Assistant Accountant at Shoprite Group of Companies

About the role    

• The purpose of the Assistant Accountant role is to execute financial administrative and reporting functions within the General Ledger & Inventory team.
• The role supports process efficiency and improvement through the effective reconciliation of inventory related and other general ledger accounts, preparation of financial data, reports, maintenance of financial documentation and master data records.
• The role requires a meticulous individual with well-developed organisational skills and the ability to provide excellent financial administrative support. 

What you'll do    

• 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.

What you bring    

• Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field – (essential)
• +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).
• Well-developed knowledge and understanding of financial and accounting concepts and principles – (essential).
• Proficiency in MS Office 365 with intermediate Excel skills to prepare detailed spreadsheets using formulas – (essential).
• Exposure to SAP (preferred).
• Exposure to and an understanding of corporate and retail orientated environments (preferred).

Closing Date    

• 2026/08/22