Assistant Logistics Accountant

2 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa Unilever Full time

Main Purpose of the Job
- This role entails assisting in designing process, facilitating payments, reporting, analysis and providing financial expertise to business partners on all aspects of distribution (transport) costs and other Supply Chain Costs.
- The incumbent is required to have and understanding of the Supply Chain Financial controls and ensure compliance to the global financial control framework and local standard operating procedures.

Main Accountabilities
- Understand the end to end process of the Oracle Transport Management (OTM) system.
- Ensure OTM runs effectively and efficiently and that shipment costs are accurately charged to the P&L.
- Liaise with service providers and ensure service providers are paid accurately and on time in accordance with the agreed payment terms and in line with the purchase to pay process
- Cost efficiency - analyze service provider reports and quantify and review opportunities for cost savings/controls
- Working closely on the Financial FC and understanding variance between Actuals and FC and PY movements.
- Highlighting and quantifying opportunities and risks to forecast
- Responsible for executing month end close for logistics
- Raise monthly provisions and accruals.
- Raise monthly PO’s for out of system costs
- Business partnering on ad hoc requests
- Liaising with the country teams and understanding all aspects of actual & forecasted distribution costs to assist Africa GTM finance manager in analyzing cluster distribution costs.
- SAP to OTM Recons
- Conduct monthly transport GL account recons and Vendor account recons
- Transporter finance onboarding process
- Overall understanding of Unilever SC costs (Production, Materials, Supply Chain Indirects, Business Waste)
- Interactions with the greater SC team and ability to flex into other SC roles as the business need arises
- Ensuring adherence and compliance with the Financial control framework within the SC Finance space.
- Attendance at site stock counts and observing the count procedures to ensure compliance with the SOP (Whether it be Unilever for 3P) and financial control requirements
- Work closely with peers in the SC Finance community to create a learning culture and ensuring transfer of knowledge across all team members.

Key Skills
- B.Com (Accounting)
- Preferably studying towards CIMA or CA
- Strong SAP and excel knowledge

Relevant Experience
- Management and Financial Accounting experience
- Businesses experience
- Controls & Stewardship experience
- Stakeholder management

Other
- Business skills in understanding P&L and have a good understanding of Supply Chain Business operations

The following are critical attributes, non-negotiable for this role:

- Analytical
- Attention to detail
- Curiousity
- Confidence
- Financial control understanding
- Ability to interact with people of varying levels in the organisation and ensure stakeholders requests are managed.


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