Accountant at Clover

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Job Description

Reference NumberCLO250930-1
Job TitleAccountant
Job TypePermanent
DepartmentSec Distribution

Clover is looking for an Accountant to assist management with the administrative and financial aspects in Distribution, such as Control and reconcile Driver accounts and cash, Control payments - Stock and Commodities  and assist with month end, budgets and year end . This position is based at Clover Head Ofiice in Roodepoort.  

Job Industry

Finance, Accounting And Assurance Services

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

Administer inventory, stock, crates, pallets and fuel

  • Ensure stock is managed correctly and balanced between system and balance sheet accounts
  • Ensure stock is correctly reflected in GL e.g. no credit stock values in GL and prices used during month was correct
  • Perform stock reconciliations monthly and follow up where necessary

Control and reconcile Driver accounts and cash            

  • Reconcile General Ledger in respect of Drivers accounts with regards to Cashless, EFTS and Cash.
  • Reconcile all cash that flows through at branch i.e. deposit slip, cash receipts & bank statement
  • Follow up on all EFT's owed by customers indicated as COD, cashless
  • Follow up on Driver journals done at branch with Branch Admin Manager/Controller with regards to driver write offs.
  • Oversight of Account receivable function and ensuring that monthly reconciliations for each payment tender type is completed by the relevant personnel.

Control payments - Stock and Commodities      

  • Ensure every vendor invoice has a printed Clover PO number.
  • Oversight of creditors payments and dealing with queries around receipted stock quantities.
  • Ensure that all invoices are accompanied by a corresponding authorised PO according to signatory Clover policy.
  • Manage branch capex expenditures with corresponding PO's and capex applications.

Assist with month end, budgets and year end   

  • Assist with internal and external audit requirements as related to Primary and Distribution.
  • Ensure that Clover policies are adhered to
  • Complete year end schedules for audit.
  • Analyse variances from budget and report
  • Ensure that branch provision accounts are accurate and comply with IFRS requirements.
  • Ensure the reconciliation of all balance sheet reconciliations.

Perform debtors and administrative tasks           

  • Perform debtor control account reconciliations and report deviations as related to Cash, Cashless and EFT
  • Ensure that adhoc debtors invoicing takes place and are followed up regularly to ensure payment
  • Assist branch management with projects
  • Ensure that monthly fixed costs are correct for both Primary and Distribution divisions.
  • Assist with month end processing and reporting for Primary and Distribution.
  • Assist with adhoc information and reports for both Primary and Distribution.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • Degree 
  • Business English: Fluent 
  • Computer literacy (Advanced)  
  • Experience in working with senior management 
  • Travel off-site/overnight stay 
  • Proactive and action orientated  
  • Acts with honesty and consistency  
  • Solves problems through effective decision making. 
  • Clear and sound reasoning ability  
  • Maintains high standards  
  • Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective  
  • Interpersonal effectiveness  
  • Commitment and motivation  
  • Administrative capabilities  
  • Thinking and reasoning logically  
  • Application of financial principles and practices  
  • Ability to apply numerical principles  

Application Process

Close Date

11/10/2025