Financial Administrator

About this role

Pepkor Lifestyle’s Finance Operations team in Sandton, Gauteng, is looking for a Finance Administrator. You will support service delivery to Group Finance employees and help improve how the Finance function works over the long term.

What you’ll do

• Confirm customer direct deposit payments into Head Office bank accounts across all entities, and record them on the verification sheet.
• Reply to stores with bank proof and a reference number, and collect original deposit receipts for filing.
• Handle forex releases, store quotations and approvals for larger payments, including sending proof of payment to the Finance Executive for amounts above R500,000.
• Clear outstanding direct deposit transactions, resolve over- and under-sale queries, and post the correct journal entries.
• Keep balance sheet reconciliations up to date, with no reconciling items older than 3 months, and finish all reconciliations by the 13th working day of each month.
• Answer general email queries, including requests for bank confirmation letters and company documents.
• Support the wider Finance Department when needed.

What you need

• Grade 12.
• A Diploma in Finance, Communications, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of banking experience.
• Proven experience in a finance administration role.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Strong maths skills, the ability to multitask, and good query handling and problem-solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and a customer-first attitude.
• Attention to detail, resilience under pressure, and the drive to improve processes.

Is this job for you?

This role suits someone who enjoys detailed finance admin and keeps to strict deadlines. You should be comfortable dealing with store and internal queries, and you should enjoy suggesting better ways of working.

Tips before you apply

• Have your Grade 12 certificate and diploma transcript ready, along with proof of your banking experience.
• On your CV, list the finance systems and reconciliation work you have done, and show your Advanced Excel skills with examples.
• Give concrete examples of a time you met a tight deadline or improved a process, with the results you achieved.