Finance Accountant: Budgets at Truworths

Job Description    

• Reporting tthe Head of commercial finance, the primary responsibility of this role is tassist with the annual as well as ad hoc budget process.
• This includes the preparation of various finance systems, budget loading and report preparation, as well as providing support tall stakeholders (operations, head office and executives).
• Additional responsibilities include, the timely preparation of monthly key performance indicators, ensuring the accuracy of all reported data, as well as various ad hoc reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities    

Weekly

• Weekly sales reporting tfinance, merchandise and executives

Monthly

• Generate monthly sales targets
• Perform detailed expense and variance analysis and produce various management reports if required
• Maintain all store related data in the general ledger
• Prepare financial and statistical information (KPI`s)
• Prepare hours and sales analysis for all stores by week
• Prepare store profitability report

Annual

• Prepare and calculate various required budget data
• Draft & distribute budget-related communication and manuals tbudget users
• Assist in the preparation of budget guidelines
• Assist in preparation, enhancement and testing of the budget system
• Manage the capital expenditure budget process, preparation of data for capture by users, analysis of received data and presentation of results
• Create budget summaries of expense and sales
• Load and reconcile budgets from our budgeting tour reporting system

Ad hoc

• Identify all new store openings and manage the budget process
• Perform various store data analysis as required by operations and head office
• Preparation of various quarterly and year end reporting requirements
• Manage store restructure changes in various systems

Qualifications and Experience    

• B.Comm or Management/Cost Accounting or equivalent (South Africa)
• Accounting degree and part qualified CIMA or equivalent (United Kingdom)
• Strong system understanding
• Experience in budgets would be an advantage
• Experience in a retail finance environment would be an advantage
• Experience in Oracle would be an advantage
• Experience in Anaplan would be an advantage

Competencies    

• Very detail orientated, able tmeet deadlines and solve problems independently
• Eager tlearn and grow
• Have a contribution mind-set
• General accounting, numerical and analytical ability
• Analytical, linear process thinker
• Ability tdeliver a high standard of work under pressure
• Ability tprioritise work appropriately
• Customer service orientated
• Good presentation and organisational skills
• Good communication skills
• Disciplined/structured personality
• Self-motivated and deadline driven
• Highly organised and able tmulti-task
• Fast-paced self-starter
• Ability tbuild and maintain good working relationships across the business
• Ability tinteract confidently with peers and superiors
• Good energy and attitude
• Team player
• Advanced excel knowledge, e.g. pivot tables, links, complicated formulas, large volumes of data