Accountant at Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives

• Provide support and actively participate in all Financial Services projects and operational support related activities including but not limited to: account reconciliations and resolution of in-store financial services transactional activities, finops guidance and general project support.
•  Ensure the accurate and timeous delivery of management report inputs. Prepare daily, weekly and monthly financial transactional information as required and ensure compliant data storage and accessibility for future reference: reporting, customer request, audit etc 
• Provide support during the implementation and streamlining of finance systems and procedures through automation, control implementation and monitoring.
•  Participate in various Financial Services projects generally. Act as a financial services participant.
•  Maintain relationships with the various divisions and other stakeholders (divisions, store managers etc). 
•  Effectively partake and give feedback in meetings with various stakeholders in the financial services area with both internal and external parties.
•  Prepare communication and provide support to store management regarding various in-store queries and controls and provide them with the necessary guidance to ensure a smooth in-store transactional experience.
•  Work closely with the audit function to ensure that all risks and related areas of reconciliations are identified for audit purposes - at an in-store, Divisional and Head Office level. Communicate with, participate in and support all audit activities and closing of findings etc
•  Synthesize and communicate project and business issues on an on-going basis, support the team with the group’s awareness of major business and Financial Services issues, and help to prevent escalations, where possible.
•  Actively share insights and information with relevant stakeholders - Act as a financial services knowledge resource for functional teams and provide knowledge transfer to team members as necessary

Qualifications

• BCom Finance, Commercial or equivalent - (essential) 

Experience

• 1-3 years relevant experience in the Financial Services industry: operational process level in-store transactional activities and account reconciliations at a group level with IFRS, Tax and VAT knowledge - (essential). 
• Exposure to and an understanding of Corporate, Retail, and/or Customer interfacing environment in a similar role (non sector specific) - (preferred).
•  Solid Advanced Excel, Accounting package exposure (like SAP, etc.) - (essential).
•  Exposure to SAP - (preferred).