Financial Accountant at Tiger Brands

Job Description
THE JOB AT A GLANCE:

• You will perform various tasks to support the finance manager and the accounts receivable team, including but not limited to, requesting manual journals, reconciling balance sheets accounts and reporting.

Responsibilities

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Financial

• Preparation of all debtors recons, Reviewing trade spend recons
• Managing queries on recons in line with SOP
• Review and validate fixed claims and variable claims received from customers
• Claim approvals in line with DoA, SOP and approved mandates
• Prepare all month end accounting entries (debtors sub-ledger recon, debtors ECL and specific
• provisions, credit note provision, settlement discount provision, IFRS 15 journal, Trade Cost etc)
• Maintain trading term database to ensure correct provisioning
• Maintain trading term tracker
• Attending to and resolving customer queries
• Performing customer recalculations to ensure correct provisioning
• Preparation of agents commissions and cash vans accruals

 Compliance and Governance

• Assist with internal and external audits and audit requirements relating to trade cost and AR.

Reporting

• Produce various financial and other analyses as determined by SLA’s
• Produce ad hoc and planned reports and analyses for AR finance function

Continuous Improvement

• Actively drive system improvement and reporting enhancements.

People Management

•  Manage accounting team including assistant accountant/s and trade cost clerical team members

 Adhoc

•  Provide financial and accounting assistance to the Finance Managers and Accounts receivables   team as required

Qualifications
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Business analytical skills
• Strong finance business background
• Advanced knowledge in the use of financial software applications, databases
• and spreadsheets required.
• Be able to make sound, independent judgements.
• Strong analytical and conceptual abilities
• Well refined technical finance skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and Oracle, Access

 Experience

• Financial qualification/ degree
• 3 – 5 years Trade Cost and Accounts Receivable experience