Accountant: Financial Strategy Jobs

Purpose Statement

To collect and process accurate financial data, providing it to management accountants to support financial performance analysis for the business.

Qualifications

• National Diploma or Diploma in Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, or a related field
• NQF Level 6

Experience

• 3 years of relevant work experience in Management Accounting
• Proven track record in processing journals and reviewing income and expenditure general ledger accounts

Duties and Responsibilities

Functional Management

• Analyze and provide weekly sales information to management accountants.
• Gather and prepare data reports for sales trend analyses.
• Analyze, investigate, and reallocate income and expense account transactions as needed.
• Gather data for preparing financial reports.
• Draw reports from the BI Tool for financial statements and statutory reports.
• Perform variance analysis on expenses.
• Prepare and process journals for reallocations.
• Manage the Procure-To-Pay process related to Financial Strategy, in consultation with the Head.
• Analyze open expense requisitions and orders daily.
• Follow up with business administrators on aging open orders and ensure they are closed.
• Provide feedback to process owners on incorrect allocations.
• Perform ad-hoc Financial Strategy activities as requested by management.
• Compile or provide input to key operational and strategic reports.
• Gather data for compiling budgets and forecasts.
• Perform trend and variance analyses on key revenue and expenditure items.
• Prepare final budget templates.
• Allocate CAPEX motivations from the business to relevant Financial Strategy team members.
• Provide feedback to the business on CAPEX process progress.
• Follow up on the acquisition of capital assets from the Supply Chain Management team.
• Review and resolve CAPEX motivations and queries valued at R250,000 or less.
• Gather data to monitor returns from acquired capital assets.

Risk and Compliance Management

• Assist in identifying and following fraud controls, risk prevention principles, governance, and compliance processes.
• Support internal and external audits by providing evidence.
• Maintain quality risk management standards in line with ISO and regulatory requirements.
• Enforce Service Level Agreements to minimize risks and ensure business continuity.
• Adhere to all relevant laws, policies, and Standard Operating Procedures.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders for better collaboration and reputation management.
• Represent the organization in committees and task teams when required.
• Attend meetings and present information to stakeholders as needed.
• Ensure clear communication with all relevant stakeholders.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Resolve queries and problems within your scope and agreed time frames.
• Follow up on unresolved queries or complaints.
• Liaise with stakeholders for follow-up information as required.

Deadline: 24th December, 2025