New Jobs at Shoprite Group of Companies

Purpose of the Job    

• The purpose of this role is to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial management within the meat processing facility. The Accountant is responsible for maintaining the integrity of financial records, with a particular focus on inventory valuation, expense creditors, cost control, and general ledger accuracy.
• This role supports operational efficiency by providing reliable financial insights, monitoring production-related costs, and ensuring adherence to internal controls, statutory requirements, and industry-specific compliance standards.
• Through effective financial oversight, the Accountant contributes to optimised profitability, informed decision-making, and the overall financial health of the facility.
• "Our Group and all its operating companies are committed to creating, embracing, and preserving a diverse workplace that values the unique talents, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities that enrich our organisation. A place where everyone matters and feels included."

Job Objectives    

• To ensure that the stock ledger is accurately updated on a monthly basis;
• To ensure that clearing accounts are cleared on a monthly basis;
• To ensure that quarterly board meeting reports are prepared;
• To fulfil the responsibility as a B signatory to CAMS and expense creditors system;
• To assist with year-end reporting;
• To prepare reports;
• To ensure control of ledger accounts;
• To analyse and adjust data in order to be processed into SAP.

Qualifications    

• BCom Financial accounting or similar (essential)
• SAIPA accreditation (preferred)

Experience    

• 2 years experience in financial or management accounting preferably within a manufacturing environment.

Knowledge and Skills    

• Reconciliations
• Posting of journals
• Understand assets, liabilities and expenses
• Knowledge of accounts amangement
• VAT knowledge
• International Financial Reporting Standards
• MS Excel
• SAP 

Closing Date    

• 2026/02/27

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Purpose of the Job    

• The Data Scientist I is an emerging Data Science professional who will kick start their careers by supporting the Data Scientist team to transform and model data sets that provides valuable insights to the business while contributing towards leveraging data as a competitive advantage for Shoprite.
• Assists the Data Science team in using data-driven techniques to solve business problems, applying scientific methods, and communicating results to different audiences.
• The Data Scientist has a passion for developing their skills in the art of Data Science, requiring a combination of technical, analytical and communication skills to infer meaning from data and translate these in a concise and cohesive story. 

Job Objectives    

• Under the guidance of the Data Scientist Lead / Team Lead, work with business stakeholders to identify business requirements and model and frame business scenarios that are meaningful and that answers business questions. 
• Work closely with data and software teams to translate business requirements into fit-for-purpose, robust and scalable solutions.
• Develop, validate, and execute basic algorithms and predictive models to collect, merge, analyse, extract and interpret large datasets. 
• Use data to investigate problems, detect patterns and extrapolate insights.
• Develop data structures and pipelines to organise, collect and standardise data.
• Perform data preparation in order to reduce and shape data. Clean and validate data and assure its integrity, accuracy, completeness, and uniformity. 
• Test data mining models to select the most appropriate one for use on a project.
• Adhere to stringent quality assurance and documentation standards using version control and code repositories.
• Cross-validate models to ensure their generalizability.
• Assess the effectiveness of data sources and data-gathering techniques to improve data collection methods

Qualifications    

• Diploma in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field – (essential).

Experience    

• 3 years’ experience in a Data Scientist or similar role – (essential).
• Experience in Data modeling & Dashboards – (essential).
• Experience with Tableau - (desired).
• Experience in a retail, commercial or IT environment – (desired).

Knowledge and Skills    

• Working knowledge of SQL, Python, Low code, R and RStudio and data science toolkits – (essential).
• Proficiency in MS Office 365 with well-developed Excel skills – (essential).
• Exposure to delivering project outcomes using design thinking, lean and agile principles – (desired).

Closing Date    

• 2026/02/18