, you may consider your application unsuccessful.