Junior Accountant - Danone



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Ensure all journals are timeously and accurately processed in the system to enable meaningful financial reporting. Carry out data collection, analysis, investigation, and reporting of financial data. Prepare reconciliations to ensure that all financial transactions are accurately recorded in the financial system. Ensure intercompany activities are performed on time and in full.
 

Manage Intercompany Activities

  • Confirming intercompany balances on a monthly basis & following up on all reconciling items.
  • Quarterly Magnitude reporting of intercompany balances and transactions.
  • Ensuring clearance of CBU intercompany revenue & costs.
  • Invoicing of intercompany revenue.
  • Ensuring intercompany payments are made in a timely manner.
  • Working with HR, IS and CBU overheads controller to ensure intercompany recharges are performed in a timely manner.
  • Posting of month-end journals, as well as other journals required during the month.
  • Query Resolution.


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Working Capital

  • Posting standard and amortisation journals for prepayments and deposits.
  • Processing ad-hoc invoices to the Sundry Debtors GL.
  • Sending statements and invoices monthly to the to Milk and Cream Customers.
  • Actively managing other debtor accounts, collection and accounting.
  • Maintaining Recons.
  • Analysis of GL account balances.
  • Query Resolution.
  • Posting monthly standard and ad-hoc journals.
  • AP and AR vendor foreign exchange revaluations.

Provisions

  • Maintain balance sheet accounts and prepare accurate month end reconciliations with the correct supporting documentation.
  • Reconcile journals posted in the month - follow up on all variances and ensure accurate allocation of accruals and provisions to the appropriate GL and cost centre.

Balance sheet reviews

  • Assist with the monthly balance sheet reviews and working papers.
  • Respond to financial enquires by gathering, analysing, summarizing, and interpreting data.
  • Assist with preparation of the Quarterly balance sheet review workings and slides.

Ad-hoc Projects

  • Coordinating and working on projects as and when required by the business.

Confirming Vendor Banking Details

  • Validating and Authorising Master Data Vendor bank details and Company Registration changes.

Legal, quality and standards

  • Completing Stats SA and other regulatory returns.
  • Keeping abreast of group policies and procedures.
  • Keeping abreast with financial regulations and accepted practices.


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Leadership, training and development

  • Striving to achieve delivery of team objectives.
  • Updating job knowledge by keeping current with financial regulations and practices.
  • Quarterly Balance Sheet Review Presentations.

Customer relationship management

  • Liaising with, and provide support to, external auditors and providing all required information.
  • Liaising with various stakeholders inside and outside of the business and maintaining good working relationships with the stakeholders.

About You

  • Proven team player
  • Interpersonal skills sufficient to support, advise and influence directors and managers from different parts of the business whilst providing strong financial and internal control where necessary
  • Critical thinking and good analytical skills
  • Hands-on approach and proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
  • Personal integrity
  • Strong relationship building skills
  • Enthusiastic with a can-do attitude
  • Service orientated
  • Self-starter showing initiative



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