Commercial Accountant

• Your Next Career Move Starts Here! Join Indigo Brands in Epping, Cape Town as a COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTANT and play a key role in ensuring robust financial control and accurate accounting of trade spend, while supporting commercially focused and profitable decision-making.
• The role partners closely with the Commercial team, providing financial insight and ensuring customer spend, promotions, rebates and other commercial activities remain within agreed budgets and company-mandated limits.

Reporting Structure:

• Reports to: Commercial Manager

Key Areas of Impact:
Maintenance of Trade Term Agreements

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date Trade Term Agreements for all customers.
• Manage Trade Term Agreements and applicable accrual percentages within SAP.
• Review and approve Trade Term deductions in line with agreed customer terms.
• Perform monthly Trade Term accruals and reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances where required.

Incentive Calculations

• Calculate quarterly and annual Sales Growth Incentives in accordance with agreed commercial terms.
• Maintain accurate Growth Incentive accruals and perform monthly reconciliations.
• Raise accruals for Consultant Commissions
• Process adjustment journals relating to incentives, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.

Manage Fixed Trade Spend

• Liaise with Key Account Managers (KAMs) to confirm and validate monthly trade spend.
• Prepare and raise monthly Fixed Trade Spend accruals.
• Review, assess and process accrual adjustments to ensure trade spend is accurately reflected in the financial records.

Pricing

• Update the monthly Master Pricelist following approved Marketing and Finance inputs and communicate changes to relevant internal stakeholders.
• Maintain Promo Mandates in SAP, ensuring pricing and promotional information is accurately captured and maintained.

Budgets and P&L’s

• Load quarterly Sales Budgets into SAP accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Perform Marketing P&L calculations and provide supporting financial analysis as required.

Relationship Management

• Foster strong and collaborative relationships with Commercial teams to facilitate effective communication and financial support.
• Partner with key stakeholders to ensure trade activity follow-ups, queries and financial matters are addressed accurately and timeously.

What It Takes to Succeed:
Experience that set you up for success:

• Minimum 2 - 3 years’ experience working as an Accountant
• Previous FMCG / Retail / Manufacturing industry experience is an advantage
• Commercial Finance experience would be an advantage

Qualifications & Certifications that will contribute to your success:

• Grade 12 / Matric
• BCom Degree in Accounting or related field

Additional Requirements that will enhance your impact for success:

• Strong working experience on SAP and Excel is required

Closing Date 20 August 2026