We have an amazing opportunity for a Group Retail Accountant. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?
The successful candidate will lead and manage the Retail Finance Support team, ensuring that all retail transactions are reconciled with the relevant supporting documentation or schedules as defined by the business. They will also adapt procedures as needed (e.g., system upgrades, new products, or integrations) to maintain their relevance in supporting accurate reconciliations and safeguarding the business against financial loss.
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Innovate and create as part of a like-minded, authentic Team eager to achieve goals.
Embrace challenges and the thrill of working in a vibrant and fast-paced industry.
Grow with our development plans and culture that allows you to further your career.
You Bring
- Completed or studying towards auditing.
- 4 Years practical auditing/accounting experience.
- Computer literate
- Valid drivers license
- Completed SAICA articles.
- Pastel Evolution knowledge.
- Own transport.
Financial Metrics/Operational Duties
- Overall ownership of all the groups Retail financial records.
- Work closely with the relevant senior accountant(s).
- Collect and analyse data to detect reconciliation weaknesses and identify key and residual risks.
- Ensure all transactions are accounted for in Pastel and reconciled.
- Escalate, investigate and transfer variances or casting issues between the transaction listing and balances report to the AR module.
- Escalate reconciliation variances that have not been cleared within the standard operating procedures/timeframe.
- Work closely with the development and operational teams to test integrations and new products.
- Ensure supporting financial records are accurate, reliable and available prior to new product deployment (data, tax, balances report and balancing the cash reports). Deviations noted require immediate notification of senior management.
- Oversee the deployment of new reconciliation software and/or related processes.
- Ensure daily reconciliation signoffs are performed by the team on the nominated software.
- Submit a daily report summarising key aspects of the daily sign offs.
- Identify and rectify weaknesses within procedures, processes, policies and related internal control frameworks.
- Continuously look to improve efficiency and effectiveness through ongoing learning/development and new techniques.
- Perform consulting activities and ad hoc assignments as they arise.
- Ensure deadline is met for relevant tasks.
- Timeous and accurate reporting of findings with material value or material risk.
- Approve, create, and maintain roles, job descriptions, and KPIs/KPAs.
- Manage performance, discipline, and ethical workplace practices.
- Identify and approve training as needed.
- Conduct structured team meetings (KPIs/KPAs setup, quarterly tracking, mid-year, year-end reviews).
- Recognise and motivate team members.
- Focus on talent retention, career path planning, and succession planning.
- Promote team morale, team building, and ethics/fraud awareness.
- Oversee recruitment, interviews, and new team member onboarding.
- Ensure fair leave planning, monitor sick leave, and approve time-off requests.
- Implement HR initiatives and monitor productivity, punctuality, and work breaks.
- Approve and track overtime.
- Foster a healthy and transparent work environment.
- Legal agreements in place with all suppliers (where applicable).
- Creating, maintaining and enforcing company policies and procedures.
- 100% compliance with health and safety regulations (where applicable).
- Compliance with relevant laws and regulations relating to retail operations.
- Regular risk assessments and maintenance of risk register.
- Intense focus on quality with regards to communication, capturing, documentation etc.
- Maintenance of department process write-ups/ system descriptions and quarterly updating.
- Ensure logical saving of all work, templates, etc. monthly and yearly such that each years financial records can stand on its own when enquiries/ investigations/audits take place.
- Produce high quality, neat, logical, succinct, easy to follow, easy to understand, formula linked work/templates/workbooks/financial models/recons - of which is substantiated by facts with no numbers in the formulas.
- Ensure the above (final version) and other documents are chronologically saved/backed up.
- Ensure monthly recons are finalised and saved with supporting photos on the designated software.
- Summarise the detailed daily findings on the designated software and submit a daily report to the Group Retail Accountant and to the Group Risk and Finance Manager.
- Effectively deal with internal, external, SARS, BEE and any other auditor/regulatory/oversight body.
- Report suspicious requests to clear queries from departments.
- Promote declaration of all gifts.
- To escalate any single shortage of R5k or greater to the Group Risk and Finance Manager.
- Promote declaration all conflicts of interest upfront.
- Promote a culture of confidentiality within the business with regards to the protection of personal information.
- Promote a culture of compliance with FICA and AML regulations with regards to reporting of suspicious transactions.
- Ensure all personal information of employees, customers and suppliers and other stakeholders is not shared and is maintained in a secure environment.
- Stay abreast with changes in the relevant industry and changes to relevant Acts/Regulations.
- Ensure that relevant retail Policies, Procedures, Manuals and training manuals are maintained and updated accordingly.
- Ensure that various retail templates/forms/agreements/ T&Cs are maintained and updated accordingly.
- Key supplier relationship management.
- Source new products/innovations/robotics/artificial intelligence/predictive analysis.
- Development of existing products/software.
- Ensure that measures are put in place and steps are taken to achieve short term, medium term, long term goals.
- Assist with company projects or lead company projects as allocated from time to time.
- Technology Utilization - Specify expectations for leveraging automation and tech solutions to improve the existing processes within the work environment
- Communication: Use correct voice tone and apply content according to topic appropriateness. Uses voice to create and hold interest. Speaks with positive tone of voice.
- Presentation: Demonstrates sound presentations skills to capture attention and maintain interest through an interactive approach.
- Time management: Optimal use of time to ensure maximum output and delivery as per required timeframes. Prioritize and anticipate timeframes. Identify possible delays in advance and plan accordingly.
- Analytical: Undertakes comparative analysis of statistics over different periods, captures trends, identify major issues or areas of improvement.
- Problem solving: Identify, analyse, organise and solve problems and issues in a timely and effective manner. Anticipate problems, identify root causes and take corrective action. Evaluate effectiveness of a solution
- Attention to detail: Demonstrates ability to pay attention to detail.
- Facilitation: Demonstrates the ability to facilitate workshops in a professional manner.
- Energy: Demonstrate high energy, enthusiasm and motivation in execution of work.
- Accountability: Follows through and delivers results in spite of obstacles. Admits to errors and takes corrective action to avoid repetition. Approaches own work with dedication and high sense of responsibility.
- Customer Orientation: Demonstrates an exceptional level of customer service and quality standard.
- Coaching: Coaching is the knowledge and skill used to direct, instruct and/or train an employee with an aim to fulfill a goal in order to develop specific skills in an enthusiastic and motivated way.
- Administration: Execute a variety of functions within a business administrative environment. Plan and organise administrative functions proactively. Collect information and ensure accuracy of information.
- Training: Proficient in training methodologies, curriculum development and soft skills
Please note that only applicants who meet the stipulated minimum requirements will be considered.
Please be advised that should you not be contacted within 30 days, kindly consider your application to be unsuccessful.
