Senior

Fruit Accountant

Senior Fruit Accountant

Position Location: Western Cape 

Please note that this position is based in the Western Cape, and you will be working from the Star South Fruits office in Wellington, Western Cape.

Qualifications

  • BCompt. Degree or BTech Degree

Experience & Knowledge

  • Completed articles at a registered auditing firm or a minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience
  • Must have sufficient experience within the fresh fruit industry
  • Computer skills and extensive experience in Excel
  • Cost accounting and standard cost principles essential
  • Forex handling

Characteristics

  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Energetic and disciplined
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work cooperatively in a team
  • High attention to detail is a prerequisite
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Job Description

  • Manage full creditors process on producers:
    • Capturing and review of produce and related cost elements and related adjustments
    • Weekly preparation and review of payments to producers
    • Sending of payment remittances to producers
    • Reporting on producer payment summaries
    • Managing ledgers for any deductions on producer payments
  • Cashflow management
  • Monthly updating and monitoring of standard costs and related variances
  • Invoicing of costs back to producers
  • Management of balance sheet items, relating to control accounts on standard cost
  • Various reporting
  • Onboarding of new customers and producers
  • Processing of commercial invoices and credit notes
  • Preparation and review of weekly and monthly commercial creditor payments
  • Any other relevant accounting functions as required

Remuneration

  • Market related, depending on experience and qualifications

Applications

Please send your CV and cover letter, including salary expectation to . Kindly ensure your subject includes the position you are applying for. If you have not received any feedback within two weeks, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

We serve four key groups across the diverse sector of fresh produce:

Fruit producers and retailers, both within South Africa and abroad. It’s a world of good produce, good people and good prices. An extensive, vast world which we navigate via committed one-on-one relationships, to offer personalised service and tailored solutions/shipments.

How can we help you?

Partner with us as we navigate the landscape together.

Danèl van Deventer

Commercial Manager

Trust between client and company is everything.”

Danél started out in the industry in 2010 and has been working her way up ever since. She began in logistics and now serves as a commercial manager, drawing from her in-depth understanding of the cost chain. Danél is passionate about figs and has been dedicated to the export of almost 70% of the South African fig offering for the past seven years.

Department: Management & Support
Market: Far East, Europe, United Kingdom, Canada, Middle East
Produce: Figs

“We are in no other business than the people business.”

Jaco is a born entrepreneur and has been trading fruit since the age of 12 when he started his first business. He has experience in all major business areas, including farming, handling, transport, logistics, IT, marketing operations, finance, management, international and domestic affairs. He is fluent in French and also has basic Spanish language skills.