An established Tulbagh based Wine & Luxury Accommodation estate, is seeking a skilled accountant to maintain & develop the finance & Administration backbone of their business. This position requires a financially astute individual who is comfortable in the passionate, sometimes unstructured, but always rewarding environment of the wine industry.
You will have experience in coercing the farm manager to keep slips, negotiate with the zealous winemaker to choose the slightly cheaper bottle & encourage the sales manager to commit to a sales budget. You will understand how to cost a bottle of wine, how excise is calculated and submitted and how to support management with information to ensure that strategic goals are met.
This position will ideally suit a “problem solver” who is rewarded by finding solutions for typical daily challenges & implementing changes to avoid them. You will have a natural ability to gently guide and mentor team members to adhere to good financial practice. Someone who is not scared to get involved and who, ultimately, becomes the constant in daily operations.
Xero Accounting is the software of choice and Marketman & Lightspeed are utilized to control stock & record hospitality operations. Whilst experience point of sales systems is advantageous, a solid understanding of Xero is a requirement. An Excel jockey will be great, but being comfortable using it daily will also be good. Payroll is currently managed externally.
The duties will encompass, but not be limited to, the following:
Daily
- General accounting, allocations of income & expenditure, invoices and assistance as required.
Weekly
- Oversee Stock take in the tasting room & investigate discrepancies
- Reconcile Xero & POS integration to eliminate discrepancies
- Update agent sales summaries for distribution to the team
Monthly
- Bank reconciliation
- Control account reconciliations
- Loan account reconciliation
- Payroll import & control account reconciliation
- Excise & Sawis Submission
- Commission calculations & distribution
- Oversee Stock counts & investigate discrepancies
- Supplier & Customer Age Analysis with supporting information
- Preparation & Submission of VAT returns
- Monthly Management Pack
Annually
- Budgets & Cashflow
- Costing & Stock valuations
- Preparation of audit documents & Assistance
- Ad hoc – Continuous optimization of systems & structures to ensure recording, control & reporting is efficient and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
This position is a hybrid role and will require a home office with high speed & dependable internet. You will be required to visit the farm in Tulbagh at least 4 times per month to ensure systems & stock holding are managed.
Apply online www.solved.co.za