Job Description

Working within our Factory Environment this position will be responsible for a range of accounting activities in the manufacturing environment across our Furniture and Upholstery Divisions. You will report to the CEO with additional guidance as and when required from the CFO.This position will be based at our Cape Town DC in Epping.Main Accountabilities include but are not limited to:Daily/Weekly:

• Management of the Finance Administration team
• Ensuring DEXT/APMax/XERO/CIN7 are up to date with processing turnarounds per normal SLA with Finance Administration team
• Review and releasement of payments on Banking Platforms
• GRN Health Check across CIN7
• AP and AR reviews with instructions to Finance Administration team
• Inventory Management issues, receipts, consumable stores
• Administration of CIN7 Stock code, BOM, routing and OH allocations
• Review of Cashbook recons prepared by Finance Administration team

Monthly:

• Fixed Asset Register (FAR) maintenance as well as Wear & Tear register.
• Monthly Management Journals (Provisions/Accruals/Interbranch allocations, etc)
• Intercompany Loans and Invoicing (Cost Recoveries/Recharges)
• VAT Preparation
• Balance Sheet Reconciliation preparation
• Preparation/review of Management Accounts
• Oversight & management of stock count process for the Manufacturing entity
• Production insights and reporting into volume, OH absorption, profitability
• Review of materials utilisation and recovery in the Ecommerce and Dispatch division of the Weylandts Home Stores business

Quarterly/Annual:

• Preparation of Provisional/Annual Tax Submissions
• Preparation of annual budget/ and reforecast where necessary
• Preparation and Facilitation of annual audit
• Insurance Review

Technical skills:

• BCom Degree in Accounting or Management Accounting
• Minimum 3 years experience managing / leading a team
• 5- 8 years relevant accounting experience
• Excellent Excel skills
• Manufacturing experience would be advantageous
• Excellent PC skills (MS Office, Syspro, Xero and CIN7 experience would be advantageous)
• Good knowledge of IFRS for SMEs standards

Personal skills and attributes:

• Excellent planning, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to exercise resilience when facing challenges
• Deadline driven
• Demonstrates a positive hands-on can-do attitude
• Able to work independently, yet be a team player
• Ability to manage and lead a team
• Must be a positive, energetic, self-starter with excellent problem solving and decision-making skills

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