Imports Administrator

**Job ID**:17865**Position Type**:Full-Time**Job Function**:Finance / Accounting**Workplace Type**:
**Division**:TFG Finance Shared Services**Province**:Western Cape**Location**:Cape Town North**Suburb**:Parow (Parow)Position Description:
**Purpose of the job**:
Reporting to the Senior Imports Accountant, the Imports Administrator is responsible for supporting the Senior Imports Accountants in the processing and reconciliation of the Group’s imported merchandise transactions.

This role is responsible for ensuring the appropriate import controls are in place for all imported merchandise. This includes performing critical reconciliations and ensuring adjustments through journals and controls.

The role will be delivering processes in an efficient and effective manner to ensure the delivery on quality requirements as defined within the SLAs per the Shared Service Management Framework.

**Job requirements**:
**Skills and attributes**
- Very good knowledge of financial accounting and finance processes.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent planning skills

**Experience**
- 1-3 years of experience working in a transactional environment
- Accounting experience within an Imports environment would be advantageous

**Qualification**
- BCom/Hons Degree in Financial Accounting

**Key Performance Areas**:
**General accounting**
- Reconcile the landed cost of imported goods for TFG;
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations for imports merchandise,
- Identify exceptions, investigate the reconciling items and action the appropriate resolution;
- Ensure the cost of goods is accurately reflected in the merchandise systems,
- Ensure accurate and correct adherence to all accounting practices (IAS2),TFG guidelines and compliance for imported products;
- Monitor cost price differences between estimated landed costs and actual landed costs, escalating to the Senior Imports Accountants and notifying the trading divisions where required;
- Process all accounting entries relating to merchandise imports;
- Monitor the relevant service level agreements and take initiative to derive the necessary measures if KPIs are not achieved;
- Escalate to Senior Imports Accountant all unresolved matters relating to imports reconciliations and processes;
- Implement corrective and preventive actions based on audit recommendations.

**Stakeholder Relationships**
- Ensure the engagement with relevant internal stakeholders within TFG.