Accountant

Job Title: Accountant Company: Ingrain S.A Job Category: SAP FICO Roles & Responsibilities: * Perform daily sales reconciliations and validate supporting documentation. * Investigate and resolve discrepancies relating to sales, weighbridge transactions, inventory movements, and cost of sales. * Prepare and process journal entries in SAP. * Manage inter\-company/inter\-mill transactions, reconciliations, and related accounting entries. * Support fixed asset management, including asset verifications, CAPEX administration, reconciliations, and work\-in\-progress monitoring. * Manage petty cash reconciliations, journals, and documentation. * Oversee payment processes, cash flow requirements, and payment compliance. * Process and reconcile corporate credit card expenses. * Review and approve purchase orders in line with company policies and delegated authority levels. * Validate payroll information, including overtime and monthly payroll transactions. * Prepare and review balance sheet and income statement reconciliations and investigate outstanding items. * Prepare and distribute weekly financial and operational performance reports. * Compile monthly management accounts and variance analysis reports. * Support the preparation of monthly finance reports and management packs. * Assist with half\-year and year\-end financial reporting requirements. ### Budgeting \& Cost Management * Monitor expenditure and ensure accurate allocation of costs to cost centres and general ledger accounts. * Analyse budget variances and engage with departmental managers to address overspending. * Facilitate financial review discussions with operational teams. * Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process. * Consolidate departmental budgets and assist with financial trend analysis. ### Internal Controls \& Audit Support * Monitor compliance with internal financial controls and company policies. * Maintain and improve financial processes, controls, and documentation. * Assist with internal and external audits and respond to audit\-related queries. * Prepare audit schedules, reports, and supporting documentation. ### Team Support \& Continuous Improvement * Provide leadership support to the Finance team in the absence of the Financial Manager. * Act as backup support for key finance functions. * Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and business process enhancements. * Collaborate with cross\-functional teams to improve controls and operational efficiency. * Participate in special projects and strategic initiatives as required. * Reconciliations and controls: daily weighbridge, dispatch and cost\-of\-sales reconciliations, plus balance sheet reconciliations and internal controls * Cost and management accounting: variance analysis, weekly cost\-centre reporting, budgets and forecasts * IFRS and VAT: correct accounting treatment, and VAT compliance on transactions and payments * SAP and Excel: journals, fixed assets, stock and large\-volume data analysis * Inventory and spares: cycle counts, month\-end stock counts and discrepancy reporting * Accountability and attention to detail: accurate, complete reporting delivered on time * Critical thinking and courage: challenging overspends and controls failures, and having difficult conversations * Business partnering: working with HODs, production and engineering, and leading performance meetings * Resilience: coping with pressure and deadlines, including overtime and stock counts at 6 am on the 1st of every month * Integrity and confidentiality: living Ingrain’s values and code of conduct * Safety: following mill safety rules ### Duties and Responsibilities Work Location: Kliprivier, GP, South Africa Availability: Full time

### Minimum Requirements Qualifications and experience (Mandatory) * A BCom in Accounting and Finance, or equivalent * 5 years’ full accounting and reporting experience * 3–5 years in manufacturing Technical skills (Advanced) Key Skills: General Ledger Salary: Not disclosed