Financial Accountant at Smith Garb

FMCG concern, based in Edenvale, is looking for a Financial Accountant to join their team. Experience with Syspro is advantageous. A lovely, large company offering growth! The perfect candidate would be young and energetic, coming from the FMCG/ Retail Industry as well as experience with Flash Reporting.

Qualifications:

• Matric
• B Com in Accounting/ similar (completed)
• Good Excel skills
• Experience with Syspro highly advantageous
• Min 5 years’ working experience in a similar role.
• Experience in an FMCG environment highly advantageous 

Duties and responsibilities:

• All Financial reporting up to trial balance (Month-end, Year-end, Quarterly reviews).
• Processing of General ledger journals and ensuring that entries are correctly processed in the GL (and keeping and maintaining the required supporting documents for internal and external audit review).
• Submission of Flash Results and compiling Pack reporting by the 2nd and 5th working day respectively.
• Balance Sheet reconciliations to be performed monthly for review.
• Maintaining Fixed Asset registers.
• Liaising with the Auditors (both Internally and Externally).
• Compilation of Budgets and giving guidance to the respective branches in this regard.
• Capex management (Initiating capex, maintaining all required documents on file for audit purposes, verification of fixed assets on at least an annual basis).
• Calculation of commissions, provisions etc.
• Liaising with factory and operation managers for expense accruals, queries etc.
• Release of local creditor payments in the bank and verifying that creditor reconciliations are correct.
• Performing day ends and month ends in Syspro for the following modules: AR/AP/INV/Cashbook/GL.
• Ensuring clear intercompany charge accounts monthly.
• Investigation and resolution of queries.
• Implementation of policies and procedures through standard operating policies and the maintenance thereof.
• Various other ad hoc projects that may be required from time to time.

Attributes:

• Ability to perform under high levels of pressure.
• Assertive.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
• Solutions-driven.
• Solid and dependable team player.
• Adherence to strict deadlines.
• Good time management skills and able to work to multiple deadlines concurrently.