Financial Accountant at Lindt and Sprungli

Key Responsibilities 

• Build and maintain sound business relationship with: 
• Fellow Finance Team  
• Other departments and senior management; and 
• 3rd Parties (SARS, auditors, consultants). 
• Manage Retail Accounts Mailbox  
• Ensure all Petty cash/Mall voucher and credit card expenses are valid and process to correct general ledger expense accounts and cost centers. 
• Upload of HSBC Bank Statements into SAP  

Clear outgoing and incoming bank clearing accounts on a weekly basis. 

• Post prepayment expenses and prepare a monthly prepayments schedule and reconciliations. 
• Ensure daily MICROS in store cash-up and end of day are done timeously and accurately. 
• Weekly and monthly reconciling of MICROS actual banking to HSBC. 
• Monthly preparation of Retail Reconciliations  

Card to Bank, EFT, Netflorist, Payfast 

• New Store Opening and Closing finance support  
• Ensure SAP NNTS (Net Net Trade Sales) matches MICROS NNTS (Net Net Trade Sales) at all times. 
• Retail Turnover Certificates – Preparation and Send out. 
• Take full ownership of the following accounting functions: 
• Fixed assets. 
• Depreciation  
• Update Monthly CAPEX report 
• Update monthly fixed asset register 
• Prepayments booking, expensing and reconciliations 
• Recurring Journals  
• Display cost of goods sold (Display COGS) 
• Prepare monthly VAT reconciliation and Vat audit documents. 
• Prepare ad-hoc manual and retail invoices and purchase orders. 
• Assist Financial Accounting Manager in compiling LICS (Lindt Internal Control System) Retail controls and self-assessments. 
• Assist the Finance Team in forecasting, budgeting and month-end reporting process and any other ad-hoc requests in line with business requirements. 
• Assist PWC at interim and year-end audit in accounts payable and operational expenditure. 
• Any other ad-hoc requests by the Head of Corporate Finance 

Skills and Competencies required 

• 3 years’ experience in Financial Accounting environment required 
• BS diploma or degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent qualification 
• Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills and attention to detail 
• Previous experience gained within International FMCG environment advantageous 
• Strong MS (Outlook, Excel, Word) skills 
• SAP experience considered to be a distinctive advantage