Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

Join a growing Finance department and gain exposure across management accounts, financial accounts, audit processes and a newly implemented ERP system within an e-commerce environment.

Century City | 9:00am – 5:30pm UK time | R40,000 per month

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our client is a growing business operating within an e-commerce environment, with a busy Finance department.

The Finance function covers monthly management accounts and reporting, month-end processes, internal controls, cash receipts, annual financial accounts and annual audit requirements. The business has also recently implemented a new ERP system.

THE ROLE: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

The Financial Accountant will join the Finance team and support a complete range of duties across the finance function.

The role will contribute to the preparation of monthly management accounts and reports, month-end processes, internal controls, cash receipts, annual financial accounts and the Group’s annual audit, while gaining exposure to a newly implemented ERP system.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Finance team with the preparation of monthly management accounts and reports.

• Prepare month-end nominal ledger journals.

• Maintain month-end working files for internal control and external audit.

• Support the management accounts processes, including review schedules and checking variances.

• Manage the Group’s key control relating to cash receipts.

• Gain exposure to a newly implemented ERP system within an e-commerce environment.

• Assist with the preparation of annual financial accounts.

• Assist with the Group’s annual audit.

ABOUT YOU

• AAT qualified or part-qualified ACA, CIMA, ACCA, or South African equivalent.

• Good academics.

• Highly numerate.

• Accurate with strong attention to detail.

• Strong communication skills.

• Enthusiastic about learning new skills.

• Strong IT skills, including Excel.

• Self-motivated.

• Understanding of database systems, reporting and analysing data.

• Able to cope with pace and change.

• Resilient and able to go with the flow.

• Likes to innovate.

• An effective communicator who can converse in non-finance language.

• Great energy and lively.

• Relaxed.

• Fun.

• Vibrant.

• Previous exposure to an industry role would be advantageous.

• Working knowledge of ERP systems would be advantageous but is not necessary.