Financial Accountant - Inventory & Stock Optimisation
Core
Full financial ownership of inventory across retail-owned (1P) and marketplace (3P) businesses, ensuring accurate valuations, reconciliations, and IFRS compliance while driving automation and process overhauls.
Role type
Senior Financial Accountant (Inventory & Stock Optimisation)
Builds
Automated WACP calculation processes, inventory health dashboards, and reconciliation frameworks for fragmented data environments.
Domain
E-commerce retail and marketplace supply chain finance
Required skills
IFRS/IAS 2 inventory accounting, WACP (Weighted Average Cost Price) management, stock system integrations, shrinkage analysis, financial modeling, automation design, data pipeline construction, audit compliance
Preferred skills
CA(SA) or CIMA certification, experience in environments without fully integrated ERP systems, AI-driven process improvement
Technologies
ERP systems, BI tools, data pipelines, reconciliation bots, AI anomaly detection tools
Responsibilities
Maintain accurate and reconciled stock positions across all warehouses and in-transit nodes; Own the month-end inventory close process ensuring zero tolerance for errors; Design and implement automated WACP calculation processes; Investigate and resolve stock integration failures between operational and accounting systems; Identify, quantify, and investigate stock losses and shrinkage; Provide financial modeling and scenario analysis for stock positioning decisions; Lead the year-end stock count process and manage audit queries; Design and maintain inventory finance reporting suites and KPI scorecards.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
