A Cape Town-based multinational corporation is looking for an Inventory Accountant to join its successful finance team.
Within: Chief Financial Officer: Retail
Qualifications: Diploma in Finance (Major in Management / Cost Accounting)
Live: At least three to five years of experience in a management accountant role in a medium to large retail environment. Inventory experience essential.
Required Skills: * Analytical thinking
* Working knowledge of an ERP system (preferably Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Business Central)
* Working knowledge of inventory costs in a retail environment
* Knowledge of imports and currencies preferable
* Excellent communication skills
* Highly skilled in Excel
Functions:
- Consumption and aging of stocks
- Update the standard cost of consumables
- Analysis and reconciliation of the cost of sales variance account
- Reconciliation of accounts payable on consignment
- Manage imports
- Forex hedging and banker liaison
- Manage the relationship with a freight forwarder
- Reconciliation of supplier prepayments (local and imports)
- Provisioning and reconciliation of inventory losses
- Half-yearly inventory count and reconciliation with the general ledger
- Reconciliation of consumables stocks
- Marketing inventory reconciliation
- Management of inventory debts
- Warehouse KPI report
- Calculation of the monthly provision for inventory obsolescence
- Weekly sales reports and other reports
- Investigate anomalies
- Ad hoc projects
Behavioral skills:
- Precision and attention to detail
- Proactive and motivated
- Presentation and communication skills
- Problem analysis and judgment
- Plan and organize
- Client orientation
- Ability to work under pressure and self-manage
- Fast and flexible learner
- Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
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