Stock Financial Analyst
Position summary
Introduction
Job description
· Accountable for driving stock query resolution with all relevant stakeholders (IT, Merchandise, ROG and Supply Chain).
· Accountable for understanding the technical processes for stock from end to end.
· Accountable for understanding certain technical query statements in Oracle/RMS.
· Accountable for communication to BUFM’s on all stock and gross profit inventory adjustment issues.
· Accountable for checking integrity of Stock reports in Data Warehouse General Ledger/RMS.
· Responsible for ensuring that the RMS hospital and ATA (All Transactions Audits) is monitored relating to stocktakes at all Woolworths locations.
· Responsible for ensuring that RMS internal diagnostics are monitored.
· Accountable operationally and financially for stocktakes of corporate stores, division 5 stores and all warehouses including reporting of the stores stocktake cycles (including the maintaining of the stocktake published schedule).
· Responsible for the reconciliation of certain stock balance sheet accounts (clearing accounts etc).
· Resolving store / warehouse queries and ensuring transactions are recorded accurately in the general ledger (Triceps to RMS to Oracle).
· Responsible for ensuring that all the DC’s and Xdock alignments are by facilitating meetings regarding mock and actual alignments with the respective Supply Chain managers and IT support staff.
· Providing input into finance policies, principles and procedures.
· Work shopping with relevant stakeholders to understand and communicate finance’s business requirement across multiple departments/divisions.
· Working with the Business Systems Analyst to communicate the business requirement and ongoing interaction to ensure that any development meets the business need.
· Assisting with the analysis of process changes, risk impacts and communication required.
· Responsible for status reporting, feedback on issues and risks.
· Responsible for clearing unknown and error interface reports .
· Responsible for monitoring CA Finance stock group Unicentre and resolve any store related queries logged.
· Adhoc requests.
Minimum requirements
Technical and Functional
· Understand and apply financial accounting principles and concepts including knowledge of IFRS.
· Able to use and solve problems in a large, complex, integrated Finance IT system and to process large volumes of financial transactions.
· Apply to apply accounting knowledge in a large IT driven accounting environment and identify financial exposure and risk.
· Able to effectively use financial business reporting systems (e.g. Cognos, Qlikview, Hyperion and Oracle Financials)etc.
· Strong Excel skills etc.
· Extracting data from SQL queries for RMS, Oracle and Datawarehouse.
Minimum Qualification
· Accounting Degree / National Diploma or equivalent .
· 2-5 years in experience in either stock (inventory) or supply chain environment (FMCG industry).
Behavioral Skills
· Good communication skills (verbal and written)
· Integrity and sound judgement ability
· Attention to detail
· Accuracy
· Deadline driven
· Team player