Role Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as an Accountant to work in a truly global environment to supporting daily accounting operations, including data entry, transaction postings, reconciliations, and documentation related to commodity purchases, sales, and inventory movements. This role ensures that all financial records are accurate, up-to-date, and in compliance with internal policies and external regulations, providing essential support to Senior Accountants and Finance Manager and reporting to Finance Director. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft commodities environment.
Business Overview
Volcafe Ltd is one of the world’s leading international green coffee trading companies, operating in over 20 countries globally. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, sustainability, blending, quality control, risk management and export as well as importing and distribution. We supply the world’s major coffee roasters and retail distributors with their green coffee requirements, with significant strategic growth ambitions for the future. We are part of ED&F Man Commodities, a world leading trader of agricultural products including coffee, sugar, molasses and animal feed.
Volcafe works across the whole green coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We have built and operate sustainable coffee supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities. Our Volcafe Way farmer support programme engages with thousands of coffee farmers and provides a holistic response to the challenges they face.
This role will be working for PT Volkopi Indonesia (Lampung) Volcafe’s company in Indonesia.
Key Accountabilities
- Record daily financial transactions into the ERP system (purchase invoices, sales invoices, payment vouchers, etc.)
- Ensure correct GL account coding for commodity purchases, freight costs, warehousing fees, and other related expenses.
- Assist in uploading trade-related documentation (contracts, invoices, bills of lading) into the accounting system.
- Prepare vendor payment requests and ensure proper documentation (supplier invoices, GRNs, approvals).
- Monitor and follow up on accounts receivable collections in coordination with the Sales and Operations teams.
- Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies.
- Support the Senior Accountant in recording inventory movements (goods received, goods issued, stock adjustments).
- Assist in reconciling physical stock counts with system balances.
- Ensure correct application of landed costs (freight, insurance, duties) into inventory valuation.
- Prepare daily and monthly bank reconciliations.
- Record petty cash transactions and ensure proper approvals and documentation.
- Maintain organized filing systems for financial documents (hardcopy and electronic), including contracts, invoices, LCs, and supporting schedules.
- Support audit preparations by ensuring documents are easily traceable and accurate.
- Provide support in month-end closing activities, such as journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.
- Prepare preliminary schedules for review by Senior Accountant or Finance Manager
- Prepare basic data for tax reporting (VAT, PPh 21, PPh 23) under supervision.
- Ensure all tax invoices (Faktur Pajak) are received and correctly recorded.
Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree educated in accounting, finance or related fields.
- Obtained good initial exposure to working in an accounting setting, however fresh graduates with internships in accounting or finance are also welcomed.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry.
- Good proficiency in Microsoft Excel and wider Microsoft applications.
- Good organizational and time-management skills.
- Basic understanding of commodity trade flows is a plus.
- Comfortable with document-heavy processes (import/export, invoices, contracts).
- Familiarity with ERP systems including SAP, Oracle, or local ERP software is an advantage.
- Able to work well under supervision and eager to learn.
We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.
Our Offer
We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the global leaders in soft commodity trading.
Our Values
Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship
Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.
Our Commitment
We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.
