Marketplace Financial Accountant

An exciting opportunity awaits a successful Marketplace Accountant who wants to build a stable career with a large Retail / FMCG organisation.  If you are looking for a great working environment that is challenging and rewarding then this is the role for you.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, adapt and implement new processes and procedures as well as the maintenance thereof, to integrate the marketplace business unit into new/existing ERP system.
• Implement, controls and measurements to mitigate financial risk within a hyper-growth environment
• Continuous implementation of automated processes to scale with business needs 
• Work closing with internal and external stakeholders, to align on single processes and procedures relating to the business unit
• Managing the efficiency and effectiveness of the financial aspects of the seller onboarding and maintenance process, including continuing development of the process at scale
• Full ownership of the payment cycle to ensure complete and accurate payments processing of Marketplace sellers
• Preparation and reporting of business unit KPI
• Quality review of monthly seller reconciliations, including management and control aging
• Month-end procedures and reporting (income statement + balance sheet + operational reporting)
• Work with operations and compliance departments to manage finance-related risk.
• Work closely with internal business stakeholders, including Retail, Marketplace, Supply Chain, Logistics and Engineering

Requirements:

• Relevant B.com degree- Honours would be advantageous
• SAICA / SAIPA articles
• 3 - 5 Years relevant experience in a similar finance role
• Proven experience in implementing systems/processes to mitigate financial risk
• High proficiency in advanced Excel
• Experience in Retail / FMCG / Marketplaces advantageous
• MySQL/Looker/Qliksense experience advantageous

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