Jobs at Woolworths

Job description

• Ensure full reconciliation of General Ledger accounts in accordance with GAAP and WW financial principles
• Ensure fully reconciled and detailed provisions for all accounts within the creditors environment
• Manage all the required systems interventions for administering all payments e.g. pre-lim reports  
• Ensure fully reconciled trial balance items, delivered timeously with detail required for management reporting.
• Ensure that sub-ledgers are compliant with the rigors of audit to substantiate values in the balance sheet.
• Ensure proper working of the EFT payment process, including access controls / accuracy / validity of payments
• Prepare timeous management reporting in line with best practice. 
• Ensure integrity and control around Master Data Maintenance, including supplier terms, banking details, etc.
• Address any internal issues as they arise.
• Ad hoc reporting as requested by management.

Minimum requirements
Technical Skills:

• B. Comm / B.Tech / 3-year Finance Diploma or equivalent
• 3 years management experience in an Accounting environment
• Awareness of GAAP / WW Financial Principles and sound understanding of accounting processes
• Able to apply accounting knowledge in a large IT driven accounting environment and solve problems in a large, complex, integrated system that processes large volumes of financial transactions
• Able to effectively use Excel and Walker financial system

 Behavioural Skills:

• Personal Effectiveness
• Passion for the brand and customers
• Thinking strategically and commercially
• Leading Transformation
• Connecting people
• Delivering high performance
• Having a merchant mindset
• Making insightful business decisions
• Driving quality
• Planning and organising

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Job description

• Deal with strategically sensitive and confidential information
• Diary and e-mail management - assisting in effective time management
• Prepare for and organise meetings/conferences/functions and other general group activities
• Co-ordinate and reconcile travel arrangements
• Screen telephone calls and pro-actively deal with queries
• Liaise with customers – both internal and external
• Co-ordinate presentations and develop required documentation
• General admin and filing
• Minute taking for all leadership meetings
• Capture & follow up on expense reports
• Weekly and adhoc report collation

Minimum requirements

• Proven secretarial experience and skills at a senior personal assistant level
• Ability to communicate effectively – excellent verbal and written skills
• Computer literate – Ability to use MS Office (Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Ability to use own initiative and be proactive
• Ability to work independently and decision making-ability
• Ability to work effectively in a pressurised environment with high volumes of varied work
• Efficient and accurate with attention to detail
• Excellent planning and organising skills
• Varied working experience and maturity is important
• Good interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Customer Service Orientation
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently with confidence

Closing Date:

• 04 JUNE 2025