Website Shoprite
Shoprite is a major fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) retailer and Africa's largest supermarket chain.
Shoprite is a major fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) retailer and Africa’s largest supermarket chain. Headquartered in South Africa, it primarily offers food and household goods at low prices. The company has since grown significantly, expanding across Africa starting in the 1990s. Its growth included the strategic acquisition of OK Bazaars Group in 1997 and further development across the continent in the 2000s.
Job Objectives
- Provide support and actively participate in all Financial Services projects and operational support related activities including but not limited to: account reconciliations and resolution of in-store financial services transactional activities, finops guidance and general project support.
- Ensure the accurate and timeous delivery of management report inputs. Prepare daily, weekly and monthly financial transactional information as required and ensure compliant data storage and accessibility for future reference: reporting, customer request, audit etc
- Provide support during the implementation and streamlining of finance systems and procedures through automation, control implementation and monitoring.
- Participate in various Financial Services projects generally. Act as a financial services participant.
- Maintain relationships with the various divisions and other stakeholders (divisions, store managers etc).
- Effectively partake and give feedback in meetings with various stakeholders in the financial services area with both internal and external parties.
- Prepare communication and provide support to store management regarding various in-store queries and controls and provide them with the necessary guidance to ensure a smooth in-store transactional experience.
- Work closely with the audit function to ensure that all risks and related areas of reconciliations are identified for audit purposes – at an in-store, Divisional and Head Office level. Communicate with, participate in and support all audit activities and closing of findings etc
- Synthesize and communicate project and business issues on an on-going basis, support the team with the group’s awareness of major business and Financial Services issues, and help to prevent escalations, where possible.
- Actively share insights and information with relevant stakeholders – Act as a financial services knowledge resource for functional teams and provide knowledge transfer to team members as necessary.
Qualifications
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) – (preferred not essential)
- BCom Finance, Commercial or equivalent – (essential)
Experience
- 1-3 years relevant experience in the Financial Services industry: operational process level in-store transactional activities and account reconciliations at a group level with IFRS, Tax and VAT knowledge – (essential).
