Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
Lee-Zanne Flaatten
Stellenbosch 
JOB SUMMARY
The primary responsibility of the role is to oversee and manage Commercial Accounting for export activities, ensuring accurate financial tracking, compliance, and optimization of export-related transactions. The role includes preparing, analyzing, and reporting financial data related to exports, supporting decision-making processes, and maintaining clear communication with internal and external stakeholders regarding financial outcomes
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
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Review weekly invoices and costing of previous week;
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Process account sales and costs on Palbroker (freight, transport, storage, inspections, landside;
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Review ROE and communicate to commercial;
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Compile list of Age Receivables – communicate via email to clients and Commercial team;
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Clearing and allocation of funds;
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Compile list of grower payouts weekly;
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Update ROE for the week for invoicing, costing and Grower Payout;
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Communicate with Commercial team to sign off grower payouts and account sales;
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Update and compile weekly Currency Cashflow;
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Process Payments of Forex;
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Prepare and communicate forex transactions;
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Prepare and update Balance sheet control accounts on Xero;
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Ensure all transactions, both supplier and customer pull through on Power BI app;
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Issue of custom / commercial invoices to freight forwarders.
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Operations – Assist ad hoc;
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Commercial – Ad hoc reporting and pull data;
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Director – Ad hoc reporting and pull data.
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Ensure the company is compliant (Both Namibia and South Africa) with all local requirements such as:
SARB approval
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Review Exports and integration between Palbroker, Xero and Power BI;
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Prepare, process and communicate all Export data as required.
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QUALIFICATIONS:
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Bcom Management Accounting;
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CIMA will be advantageous.
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KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED:
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Fully bilingual (English and Afrikaans);
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Good inter-personal skills with a proven ability to build relationships and manage a team;
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Strong administrative and time management skills;
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Ability to take inititiative;
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Good computer skills (MS Office, Office 365 Outlook, Excel and Xero, Power BI, SQL);
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Ability to solve problems;
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Ability to multitask;
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Strong analytical ability & attention to detail;
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Pro-activ & energetic;
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Teamplayer;
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Disciplined & Focus;
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Ability to work under pressure within time constraints.
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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
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Understand export industry and the importance of information for all related parties;
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Previous experience (Minimum 5 years) in the fruit industry (Commodity knowledge), farming culture, operations and how the process flow works from farm to staging or export facilities;
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Accounting experience; specifically cashflow, cost management, exchange rate;
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Logistical system experience, specifically optimalization of system to fit business needs;
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Accounting system knowledge, the integration of systems and running parallel systems;
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Basic data system knowledge (Microsoft BI, SQL, Excel);
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Email CV in WORD format: cvs@agricruitment.co.za
Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks.
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