Job Advert Summary    

• Clover is looking for an Accountant to assist management with the administrative and financial aspects in Distribution, such as Control and reconcile Driver accounts and cash, Control payments – Stock and Commodities  and assist with month end, budgets and year end . This position is based at Clover Head Ofiice in Roodepoort. 

Requirements    

• Degree 
• Business English: Fluent 
• Computer literacy (Advanced)  
• Experience in working with senior management 
• Travel off-site/overnight stay 

Competencies    

• Proactive and action orientated  
• Acts with honesty and consistency  
• Solves problems through effective decision making. 
• Clear and sound reasoning ability  
• Maintains high standards  
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective  
• Interpersonal effectiveness  
• Commitment and motivation  
• Administrative capabilities  
• Thinking and reasoning logically  
• Application of financial principles and practices  
• Ability to apply numerical principles  

Duties and Responsibilities    
Administer inventory, stock, crates, pallets and fuel

• Ensure stock is managed correctly and balanced between system and balance sheet accounts
• Ensure stock is correctly reflected in GL e.g. no credit stock values in GL and prices used during month was correct
• Perform stock reconciliations monthly and follow up where necessary

Control and reconcile Driver accounts and cash            

• Reconcile General Ledger in respect of Drivers accounts with regards to Cashless, EFTS and Cash.
• Reconcile all cash that flows through at branch i.e. deposit slip, cash receipts & bank statement
• Follow up on all EFT’s owed by customers indicated as COD, cashless
• Follow up on Driver journals done at branch with Branch Admin Manager/Controller with regards to driver write offs.
• Oversight of Account receivable function and ensuring that monthly reconciliations for each payment tender type is completed by the relevant personnel.

Control payments – Stock and Commodities      

• Ensure every vendor invoice has a printed Clover PO number.
• Oversight of creditors payments and dealing with queries around receipted stock quantities.
• Ensure that all invoices are accompanied by a corresponding authorised PO according to signatory Clover policy.
• Manage branch capex expenditures with corresponding PO’s and capex applications.

Assist with month end, budgets and year end   

• Assist with internal and external audit requirements as related to Primary and Distribution.
• Ensure that Clover policies are adhered to
• Complete year end schedules for audit.
• Analyse variances from budget and report
• Ensure that branch provision accounts are accurate and comply with IFRS requirements.
• Ensure the reconciliation of all balance sheet reconciliations.

Perform debtors and administrative tasks           

• Perform debtor control account reconciliations and report deviations as related to Cash, Cashless and EFT
• Ensure that adhoc debtors invoicing takes place and are followed up regularly to ensure payment
• Assist branch management with projects
• Ensure that monthly fixed costs are correct for both Primary and Distribution divisions.
• Assist with month end processing and reporting for Primary and Distribution.
• Assist with adhoc information and reports for both Primary and Distribution.