Assistant Accountant - Brackenfell, Cape Town at Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives

• Consolidate and prepare finance and account reconciliation data and reports within specified standards and distribute to relevant stakeholders. 
• Update and maintain all related financial data, records and files as per company policies ensuring accuracy and integrity of information is maintained.
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries in SAP.
• Assist with General Ledger and Profit Centre master data maintenance in SAP and other master data systems.
• Scrutinise monthly General Ledger reconciliations and follow-up on exceptions.
• Scrutinise sales and cost of sales accounts for abnormalities follow-up on exceptions.
• Work with the Finance team to streamline reporting efficiencies and improvements.
• Completion of daily and weekly finance requests e.g. updating and/or loading the moving average cost of articles in SAP etc.
• Support auditing processes through the preparation of standard reports and data.
• Assist with ad hoc requests from Management.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field – (essential)

Experience

• +5 years’ experience in a similar capacity or role, processing and executing financial administrative, reconciliation and reporting activities in a corporate or retail environment – (essential).