The successful candidate will be responsible for the sourcing, collation, processing and
reporting of all information required by the EPR regulations. In addition to this the successful
candidate will be responsible for assisting the Financial Manager with general matters when
required.

This entails:

• Processing of membership applications
• Responding to membership queries
• Completing members' onboarding forms for their systems
• Updating of membership details on the Company’s system and membership
  register
• Assist with the invoicing and debtors' management of members
• Following up on member glass tonnage declarations
• Capturing tonnage detail on the Company system
• Preparing reports for management
• Preparing reasonability checks on members’ volumes
• Supporting the Financial Manager with the monthly management accounts
• Reconciliation of tonnages collected and recycled for reporting to the DFFE
• Completing interim and annual reports for the DFFE
• Liaison with the company auditors for EPR audits
• Develop and maintain a system to collect the extended producer responsibility
  fees
• Preparation of all information required for the biannual audits
• Conduct internal biannual financial audits and make these audit reports available
  to the department upon request
• Make the internal biannual audit reports available to the external auditor and
  submit to the DFFE timeously
• In conjunction with the financial manager, appoint an independent financial auditor
  to annually
  • conduct an external audit of the financial records and all other information as
    required by the EPR regulations; and
  • include the internal biannual audit findings in the annual audit report
• Submit the annual audit report to the Department within 60 days after finalisation
  of the audit, which annual audit report must be uploaded onto the South African
  Waste Information Centre (SAWIC) for public access
• Develop and maintain a register of all members
• Collect, record, manage and submit data to the South African Waste Information
• System as required in regulation 8 of the EPR Regulations
• Keep records of the quantity of identified products.
• Manage system for compensation of reclaimers, payment of transport subsidies
  and payment to third parties for servicing of glass banks and wheelie bins.

Personal Attributes and Skills:

• Analytical.
• Decision making / Independent thinking.
• Presentation skills.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) in English.
• Advanced computer literacy skills (Microsoft word/excel); and
• Strong accounting knowledge
• Work accurately
• Meet deadlines
• Be able to recognise errors in data supplied

Education and Experience:

• Matric/Grade 12 with Mathematics (Essential)
• Minimum of 2 years in a finance related role
• BCom or equivalent tertiary qualification (Finance and Accounting modules would
  be advantageous)
• Proven track record in performing reconciliations within finance