Assistant Accountant

**The Person**:

- B.Com or National Diploma in Financial Accounting.
- Min 2 years experience in a similar finance/accounting role, pref in the Automotive industry.

**The Job**:
Reporting to the Finance Controller:
General Financial:

- Provide financial analysis and support to management and all operational areas.
- Maintain and update accounting system (ERP: BPCS).
- Ensure compliance with internal control.
- Assist with preparation operational budget and forecasts and load on the system.

Financial Reporting & General Ledger:

- Prepare financial report and returns.
- Analyse and interpret finance reports and statistical date.
- Generate information and report for internal and external use.
- Investigate and action financial variances (budget/forecast).
- Compile the weekly BU flash result and analyse variances.
- Consolidate the compile the BU Capex reports.
- Compile balance sheet account reconciliation.
- Prepare and post journal entries.
- Assist with preparations of the year -end statutory audit (external and internal) in line with the consolidates audit plan.
- Prepare ledger balance and initial balance including all reconciliation, balance sheet account and support documentation.
- Prepare year-end reporting Accounting and Tax packs.

Financial Strategy:

- Participate on organisational strategy management from a financial management perspective.

Cost Accounting:

- Prepare and review details product costing analysis for all new parts.
- Analysis all current parts and make recommendations for the financial recovery on distressed parts.
- Calculate and propose potential price increases.
- Review GP percentage of individual BOMs and identify distress parts.
- Ensure that the routings reflect the time standards and delete obsolete routings.
- Investigate Purchase Price Variances (PPV).
- Identify improvement opportunity and make recommendation for improvement.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.

Creditors, Banking & Cash Management:

- Verify weekly transfer (creditor and wages).
- Review and authorise creditors reconciliations, exception report and payment.
- Maintain and update the fixed assets register.

Stock Control:

- Oversee stock takes.
- Analyse and investigate stock count variances.
- Maintain the integrity of the stock sub system.