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    Financial Accountant - Cape Town, South Africa - Takealot

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    Description

    , a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Financial Accountant (TDT) to join our team in Cape Town. We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people to join us. We offer a market related package and a great work environment with a promise that you won't be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

    This role reports to the Financial Manager - Logistics.

    Your responsibilities will include:

  • Serve as a finance business partner to the Takealot Delivery Team (TDT) and Takealot Franchisee Network
  • Supports the co-ordination and preparation of Takealot Logistics budgets, financial forecasts, scenario planning and actual vs budget cost tracking
  • Recommendation and implementation of financial processes, improvement measures and Internal Control procedures.
  • Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
  • Continuous improvement of TDT and the Franchise Network reporting, automation of reporting and building robust financial models and processes that aid decision making
  • Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including the Franchise Network, on project initiatives, costs analysis, SOP implementation etc.
  • TDT month end reporting. Preparation of delivery cost and revenue calculations, approval of invoices, posting of accruals. Investigating and reporting on variances, performance indicators, trends and financial ratios
  • Preparing & reviewing of monthly Balance Sheet recons
  • Manage internal purchases and sales TDT operating stock and assets provided to Franchisees and owned network facilities
  • TDT expense and cost centre allocation and purchase order approval management and tracking
  • Managing junior staff
  • Ad hoc tasks, as required by senior management
  • Attributes required:

  • Good communication skills, interpersonal skills
  • Work under pressure
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Deadline driven
  • Problem solving skills
  • Qualifications and Experience:

  • B.Comm Accounting/ Finance. B.Comm. Logistics specialisation is beneficial
  • CA(SA) / CIMA beneficial
  • 1-3 years' experience in a retail / logistics environment beneficial
  • Advanced Excel and Google Sheet skills
  • The Environment:

  • employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
  • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve
  • We are short on ego and high on output
  • We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all
  • We love what we do and what we are creating
  • We seek to Employ an Extraordinary Min d who:

  • is respectful but forthright
  • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
  • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
  • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
  • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
  • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
  • is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
  • is curious and challenge the status quo
  • is innovative and enjoys iteration
  • is collaborative
  • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for
  • thinks like an owner of the business
  • is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING


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