Financial Accountant - Gans Bay at AVI Limited

 Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas:
Reporting and analysis of stock

• Ensure compliance with financial policies and confirm accuracy and validity of data collected, presented, and used for decision making purposes.
• Ensure all entries processed through SAP which includes:

Stock movements in SAP – to ensure all stock transaction per the stock program is captured on SAP.

• Ensure Live WIP, Dried WIP, Can WIP & Frozen WIP is moved in and out of SAP.
• Ensure stock is timeously moved out of WIP to Finished Goods on SAP.
• Park monthly entries for posting by the financial manager.
• Reconcile the stock counts/ stock program volumes to SAP GL accounts and eventually the Trial Balance.
• Compile and complete monthly reporting for Biological Assets, Finished Goods, Work in Process (WIP) – volumes and values.
• Ensure all variances noted are investigated, understood, reported, and provides proper motivation (with supporting documents) in-line with approved accounting methods for clearing variances.
• Prepare month–end pack and year-end pack and supporting financial schedules – with supporting documents for external audit.

Stock Counts

• Work closely with the Data Analytics Manager, Stock Controller and Financial Manager to plan and execute biological asset stock counts – every quarter is a focused count.
• Biological Assets Stock counts: Consolidate stock sheets and compare/ correct data inputs to actual counts. Ensure any movements of stock is well documented and clearly tracked – if there are movements during the counts.
• Analyse stock count results and prepare stock count reports.
• Conduct stock reconciliations and compare the physical counts to the Stock Program.
• Present results and possible adjustments with the financial impact of these adjustments within agreed timeframes.
• Develop strategies to reduce stock variances.
• Identify and develop processes of efficiently conducting stock counts.
• Perform periodic stock counts on Finished Goods – at the Factory.

Supervision of stock and stores

• Prepare stock journals; and ensure correct stock movement for Aquaculture’s critical spares, consumable stock, packing stock on hand and used, Abfeed, diesel etc.
• Prepare, conduct, and report on all stock-takes (spares, critical assets and consumables on site) at the business unit –along with business unit owners.
• Projects to improve efficiencies related to inputs to stock systems.
• MRP maintenance and updating process flows and SOPs’ in -line with best practices.

Test controls, develop procedures and ensure compliance with current processes

• Twice a week, audit the controls at grading – calibration of scales, test counts per batch and ensure compliance thereof.
• Twice a week – do test counts and audits on documents at the Factory – WIP and Finished Goods – compared to what is on SAP.
• Review and update relevant standard operating procedures and ensure that results are auditable.
• Understand the Innova software and the stock program.
• Ensure bar-coding and or other tracking methods that are introduced are managed and controlled to mitigate all input Risks.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

• 3 Year similar experience in FMCG

 Qualifications:

• Finance Degree NQF 6

 Additional requirements:

• SAIPA or SAIBA certification advantageous
• Completed Articles
• SAP business processes