Title: Accountant (Sales) - Night Shift
The Accountant (Sales) is responsible for monitoring, validating, and recording sales and other related transactions from stores. The role includes sales reporting, sales-based transaction processing, and escalation management.
1. Sales Data Monitoring, Recording, and Validation
- Generate Daily Sales Reports & monitor the completeness of sales data in the HO Module.
- Review sales open & closed readings and coordinate incomplete or invalid data with Corporate IM (SDT team).
- Validate store deviations against bank deposits and escalate issues or unusual transactions to Store RM/Area Managers/SBU Operations and SBU Finance.
- Prepare appropriate adjusting entries for validated transactions, store-level punching errors, and record uncaptured sales in SAP.
- Prepare & submit Quarterly & Annual sales certificates to stores/Tax Services Team for local business tax assessments and retirements.
- Prepare & submit certified monthly sales certificates (CMSR) to Stores/Lessors/Accounts Payable Team for percentage rental computations.
- Ensure data in the HO Module is reconciled with data in SAP.
2. Cash Monitoring and Validation
- Generate daily bank statements and Theoretical Cash summary reports, identifying and reporting cash control deviations based on the Cash Control Escalation Policy.
- Monitor the closure of cash deviations/issues escalated and periodically report status to immediate superior and manager.
- Evaluate recommended adjusting entries for overages/shortages & any other non-sales cash deposits, including re-classification of cash clearing to correct Cash GL & record and post accordingly.
- Prepare monthly Bank Reconciliation Schedule, analyze reconciling items, and ensure closure of open items.
3. Free Meals Recording
- Generate daily HO Free Meals Report & monitor the completeness of Free Meals data received in the HO Module.
- Prepare journal entries for Free Meals related transactions, including the corresponding free meals amount for those sales not captured in SAP.
4. Computation and Recording of Sales-Based Transactions
- Compute and prepare sales-related entries for:
- Local taxes accruals
- Disallowed input VAT allocations
- Local advertising accruals
- Theoretical Royalty & Ads
5. Other Reports & Requirements
- Generate, prepare, and validate reports as required for submission to team leader & manager.
- Submit documents required by business partners and immediate superior.
6. Internal & External Audit
- Attend to External/Internal Audit requirements during interim, year-end, and ad-hoc audits as assigned by Team Leader.
- Prepare and submit documents, schedules, reports, and data as requested by auditors.
7. Organizational Excellence
- Provide reports, data, and information for the periodic Service Level Agreement (SLA) results documentation and assessments.
- Participate in company initiatives/process improvement projects (within JWS and JFC Group) and company events and activities.
Job Qualifications
- Must be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy.
- Must be amenable to work in a night shift.
- Displays positive attitude and behavior
- Speaks clearly and professionally, able to communicate business processes to internal and external customers both orally and in writing
- Demonstrates sensitivity to the needs of people of different backgrounds by showing respect and consideration
- Shows willingness to seek out opportunities and means for continuous learning both formal and informal