Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
Lee-Zanne Flaatten
Durbanville 
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
| Review weekly invoices and costing of previous week; |
| Process account sales and costs on Palbroker (freight, transport, storage, inspections, landside; |
| Review ROE and communicate to commercial; |
| Compile list of Age Receivables – communicate via email to clients and Commercial team; |
| Clearing and allocation of funds; |
| Compile list of grower payouts weekly; |
| Update ROE for the week for invoicing, costing and Grower Payout; |
| Communicate with Commercial team to sign off grower payouts and account sales; |
| Update and compile weekly Currency Cashflow; |
| Process Payments of Forex; |
| Prepare and communicate forex transactions; |
| Prepare and update Balance sheet control accounts on Xero; |
| 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.
| Operations – Assist ad hoc; |
| Commercial – Ad hoc reporting and pull data; |
| 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; |
| Prepare, process and communicate all Export data as required. |
QUALIFICATIONS:
| Bcom Management Accounting; |
| CIMA will be advantageous. |
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED:
| Fully bilingual (English and Afrikaans); |
| Good inter-personal skills with a proven ability to build relationships and manage a team; |
| Strong administrative and time management skills; |
| Ability to take inititiative; |
| Good computer skills (MS Office, Office 365 Outlook, Excel and Xero, Power BI, SQL); |
| Ability to solve problems; |
| Ability to multitask; |
| Strong analytical ability & attention to detail; |
| Pro-activ & energetic; |
| Teamplayer; |
| Disciplined & Focus; |
| Ability to work under pressure within time constraints. |
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
| Understand export industry and the importance of information for all related parties; |
| 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; |
| Accounting experience; specifically cashflow, cost management, exchange rate; |
| Logistical system experience, specifically optimalization of system to fit business needs; |
| Accounting system knowledge, the integration of systems and running parallel systems; |
| Basic data system knowledge (Microsoft BI, SQL, Excel); |
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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