Finance Jobs at Unifi Group

Purpose of the role

• The Reconciliation Clerk will report to the Group Reporting Manager. You’ll keep a close eye on Unifi’s bank accounts, mobile wallets and cash over multiple jurisdictions, making sure everything adds up and nothing slips through the cracks.
• You’ll reconcile accounts, dig into anything that doesn’t look right, and work with our teams to get issues sorted quickly.You care about getting the details right, ask questions, stay curious and aren’t afraid to get stuck in.

Responsibilities 

• Keep Unifi’s bank accounts, mobile wallets and NetSuite records accurately reconciled and up to date.
• Make sure clearing and suspense items are dealt with quickly, investigating anything that doesn’t look right rather than letting it sit
• Keep a close eye on daily and weekly bank balances and make sure our records match what’s actually happening
• Help keep our reconciliation processes simple, clear and consistent so everyone knows what needs to happen and when
• Work with our country's finance teams to understand and resolve differences or reporting issues
• Work alongside Finance and IT when system issues are getting in the way of accurate reconciliations
• Help maintain our automated allocation rules and step in with manual matching and postings where needed
• Speak up early when you spot an error, unusual transaction, potential fraud or something that just doesn’t make sense
• Help set up strong reconciliation processes as Unifi moves into new markets
• Take ownership of getting issues resolved, bringing in the right people when you need help
• Brings energy to the team and wants to help make the Finance department a place where great people enjoy working

Requirements

• Matric certificate with Accounting and/or Economics is required
• Studying towards or completed a finance-related diploma or degree is advantageous 
• At least 6 months experience in bank reconciliations, cash management or a similar finance role
• Takes real ownership, cares about the details, brings high standards and speaks up early when something is off track
• Comfortable working independently, but quick to ask for help or raise an issue when you need to
• Able to work with people across different teams and countries to get things done
• Comfortable learning and working with financial systems and reconciliation tools 
• Organised and disciplined enough to stay on top of deadlines and the everyday basics
• High integrity and someone we can trust with sensitive information
• Excited to learn, grow and build a career in a business that’s doing something meaningful across Africa
• Willing to step in outside normal working hours when needed to make sure accounts are up to date
• Willing to travel to our African business as and when needed

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Purpose of the role

• The Group Reporting Controller reports to the Group Reporting Manager and acts as a key second-in-command in the team. You’ll help make sure Unifi’s group numbers are right, our reporting is strong and our finance function keeps getting better as we grow. You’ll support consolidated financial reporting, technical accounting, ERP maintenance and our financial control environment.
• Working closely with finance teams across Africa, you’ll challenge what can be improved and drive simpler, more consistent and automated ways of working that can scale with Unifi.

Responsibilities 

• Own the preparation and review of Unifi’s monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated management accounts and financial statements.
• Review country management accounts and financial statements, making sure reporting is accurate, consistent and aligned across the group.
• Work through complex accounting matters and develop clear technical accounting positions in line with IFRS and relevant laws and regulations.
• Own the year-end audit alongside the Group Reporting Manager, working with external auditors and country finance teams to keep requests moving and achieve timely group-wide sign-off.
• Step in for the Group Reporting Manager in auditor and leadership discussions when needed.
• Spot and drive opportunities to automate, simplify and strengthen our reporting processes and controls, particularly through NetSuite and other finance technology.
• Work with the Group FP&A team on budgeting, forecasting and group-level variance analysis.
• Support group-wide tax, secretarial and statutory reporting requirements.
• Build and improve standardised templates, tools and processes that help country finance teams close accurately, consistently and on time.
• Develop and deliver practical training that strengthens financial accounting and reporting capability across our finance teams.
• Help drive group reporting initiatives, keeping timelines on track and contributing to the wider group finance strategy.
• Perform quarterly valuations in line with group policies and make sure KPI and other key calculations are consistently applied across the group.
• Own the administration of NetSuite and its integrations with other systems across Unifi, making sure the system supports how Finance needs to work.
• Help build and strengthen Unifi’s financial control environment, without adding unnecessary complexity.
• When a country team needs support to meet a group deadline, roll up your sleeves and help get it done.

Requirements

• Registered as SAICA .
• 5+ years of post-article accounting experience, including hands-on ownership of multi-currency, multi-entity consolidations.
• Strong IFRS knowledge and the confidence to stand behind your thinking with auditors and other stakeholders.
• Comfortable getting into the detail of an ERP such as NetSuite and finding ways to make the system, processes and controls work better.
• A clear, practical communicator who can make complex finance matters easier for others to understand.
• Comfortable asking hard questions and challenging something that doesn’t look right, while building strong relationships with the people around you.
• Takes real ownership, cares about the detail and speaks up early when something is going off track.
• Brings high standards and discipline without making things unnecessarily complicated.
• Naturally looks for simpler, faster and better ways of working — and is willing to get stuck in to make them happen.
• Comfortable working across different countries, teams and ways of working.
• Willing to get stuck in, put in the extra effort and help the team deliver when deadlines are tight.
• Willing to travel across Africa when needed.
• Excited by the opportunities in Africa and eager to help build something meaningful.