Career Opportunities at Ackermans

We've got an exciting brand new opportunity as Supervisor: Overhead Creditors. If you're passionate about all-things Finance, this opportunity may just be for you!

This role will be responsible to ensure ensure internal controls are in place for accurate and timeous payments of Overhead Creditors. To manage and develop the team reporting into this role and to focus on continuous review and improvement of the Overhead Creditors department.

We're a fully in-office team. This role is based at our Support Centre in Kuils River, Cape Town.

Key responsibilities:

Vendor Payments

• Review and approve vendor reconciliations
• Review and approve vendor payment proposal
• Ensure vendors are paid on time and accurately
• Build and maintain effective relationship with vendors
• Ensure accurate cash flow requested for vendor payments

Reporting & Reconciliations

• Preparation of monthly and ad-hoc reporting
• Review and approve of AP control account reconciliations to Trial Balance

Team Management

• Performance management
• Clear communication & achievement of objectives
• Team Development
• Recruitment

Vendor Management – Master File

• Review vendor master file for completeness
• Maintain active vendor master file

Experience requires:

Essential:

• Experience working across different business units within Finance
• Three (3) to five (5) years’ experience in a relevant financial administration role
• Two (2) or more years’ Supervisor experience

Qualifications required:

Essential:

• Grade 12 Certificate / Matric
• Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Financial Diploma / Degree)
• At least 5 years’ relevant financial administration experience
• At least 2 years’ experience has in a finance leadership / supervisor role
• Experience working across a number of different business units

Preferred:

• Experience in working within the retail corporate environment

Knowledge required:

Skills required:

• Expert knowledge of Accounts Payable
• Strong administration ability
• Good knowledge of basic finance principles, procedures and applications
• Knowledge of management principles
• Strong financial systems knowledge
  • Computer skills - advanced MS Excel
  • Conflict management
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • People management
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to work independently as well as in a team
  • Deadline driven

The ability to:

• to work under pressure
• attention to detail
• deal with large volumes of work
• time management skills
• analytical thinking
• effective problem solving.

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Key Responsibilities

• Delivering and implementing departmental business plans that support the SBU’s merchandise strategy.
• Managing departmental forecasts to achieve agreed departmental growth and profitability as per the Business Plan.
• Preparing and delivering merchandise assortment plans that support the signed-off departmental business strategy.
• Ensuring sufficient inflows to maintaining agreed replenishment service levels to achieve agreed departmental growth and profitability as per the Business Plan.
• Providing accurate and timeous merchandise information to minimise risk and optimise business opportunities.
• Executing and managing project plans to achieve the agreed objectives (if applicable).

Qualifications required:

• A Grade 12 certificate is an essential requirement.
• A qualification would be a definite advantage. Preferred qualifications are:
• B. Comm./ B. Science degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Stats and Business Science OR
• National Diploma majoring in Internal Auditing and Cost and Management Accounting OR
• National Diploma in Financial Information Systems

Knowledge of:

• the retail merchandise cycle with regards to Buying, Planning, Logistics and Stores
• seasonal & non-seasonal replenishments
• the SA retail clothing market, customers and competitors

Skills required:

• Sound commercial thinking & numerical skills
• Analytical thinking & logical problem-solving skills
• Interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Planning, organising & time management skills.
• Conflict resolution skills

Demonstrate:

• Resilience, agility, and the ability to maintain high levels of drive and initiative under pressure.
• Collaboration skills, fostering a shared vision, and positively influencing decision-making in a team setting.
• Flexibility to function effectively under pressure and maintain a positive attitude and work performance in diverse circumstances.
• Self-motivation, a sense of responsibility, and pride in one's work.
• Methodical and detail-oriented approach, ensuring accuracy in tasks.
• Effective communication skills across all levels.
• Strong sense of integrity in professional conduct.
• Deadline-oriented mindset.
• Assertiveness in handling tasks and responsibilities

A minimum of 2-3 years previous experience in product planning within a relevant retail and/or FMCG environment is an ESSENTIAL requirement.

Preferred experience:

• Replenishment and assortment planning experience
• Prior store planning experience
• Previous store management experience (1 – 2 years)
• Previous exposure to general logistics and supply chain processes
• Experience working in planning systems.
• Experience working with the most recent Microsoft software, including Word and Excel, is a prerequisite. Proficiency in advanced Excel usage would be an asset.

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Inventory Analyst to join our Finance team on a permanent basis. This position will report directly to the Accountant Inventory.

By taking on this opportunity, you will use your Finance knowledge and experience by playing a significant role within the business. This role will be responsible to conduct on-going Inventory risk analysis, ensure the balancing and alignment of systems and provide relevant reports.

We're a fully in-office team. This role is based at our Support Centre in Kuils River, Cape Town

Key responsibilities:

 Critically Assess Inventory Related Risks:

• Investigate incoming inventory queries to identify and minimize risk of financial loss
• Investigate and clear POS Upload errors timeously
• Escalate systems error to Pepkor IT
• Recommend process changes to Business Analyst

Stock Counts for Stores

• Schedule stock counts and manage date changes
• Compiling Shrinkage Results per Brand
• Review insurance calculation for burglary counts
• Review journals for Shrinkage results reconciling items

Stock Counts for DCs

• Assist Supply Chain BA with system alignment pre and post stock count file upload
• Compile Shrinkage Result and report to relevant stakeholders
• Reconcile DC Intransit and action accordingly

 Reconciliation of inventory GL accounts Excl. Transporter Claims

• Reconcile GL accounts
• Ensure stock on hand accuracy
• Process journals as required to ensure reconciling items not older than 3 months

Transporter Claims

• Reconcile relevant GL accounts
• Submit request for invoices i.r.o approved transporter claims to Debtors Department.
• Ensure clearing of reconciling items within 2 months.

Management Reporting for Inventory related transactions

• Timeous and accurate submission of management reports

Team Management:

Planning, organizing and supervising Phadimas: 

•       Performance Management
•         Recruitment
•          Communication
•         Development

Qualifications required:

Essential:

• National Diploma in Finance / Accounting or similar

Preferred:

• Bachelors Degree in Finance / Accounting or similar

Knowledge required:

• Store stock processes
• End to end Inventory processes
• Good administration knowledge and ability
• Good knowledge of financial administration and basic accounting principles and their application (debits, credits, journals, reconciliations)

Experience required:

Essential:

• At least 4 years’ relevant finance administration experience

• At least 2 years’ within an Inventory Analysis role or similar

Preferred:

• Experience within the retail business environment

Skills required:

• Computer skills, intermediate to advanced Excel
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Attention to detail
• Above average numerical ability
• Deadline driven
• Analytical thinking
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to deal with large volumes of work

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As we grow our footprint in the number of stores we have, we are growing our Finance support team, too! We have an exciting opportunity for a candidates who is passionate about inventory and finance administration. The Inventory Clerk will report to the Inventory Analyst, and will be mainly responsible for reconciling stock count information received from stores, transporter claims and other stock-related administration duties.

Key responsibilities:

 Stock counts for stores

• Draw store variance reports for identified assigned stores
• Do reconciliation and investigate stock losses/ gains
• Communicate results to ops team for stores to review exceptions

Jira and Mailbox queries

• Investigate
• Resolve
• Follow up

Goods in transit

• Investigate IBTs by Hand Report and send out correspondence.
• Assist stores with follow ups

Stock Adjustments

• Investigate high write offs & surpluses.
• Assist Analyst with follow ups

Qualifications required:

Essential:

• National Diploma in Finance or Accounting

Preferred:

• Degree in Finance or Accounting

Knowledge required:

• Strong administration knowledge and ability
• Good knowledge of financial administration and basic accounting principles and their application (debits, credits, journals, reconciliations)
• Knowledge of Inventory process
• Basic transport/ logistics

Experience required:

Essential:

• 2 -3 years’ relevant finance administration experience, including strong reconciliation experience

Preferred:

• Experience gained within a retail business environment

Skills required:

• Computer skills, intermediate to advanced Excel
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Attention to detail
• Above average numerical ability
• Deadline driven
• Analytical thinking
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to deal with large volumes of work

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Clerk: Revenue to join our team on a permanent basis. This position is based at our Support Centre in Kuilsriver, Cape Town and will be part of a very diverse and vibrant Finance team. We're a fully in-office team. This position will report directly to the Accountant: Revenue .

 The Clerk: Revenue with be responsible to analyse and reconcile the store revenue transactions.

Key responsibilities: 

Reconciliation

 Cash

• Perform daily reconciliation of the cash bankable amount per store to the bank statement amount (On the reconciliation system)
• Follow up on all exceptions with banks & CIT company
• Correct, re-assign and release deposits, surpluses and shortages with incorrect store reference numbers for assigned stores.
• Prepare & post journals for unmapped bank entries not posted by recon system (bank recon items).

 Card

• Perform daily reconciliation of all the card transactions between the third parties and point of sale information
• Follow up on all exceptions with banks, gift card providers, all value-added services (VAS) & Tenacity

GL Reconciliation

• Perform all revenue general ledger reconciliations (excluding bank accounts)
• Analyse the root cause of all reconciliation variances & conclude appropriate corrective system action required.

 Sales Clearing

• Perform weekly balancing of sales clearing general ledger account
• Investigate and resolve variances on weekly sales balancing

 Administration

Buy aid

• Prepare & post monthly buy aid commission and sales journals

 Internal & external Audit Team / Operations

• Confirm the stores’ banking status with the internal audit team
• Provide accurate supporting documents to external audit team

 Record Keeping

• File away all the business documents & save electronic documents on the assigned finance folders on Sharepoint (or Other), in accordance with the Personal Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

Journals

• Posting of accrual journals, according to the accounting system requirements

Trend analysis

• Identify trends in cash & card reconciliation differences noted on the reconciliation system

Qualifications required:

Essential:

• Grade 12 (Accounting and Mathematics)

Preferred:

• Relevant Finance Diploma / Certificate

Knowledge required:

• Financial Reconciliations
• Balancing stores sales to point of sale in the stores
• Good knowledge of financial administration and basic accounting principles and application thereof (debits, credits, journals, reconciliations)

Experience required:

Essential:

• 1-2 years’ relevant finance administration experience, including strong reconciliation experience

Preferred:

• Retail experience

Skills required:

• Computer skills – MS 365
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Attention to detail
• Above average numerical ability
• Deadline driven
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to deal with large volumes of work

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Ackermans has an exciting opportunity for a Direct Delivery and Returns Administrator. This role will be responsible for the accurate and timely monitoring, analysing and reporting of all direct cellular device deliveries receipted as well as cellular device returns processed by stores. Assisting with the finalisation of credit notes also falls within this scope through relationships with Operations, Accounts Payable (Trade Creditors), Inventory, Cellular & Merchandise teams. 

In addition, this role will also be responsible for the processing of stock adjustments pertaining to all direct store deliveries and cellular device returns. This role will also administer the monthly reporting and analysis of the number of discrepancies pertaining to direct cellular device deliveries and cellular device returns.

 We're a fully in-office team. This role is based at our Support Centre in Kuils River, Cape Town.

Key responsibilities:

Reporting and Analysis

• Provide monthly reports to management on direct deliveries, stock adjustments processed and cellular returns deviations
• Financial analysis of discrepancies pertaining to direct deliveries, cellular returns and supplier credits due
• Provide management with analytics to assist in maximizing efficiencies in procedures

Compliance

• Monitor store and supplier compliance pertaining to the receipting of direct deliveries and cellular returns processes
• Provide accurate reports on deviations to the process
• Participate in internal and or external audits

 Customer Services

• Effectively interact with various key internal and external stakeholders 
• Effectively communicate ongoing updates on stock adjustments and returns processed to all relevant stakeholders
• Work cooperatively with other departments to improve the overall stock adjustment and returns process

Administration

• Store liaison
• Liaise with stores on the number of direct deliveries and cellular returns processed
• Confirm all receipting of direct deliveries and cellular returns processed, meet the requirements for a valid transaction
• Liaise with stores on the number of direct cellular deliveries and cellular returns incorrectly processed
• Investigate all transactions that did not meet the requirements
• Supplier liaison
• Liaise with suppliers for any POD’s required
• Investigate all variances, if any
• Reporting of direct deliveries and cellular returns transactions processed incorrectly
• Work closely with Operations, Cellular and Merchandise Teams to identify the reasons for variances
• Work closely with the Accounts Payable: Trade Creditors team and Inventory to investigate and resolve incorrectly processed transactions

Direct Store Delivery Stock Adjustments

• Review all direct deliveries receipted by Stores
• Investigate all variances (if any) between orders placed and stock receipted
• Process and release all stock adjustments (variances)

Qualifications required:

Essential:

• Grade 12 Certificate / Matric

Preferred:

• Diploma / Bachelors’ Degree in Accounting or similar

Knowledge required:

• Financial acumen
• Analysis and report writing

Experience required:

Essential:

• 2 - 4 years’ experience as a finance administrator or similar
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in financial analysis and report writing

Preferred:

• Experience with inventory flow, stock adjustments and control
• Previous experience within a Retail / Finance / Financial services environment
• Accounting / Finance / Bookkeeping background

Skills required:

• Proficiency in MS Office
• Problem solving
• Strong analytical skills
• Detail oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong interpersonal skills

The ability to:

• Operate in a deadline driven environment
• Work unsupervised as well as part of a team