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Accountant II – Trade Payable

Listing reference: woolw_001213

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 5 June 2025

Position summary

Industry: Financial Services

Job category: Financial Accounting

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

Introduction

To deliver all the required accounting general ledger reconciliations and controls to ensure effective and accurate payments to local suppliers.

Job description

• Ensure full reconciliation of General Ledger accounts in accordance with GAAP and WW financial principles
• Ensure fully reconciled and detailed provisions for all accounts within the creditors environment
• Manage all the required systems interventions for administering all payments e.g. pre-lim reports  
• Ensure fully reconciled trial balance items, delivered timeously with detail required for management reporting.
• Ensure that sub-ledgers are compliant with the rigors of audit to substantiate values in the balance sheet.
• Ensure proper working of the EFT payment process, including access controls / accuracy / validity of payments
• Prepare timeous management reporting in line with best practice. 
• Ensure integrity and control around Master Data Maintenance, including supplier terms, banking details, etc.
• Address any internal issues as they arise.

Ad hoc reporting as requested by management.

Minimum requirements

Technical Skills:

• B. Comm / B.Tech / 3-year Finance Diploma or equivalent
• 3 years management experience in an Accounting environment
• Awareness of GAAP / WW Financial Principles and sound understanding of accounting processes
• Able to apply accounting knowledge in a large IT driven accounting environment and solve problems in a large, complex, integrated system that processes large volumes of financial transactions
• Able to effectively use Excel and Walker financial system

 Behavioural Skills:

• Personal Effectiveness
• Passion for the brand and customers
• Thinking strategically and commercially
• Leading Transformation
• Connecting people
• Delivering high performance
• Having a merchant mindset
• Making insightful business decisions
• Driving quality
• Planning and organising

Executive Personal Assistant

Listing reference: woolw_001214

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 4 June 2025

Position summary

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade

Job category: Secretarial

Location: Westville

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

To provide secretarial and administrative support to the Divisional Executive and Divisional Leadership Team(s) where applicable.

Job description

• Deal with strategically sensitive and confidential information
• Diary and e-mail management – assisting in effective time management
• Prepare for and organise meetings/conferences/functions and other general group activities
• Co-ordinate and reconcile travel arrangements
• Screen telephone calls and pro-actively deal with queries
• Liaise with customers – both internal and external
• Co-ordinate presentations and develop required documentation
• General admin and filing
• Minute taking for all leadership meetings
• Capture & follow up on expense reports
• Weekly and adhoc report collation

Minimum requirements

• Proven secretarial experience and skills at a senior personal assistant level
• Ability to communicate effectively – excellent verbal and written skills
• Computer literate – Ability to use MS Office (Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Ability to use own initiative and be proactive
• Ability to work independently and decision making-ability
• Ability to work effectively in a pressurised environment with high volumes of varied work
• Efficient and accurate with attention to detail
• Excellent planning and organising skills
• Varied working experience and maturity is important
• Good interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Customer Service Orientation
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently with confidence

As a proud South African brand, Woolworths is committed to transformation. Meeting our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our recruitment decisions.

Closing Date: 04 JUNE 2025

Please note, that if you have not received a response from us on your application within 6 weeks of the closing date, your application was unsuccessful.

Inventory Controller

Listing reference: woolw_001210

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 3 June 2025

Position summary

Industry: Auditing/Accounting

Job category: Financial Accounting

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

Introduction

To manage the TRADE and NON-TRADE system integrity and financial stock including movement reporting.

Job description

·       Accountable for driving non trade stock query resolution with all relevant stakeholders (Non Trade Payables, Procurement, RED, Gift Card, Head Office Facilities (Stationery, Dining Room, Hairdresser, ITS, Special Occasions).

·       Accountable for understanding the technical processes for non-trade stock from end to end.

·       Accountable for communication to BUFM’s on all non-trade stock and gross profit inventory adjustment issues.

·       Responsible for the reconciliation of Non-Trade stock balance sheet accounts (RED, Gift Card, Head Office Facilities (Stationery, Dining Room, Hairdresser, ITS and Special Occasions and stock accrual accounts).

·       Accountable operationally and financially for Non-Trade stocktakes of warehouses including capturing, approval and reporting thereof.

·       To reconcile the stock ledger to the records held at the outsourced stock location.

·       To ensure that all charges to the manufacturer are accurate and are adjusted against stock.

·       To ensure accurate costing of RED imported Non trade stock including ‘all on cost’ additional charges.ie.freight and duty.

·       Accountable operationally and financially for non-trade stocktakes of warehouses including reporting thereof.

·       Responsible for the reconciliation of certain non-trade stock balance sheet accounts.

·       Responsible for processing miscellaneous transactions (receipt and issuing of stock) as per BU requests

·       To keep record of all gift cards(WW and CRG) issued out of stock to stores, head office and external corporates

·       Process monthly billing for stores relating to gift card stock issued and relating service charges.ie.courier and management fees.

·       To reconcile the gift card stock ledger to the records held at the outsourced stock location(Crossgate)and ensure that all charges to the manufacturer are accurate and are adjusted against stock

·       Accountable for first receipt of Red Imported Non Trade stock and liaise closely with Finance Imports Team to ensure payment thereof

·       Accurate calculation of costing profit/ loss and filing of the RED shipment file with supporting documentation

·       Meet with relevant stakeholders to ensure accurate closure of the shipments.

·       To ensure the WIP (Work in Progress) Special Occasions account is fully reconciled and process adjustments to ensure billing takes place to recover funds from suppliers.

·       Ensuring that the non-trade stock is accurately aged for possible provisions.

·       Providing input into finance policies, principles and procedures

·       Training relevant stakeholders to understand and communicate finance’s business requirement across multiple departments/divisions for non-trade.

·       Working with the Business Systems Analyst to communicate the business requirement and interaction to ensure that any development meets the business need.

·       Assisting with the analysis of process changes, risk impacts and communication required.

·       Responsible for status reporting, feedback on issues and risks.

·       Responsible for reconciling Division 5 stock clearing and stock control accounts.

·       Responsible for compiling Division 5 stock rollforwards

·       Liaising with Auditors

Minimum requirements

TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL

·       Understand and apply financial accounting principles and concepts including knowledge of IFRS.

·       Able to use & solve problems in a large, complex, integrated Finance IT system and to process large volumes of financial transactions.

·       Able to apply accounting knowledge in a large IT driven accounting environment and identify financial exposure and risk.

·       Strong Excel skills and ability to use business reporting tools e.g. Oracle, Qlikview,  Cognos etc.

·       Strong numeric ability.

·       1 year’s reconciliation experience required.

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

·       B. Comm. (Accounting)/ BTech 3-year.

·       2-3 year experience in accounting or financial environment.

 BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS

·       Problem Solving ability

·       Committed to high quality standards

·       Ability to work accurately with attention to detail

·       Ability to work autonomously

·       Communication skills (written and verbal)

·       Service oriented

·       Self-Starter

·       Effective Time Management Skills

·       Team Player

·       Analytical

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