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Group Financial Accountant

  • Bedfordview
  • Salary: Market Related
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Sectors: Accounting Engineering Manufacturing
  • Reference: GFA02

Apply before Jun 22 2025 | 24 Days left

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Vacancy Details

Employer: Express Employment Professionals (Middelburg)

Responsible for the following Branches

  • Branches within the main trading Company.
  • Namibia branches and company oversight.

Financial Accountanting

Accounting

  • Responsible for the trial balance, income statement and balance sheet.
  • Reconciling balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
  • Processing and recordkeeping of all adjustment journals, to be approved by Group Financial Manager and Group Financial Director.
  • Preparation and reporting on monthly management accounts to management.
  • Performing month end and year-end on SYSPRO.
  • Expense provisions management.
  • Nedfleet management.
  • Monthly VAT calculation, reconciliation, submission and payment.
  • Process monthly journal entries to correct allocations, raise appropriate accruals and provisions and record expenses not processed from the cash book or purchase order systems.
  • Review diesel consumption from branches with bowsers and process expenses monthly.
  • Summarise and process Nedfleet expenses per branch monthly.
  • Reconcile and process staff loans per branch monthly to balance back to payroll.
  • Calculate and process insurance recoveries to profit and loss.
  • Calculate monthly distribution recoveries for relative branches and process reallocation journals to the correct GL account.
  • Management of obsolete stock and revaluation provisions, calculate monthly utilisations and process reallocation journals.

Creditors

  • Load, authorise and release payments on the bank when required.
  • Ensure internal controls regarding creditors are maintained in accordance with Company standards and within the appropriate limits of authority.
  • Review allocated creditors’ reconciliations monthly and approve for payment.

Petty Cash

  • Review and authorise petty cash claims received for reimbursement.
  • Process petty cash expenses.

Recordkeeping and Filing

  • Managing and overseeing of filing of all required documentation.

Internal Control

  • Ensure internal controls at branches are in accordance with Company standard and in line with relevant legislation and within the appropriate limits of authority.
  • Reviewing, designing, documenting and implementing systems of internal control.
  • Communication and training of internal controls to relevant staff.
  • Regular internal audits at branches.

Fixed Assets

  • Updating and reconciling of fixed asset registers per branch.
  • Calculate and process depreciation monthly.
  • Calculate profit or loss on disposal of assets, pass appropriate journals and prepare a schedule of all assets sold or written off.
  • Record new assets purchased with relevant finance, if applicable.
  • Reconciliation of finance agreements monthly.
  • Perform yearly asset verifications with branches.
  • Assist branches with insurance claim submissions.

Annual Audit (as part of the financial team)

  • Preparation of annual audit file per branch.
  • Liaising with auditors.
  • Resolving of auditors’ queries.
  • Processing of year end journals.

Budgeting

  • Liaising with management on preparation of annual budget per branch.
  • Importing budget into Syspro.
  • Comparing and reviewing monthly variance of actual to budget.
  • Investigate and report on any major variances as requested by management.

Cash Flow

  • Prepare monthly cash flow forecast Namibia company and submit to management by the requested deadline.
  • Liaise with Debtors and Creditors departments to manage the cash flow.

Reporting

  • Prepare monthly sales incentive reports and send to branch managers and the directors for review and approval, then submit to payroll before the deadline.
  • Compile month end outstanding non-stock purchase order report per branch and send to the branch manager and administrator to review and confirm month end accruals and provisions.

Required Skills

  • Syspro Experience: 2 to 3 years
  • Experience Within The Wholesale And Retail Industry: 5 to 6 years
  • Experience As An Accountant Within A Wholesale And Retail Industry: 5 to 6 years
  • Experience Within The Steel/Engineering/Hardware Industry: 2 to 3 years
  • Experience Within A Large Corporate Environment: 3 to 4 years

Candidate Requirements

Skills & Experience

  • Experience required within the wholesale and retail industry.
  • Syspro experience will be advantageous.
  • Looking for a candidate who has completed their B. Comm Accounting Degree.
  • Minimum 5 to 8 years’ experience required as an Accountant within a wholesale and retail industry.
  • Must have a strong personality.
  • Must have a stable work record.
  • Must be presentable and have good communication skills.
  • Must not crack under pressure.
  • Very deadline driven and orientated.
  • Experience in the Retail Industry and need to work in a Company with a multi-network of Branches/sites across the country.
  • Experience required within the Steel/Engineering/Hardware industries will be beneficial.
  • Experience required within a large corporate environment.

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About Express Employment Professionals (Middelburg)

Express Employment Professionals is a leading staffing provider in South Africa, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Botswana. Every day, we help job seekers find work and help businesses find qualified employees.

1998 Express was established in South Africa and currently has 25 offices throughout the country. Express Employment Professionals is 51% black owned with a level 1 BBBEE rating.

Globally, Express employs approximately 566 000 people each year. We are a global organisation that blends international and local demand with tailored products and services to our clients. Express Employment Professionals is proud to continue its 41-year legacy of helping businesses and job seekers succeed globally. We have grown to a network of 800+ employment agencies in five countries, while still maintaining local ownership for each office and providing quality service to each of our clients.

Express Respects People for who they are, their goals and their concerns and we Impact Business with a sharp business sense that benefits us, our clients, our franchisees, our consultants and our communities.

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