Accountant – (Value Added Services) VAS needed at TFG

Key Performance Areas:

• Preparation and consolidation of VAS P&L relating to month end and budget/forecast
• Review and adjust planning working papers received from the Planning and Management Reporting Centre of Excellence;
• Support the Finance Manager in analysing management reports and financial performance of the division against its specific targets;
• Analyse standard monthly management reports received from the CoE and SSC, and provide interpretation and commentary for the Finance Manager review;
• Support with year-end procedures and reports;
• Review and adjust OPEX forecasts for the divisions in line with business requirements.
• Ensure the planning tool accurately reflects actuals and projections for all costs.
• Ensure charge backs received by the division are accurate and accepted.
• Populate journal templates and supporting documentation to submit to the Record to Report function within Shared Services (including but not limited to accruals, year-end journals, intercompany entries);
• Ensure that the inputs to and the management of any assets within the division are provided to the SSC.
• Perform sundry cost centre management activities.
• Prepare ad hoc or tailored financial reports required by the division.
• Perform business unit specific finance activities, or ad hoc finance activities requiring contact or physical interface with colleagues in the divisions.
• Support the Finance and Systems Management CoE and VAS division on new systems or projects requirement gathering, testing and deployment.
• Act as a super user for the new Non-Merchandise Procurement tool – Coupa – for the division.
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Perform the calculations required as inputs to those month-end charges/ allocations relating to external parties as well as insurance allocations/ accruals.
• Support Finance manager in allocations to Trading divisions.
• Perform mailing cost allocations and reporting.
• Reconciliation of all VAS billings sold via debit order
• Support with development activities/ UAT related to ROOT (new insurance system) – enhancements/ changes.
• Ensure Claims bordereaux are accurately prepared by the claims team, and that  claims funds are settled timeously by the insurers.
• Preparation of quarterly NCR reports for Insurance division

Stakeholder Relationships 

• Support the Finance manager
• Act as the interface between the business and the CoE/ SSC;
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive strong interactions and engagements across the finance operating model.
• Ensure the engagement with relevant internal and external stakeholders within TFG.

Qualification and Experience

•  Diploma in Financial/ Management Accounting 
•  BCom degree preferred is preferred
• 3-5 years post qualification experience