Woolworths | View - Accountant II

Listing reference: woolw_001213

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 5 June 2025

Industry: Financial Services

Job category: Financial Accounting

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

To deliver all the required accounting general ledger reconciliations and controls to ensure effective and accurate payments to local suppliers.

Ensure full reconciliation of General Ledger accounts in accordance with GAAP and WW financial principles
Ensure fully reconciled and detailed provisions for all accounts within the creditors environment
Manage all the required systems interventions for administering all payments e.g. pre-lim reports
Ensure fully reconciled trial balance items, delivered timeously with detail required for management reporting.
Ensure that sub-ledgers are compliant with the rigors of audit to substantiate values in the balance sheet.
Ensure proper working of the EFT payment process, including access controls / accuracy / validity of payments
Prepare timeous management reporting in line with best practice.
Ensure integrity and control around Master Data Maintenance, including supplier terms, banking details, etc.
Address any internal issues as they arise.

Ad hoc reporting as requested by management.

Technical Skills:

B. Comm / B.Tech / 3-year Finance Diploma or equivalent
3 years management experience in an Accounting environment
Awareness of GAAP / WW Financial Principles and sound understanding of accounting processes
Able to apply accounting knowledge in a large IT driven accounting environment and solve problems in a large, complex, integrated system that processes large volumes of financial transactions
Able to effectively use Excel and Walker financial system

Behavioural Skills: