Distribution Centre Accountant - Clairwood KwaZulu-Natal

Role Outline

This position involves the management of financial systems, procedures, and controls to provide accurate and reliable information, safeguarding assets, interpreting financial and operational information to facilitate appropriate action, implementing, monitoring, and controlling the budget, ensuring accurate and timely submission of monthly financial information, providing financial and commercial support, directing functions such as forecasting/budgeting, management accounting, and activity-based accounting, appraising operating results, directing, coordinating, and planning work activities of the team, and managing resources to optimize customer service  and "making DHL a great place to work".   

 Key Responsibilities

 Reviewing the General Ledger:

Identify variations and take corrective action. Identify costs still required and raise journals accordingly. Investigate costs in the GL that have been incorrectly posted by a third party. Analyse account codes reports. Review weekly/monthly reports. Create weekly FLASH report. Prepare monthly FLASH report and send to relevant parties in line with G&Ls.

Create weekly Management Pack. Review against the GL to ensure correct figures are reported to Unilever. Interact with executives regarding commentary.

Reconcile balance sheet accounts to identify errors and correct them. Review income statement reconciliations in relation to cost analysis per cost centre per prime code. Provide income and accurate information regarding cell phone reconciliations. Ensure stock loss valuations are correct. Manage the stationary usage analysis. Prepare Month-end and International external pack. Meet and exceed operational service levels.

Encourage and reward constructive internal completeness to benefit the client, DHL, and individual employees.

Health and Safety. Employment Equity. Labor Relations. Legislative. Environmental Issues. Ensure regular monitoring is maintained at a high level of compliance.

Ensure appropriate staffing levels. Ensure high level of competence in staff. Manage industrial relations by ensuring appropriate disciplinary actions are taken.

Budget Management. Delivery of KPIs.

Communication, Staff Motivation, Staff Discipline, Performance Management, Training and Development, Change Management. Delivery of a secure, clean, and fair work environment for team members. Team Building and Morale Management. Ensuring compliance of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures). Operating IT systems as required.

Ability to meet deadlines and meet KPIs.

Review all balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and avoidance of unanticipated costs. Preparation of half-year and year-end statutory reports for Corporate submission. VAT, Company Tax, Deferred Tax, and regulatory and tax pack reporting as necessary. Annual budget preparation.  Development of Management reporting to Operations. Optimization of working capital and cash flow management.

Work with Business Unit management to develop strategic commercial opportunities to enhance profitability. Maintain and enhance decision-making through the provision and use of first-class financial information based on strong operational information and controls. Initial preparation of PRB documentation for contract acquisitions, capex, and other commercial opportunities as well as the management of post approval process including back checks. Provide thorough coordination and oversight of budget and quarterly forecast processes. Determine and implement performance analyses and reporting processes. Ensure accuracy and integrity of DHL GL ensuring process and require review and clearing of balance sheet reconciliation items.

Review management and control of transaction processing within the business and in particular the accuracy and integrity of the source process. Ensure compliance with all Group and local deadlines and requirements.

Management of the development and succession of financial personnel within the DC structures. Provide direction and advice to senior management in relation to risk, commercial contracts, approval of business cases, and overall approach to managing financial performance. Ensure compliance with all local statutory accounting rules and requirements. Interpretation of financial and interrelated operational information.

Accurately and timely to meet deadlines. Provide the management of the Distribution Centre with the appropriate level of Financial and Administrative skills and support. Act as a link between the financial/administrative processes and operational functions.

Qualifications/ Skills/Competencies/Experiences

Matric. Charted Management Accountant/ Diploma in Cost and Management Accounting. BCom with Management/ Cost Accounting experience in an operational environment. Expected Educational Qualification – CA.

English - verbal and written