Pick n Pay is recruiting: Applications for the Trainee Accountant opportunity are now open!
Closing date: 09 May 2024
Here is a chance for you to land a cereer at Pick n Pay, because it’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!
Careers at Pick n Pay
Founded in 1967, Pick n Pay is one of the largest retail chains in South Africa, serving millions of customers across the African continent.
Apart from being committed to creating an exceptional shopping experience for customers, Pick n Pay is also dedicated to providing an enriching, vibrant work environment for its thousands of employees.
The company strives to be the employer of choice, attracting and retaining the best talent in the industry. The work environment at Pick n Pay fosters growth, celebrates achievements, and values individual contributions.
Here, your work will be meaningful, recognized, and rewarded.
Job Purpose for Trainee Accountants
The purpose of this position is to ensure that company policies and procedures are adhered with regards to the processing of all Property Finance related documentation for South Africa Corporate and Franchise Stores, Supply Chain, Botswana, Eswatini and Lesotho.
Qualifications
- Diploma or Degree in Accounting related studies
- 2 – 3 Years proven experience in an accounting environment,
- SAP Finance knowledge
- Computer literacy in MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Skills and Competencies
- Attention to detail
- Accurate, thorough and methodical
- Conscientious (by the book)
- Sense of urgency
- Ability to handle routine work
- Excellent communication skills, and ability to lead a team
- Excellent people management skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent query resolution skills (ability to resolve second level queries)
- Continuous and consistent professionalism in all aspects of work
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure that company policies and procedures are adhered to in terms of General Ledger Accounting, Processing of Expense Payments, and over-seeing and assisting with Rental Payments and supervision of the rental team
- Review Property Vendor Statements to ensure invoice and rental queries are timeously and adequately resolved
- Post invoices / credit memo’s prepared by the Rental Team
- Inspect key documents i.e. invoices and contract to ensure that the correct authorizing official has signed off the document(s) and that the correct ledger account and cost centers are used.
- Liaising with key players i.e. Chief Accountant, General Managers and Development Managers, to resolve supplier queries and other internal departmental queries and requests.
- Prepare monthly management account packs and conduct an analysis of ledger accounts to explain unusual variances.
- Improve operating efficiencies of the department by addressing risk factors and cited improvement areas for better performance (audit report items etc); which includes the training of staff
- Process monthly accruals and journals
- Create Expense Purchase Orders
- Process the adhoc tenant installation (TI) invoices to Landlords
- Prepare the Annual Turnover Calculation and Certificate
- Conduct on-going annual Rates Verification
- Assist the Accountant with annual budgets on rates and turnover rent calculations
- Assist with ad hoc duties as outlined by management
How to Apply
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with Pick n Pay!
Follow the guide below:
- Visit the Pick n Pay careers page for available vacancies.
- Locate this Trainee Accountant vacancy from the list and click to open more detail.
- Do you meet the minimum requirements?If you do, proceed and hit the APPLY button. You will be required to fill in a form and upload any documents as part of the application.
All the best with your job-search!
