Financial Accountant

Main Purpose of the Job

To produce accurate and timeous month end, quarterly and annual results.

Requirements

• B Comm Honours or equivalent

• CIMA qualification

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare individual and group consolidated financial statements

• Review cashflow vs cashflow targets on a monthly basis

• Update and review the “open to buy” targets

• Prepare and control annual expense budget based on company parameters

• Manage and control expenses per budget

• Prepare financial section of the Board Pack

• Analyse and review discrepancies

• Ensure that all expense is accounted for and accrued in the correct period

• Check that management accounts are issued within 5 working days of the new month

• Ensure that hours worked are reconciled

• Ensure that volumes delivered and cost per kg is reconciled

• Take accountability for all accounts to be fully reconciled and any reconciling items to be addressed

• The accuracy of all balance sheet account reconciliations in terms of raising accruals and pre-payments

• Calculate premiums and finance charges

• Complete postings

• Co-ordinate and manage Botswana payroll

• Manage and co-ordinate promotional items

• Produce breakdown of logistics methods