Financial Accountant (Group external reporting) at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

Job Advert Summary    

• Key deliverables include providing direct support to the Financial Manager (Group external reporting) and Head of Finance, in meeting key Group external reporting objectives.
• The Junior financial accountant (Group external reporting) drives innovation in the financial reporting landscape, whilst ensuring technical and regulatory compliance and ensuring strict adherence to reporting timelines. New regulatory requirements are analysed timeously to ensure that systems and processes across the Group (including all subsidiaries) are adjusted to assist in easy implementation of new compliance requirements.

Minimum Requirements    

• CA(SA) – newly qualified, or in final year of studying towards CA(SA) qualification
• Management accounting experience advantageous
• Financial and tax regulatory experience advantageous
• PowerPoint experience
• Microsoft Excel intermediate
• BPP / SAP advantageous

Duties & Responsibilities    
Completion of statutory AFS for all Group legal entities, in collaboration with relevant CA trainees incorporating the following:

• Ensuring Legal entity financials are signed off within the appropriate timeframe
• Maintaining and continuously enhancing the statutory AFS compilation process, incorporating efficiencies in use of relevant systems (BPP, Wdesk, SAP etc.)
• Audit: Incorporating processes that drives efficiencies in the audit process of legal entity AFS

Automation: Driving automation of relevant sub-processes with the objective of delivering efficiencies, including building the road map for the automation of statutory AFS processes in BPP

• Providing direct support and driving to completion the redesign of the bi-annual legal entity forecast compilation process, incorporating the following:
• BPP Financial Reporting Platform: Building statutory AFS templates on BPP
• Automation: Driving automation of relevant sub-processes with the objective of delivering efficiencies
• Maintaining and enhancing the bi-annual forecast process
• Establishing a timeline for annual and interim forecast processes, incorporating all necessary BPP steps and review times with the Financial Manager (Group external reporting), Head of Finance and Chief Finance Officer (CFO)

Competencies    

• A passionate attitude for external, technical and regulatory reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Problem solving and analytical thinking skills
• Pro-active approach to implementation of changes in operational and accounting requirements
• Strong sense of accountability and excellence
• Ability to effectively multitask
• Well organised with strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to follow process and procedure
• Strong sense of self investment and growth in knowledge of Group
• Good teamwork skills, with the ability to develop strong relationships and to work collaboratively with colleagues across the Group