Overview
Absolute Pets is the leading pet care retailer in South Africa with over 160 stores nationwide. The Company caters to a high-end customer with premium products for pets ranging from pet food to health & wellness products and accessories. Absolute Pets is looking for a financial accountant to join their team. The successful candidate will largely be providing support with Support Office creditors and debtors, rent, and general administrative support within the finance department.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparing reconciliations between cash and card sales and bank receipts per store.
- Full responsibility for rental (will work closely with the Property team and landlords), which will include, but are not limited to:
- Compiling the turnover rent schedule, submitting the information to the landlords and capturing in the accounting software (IQ).
- Accounting for refundable deposits and guarantees.
- Compiling the rent schedule from rental invoices and importing onto IQ.
- Performing reconciling checks between the GL and the Property Lease Schedule, flagging differences, as well as performing trend checks on all rent related components.
- Liaising with landlords to obtain usage breakdowns and analysing utilities.
- Preparation of the monthly lease smoothing provision adjustment workbook for review and posting by the financial manager.
- Pulling credit card purchases of fuel for the fleet and importing it into the IQ cashbook, as well as reconciling the fleet GL account to the statement.
- Capturing invoices and performing reconciliations for all Support Office creditors.
- Credit applications for new Support Office creditors.
- Invoicing and performing reconciliations for all Support Office debtors, as well as sending out monthly statements and following up on payments.
- Weekly and monthly stock loss reporting.
- Preparation of store scorecards for review by financial manager.
- Assisting with year-end financial audits.
- Any additional projects and support required by the finance department.
Qualifications and experience
- 2-4 years experience in a financial accounting role
- Diploma in Financial Accounting or equivalent
- Strong accounting knowledge
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite - a focus on Excel with the ability to use VLOOKUP's and Pivot Tables
Characteristics
- Effective communication (written and verbal) skills in dealing with staff, suppliers and landlords
- Strong organisational skills
- Team Player
- Takes initiatives and proposes solutions to problems
- Has the ability to adapt to changing requirements and learn new skills
- Deadline driven
- Strong attention to detail