Introduction
Financial Accountant (Support)

Cape Town

This role reports into the Finance Manager for the Support Silo and is responsible for accounting for all transactions, reconciliations, and reporting for the Support Silo and related entities.
Duties & Responsibilities

Financial reporting:

• Check to ensure that data is posted correctly by product, region, brand.
• Reconcile data imported into NAV to the Audit Report.
• Calculation of monthly outsource fees and rebates and checking that this agrees to the terms of the contract.
• Review inventory and travel management report prepared by the finance assistance.
• Assist with the analysis of expenses, with commentary (Opex, IS and Fee files) ensuring all expenses have been categorized and allocated correctly across all business units.
• Assist with the preparation of monthly income statement files, including commentaries per expense type and brand.
• Posting all intercompany and intergroup billing.
• Fixed asset reporting and recons, ensuring that all assets are correctly captured.
• Run FX.

• Ensure that all relevant data is split by product, region, platform, brand where appropriate.
• Preparation of monthly income statement with relevant commentary and brand income statement.

Corporate Governance:

• Preparation of audit files & upload of evidence.

• Ensure that all controls are adhered to, documented, and implemented for SOX compliance.

• Preparation of corporate tax and VAT calculations per entity and all related reporting for annual returns, regulatory reports.
• Reconciliation of all VAT and tax vendors.
• Effective correspondence with local tax authority and follow up on outstanding items.

Funds and Assets Management:

• Run vendor open items reports weekly and request payment of open items due for payment.
• Check cash available for required payments.

Robust and critical systems and controls:

• Assist in the drafting of process notes detailing how and why monthly tasks are performed to ensure business continuity.

• Other ad hoc duties

Desired Experience & Qualification

Essential:

• BCom financial accounting degree or related qualification and Articles.
• Minimum 5 years' post-Articles experience in a similar role.
• Advanced Excel experience.
• Demonstrates consistent behaviour aligned to the Organizational Performance & Culture.

Advantageous:

• Experience in Navision.
• TM1/Cognos reporting
• IFRS16
• Floqast 16.2a (33)

Package & Remuneration
Negotiable