Financial Accountant
Dermalogica South Africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Permanent
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Posted 19 December 2024

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Job Description

Dermalogica is recruiting a driven, dynamic and experienced Accountant to join our finance team. This position is for a candidate that thrives in a rewarding yet high-paced, deadline-driven environment, which serves as a support department to the broader business.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

  • ERP system module maintenance
    • Gl, AR, AP, CB, Inventory
  • Prepare Weekly Cash forecasts ahead of payment cycles.
  • Accounts Payable
    • Assist with reconciliation for suppliers.
    • Review payment files for release
    • Lead a procurement project of streamlining of suppliers and process.
    • Lead a project to implement an automated PO process.
    • Ensure that allocations on payments and Gl transactions are accurate and in line with budgeted items.
  • Accounts Receivable
    • Review Age analysis and manage customer payments in accordance with payment terms.
    • Be the escalation point for customer queries and resolutions.
    • Manage rebates and discount tables.
    • Review Stores Petty Cash Recon review and replenishments
    • Review Pay cards recon and replenishments.
    • Manage the Transactional Bank accounts and 3rd party merchant providers and payment gateway for ECOM.
  • Cash Book
    • Ensure that all bank accounts are reconciled on a weekly basis.
    • Debit order’s validated and checked against support.
    • Credit Card statements are captured and reconciled.
  • GL
    • Ensure that the account mappings are maintained.
    • Ensure that the Gl’s are being correctly utilised and that allocations are in line with Budgets.
    • Preparation of Monthly Accruals on Day 1 for expenses and reconciliation and release thereafter
    • Prepaid expenses management and reconciliation
  • Management of System accounts and Nil accounts
    • Unallocated Receipts and deposits
    • GRN accrual account.
    • Forced balance system account.
    • Sub module to Gl reconciliations
  • Statutory
    • Ensure that we are compliant in all statutory aspects (CIPC, SARS, Customs, etc)
    • Submit and prepare the VAT 201, EMP 201 monthly.
    • Manage correspondence with these agencies.
  • Reporting
    • Assist the FM with the preparation of Management accounts.
    • Prepare and execute balance Sheet recons.
    • Ensure that feedback on Pack actions is closed out with the team and the entity.
    • Ad hoc reporting will be required as per business and department needs.

 Qualifications

  • BCOM accounting + articles (Preferable)

Experience required:

  • 5 + years in an accountant position and in a team environment
  • Retail background and experience
  • Syspro (Preferable)
  • EXCEL (advanced) and Microsoft suite
  • BI experience (Cognos, Power BI, ODBC)

 

Competencies and characteristics:

  • Planning is essential for this role.
  • Deadline driven (We need to deliver on our deadlines)
  • Process and system driven (As there is no allowance on deadlines, designing processes and monitoring them with fixes as needed is imperative to meeting our deadlines)
  • Team motivation and alignment (Although we have strict deadlines, how we manage the team is critical to motivate and maintain the company culture)
  • High performance mind set.
  • Solution Driven.
  • Good team player and able to work within a team to deliver output.
  • Lead and gain respect and prominence through actions and culture rather than by position.
  • Operationally inclined.

Work Environment: 

  • This role is based out of our Johannesburg office in Parktown and reports directly to the Finance Manager.

Dermalogica is an equal employment opportunity company that is committed to diversity.