Job Description

Finance Administratortakealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a Finance Administrator to join our Takealot Finance team in Cape Town.We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking people to join us. We offer market related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.This position reports to the Financial AccountantYour responsibilities will include:

• Processing of Franchisee invoicing and management of Franchisee Accounts Payable and
• Accounts Receivable
• Processing Franchisee payments
• Weekly cash on delivery summaries (CODs) and reconciliations
• Preparing of monthly Balance Sheet recons
• Procurement processing to support the Takealot Delivery Team Operations
• Cash box management
• Allocation and reconciliation of Accounts Receivable payments, receipts and CODs
• Bookkeeping up to trial balance
• Assistance during the Interim and Annual Audit process
• May be required to perform additional ad hoc duties, as required within the department

Attributes Required:

• Good communication skills, interpersonal skills
• Work under pressure
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Deadline driven
• Problem solving skills

Qualification & Experience

• Relevant Accounting Degree/Diploma/ Matric Certificate
• Computer proficiency pertaining to MS Office is a prerequisite, strong excel skills
• SAGE Evolution experience an advantage

The Environment:

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all. We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to employ Extraordinary Minds, people who are:

• Experts at DOING, they can not only design but also execute
• Analytical, able to use data to make decisions. Letting data decide but not consume
• Competitive. Although innovation is important, GREAT requires a lot of work. This does not happen only in business hours
• Curious. Always questioning the status quo
• Not averse to risk
• Business smart. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
• Self-directed, taking action based on own initiative
• Collaborative
• Thorough
• User focused, always trying to understand a product from the users perspective
• Able to communicate clearly and not afraid to voice an opinion, no matter how unpopular

We seek to Employ an Extraordinary Mind who:

• is forthright but respectful
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
• is curious and challenge the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
• thinks like an owner of the business.
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preferenceApply for this Job

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