Accountant

wePlace

  • Pretoria, Gauteng
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 7 days ago
Job Purpose:
Responsible for the full accounting function up to trial balance, which includes supporting the Financial Manager with the accounting functions, month end procedures, year-end and statutory requirements.Minimum education (essential):
B.Com Accounting Degree or related Financial DegreeMinimum education (desirable):
Honours Degree in AccountingMinimum applicable experience (years):
  • 1 years post articles
  • 3 years (without articles)
Required nature of experience:
  • Commercial experience
  • Full bookkeeping experience up to trial balance (Including debtors management, creditors / supplier management, general ledger)
  • Inventory Management
  • Statutory compliance
  • Financial accounting
  • Financial reporting
  • Beneficial if articles were completed at an accounting firm
Skills and Knowledge (essential):
  • Accounting Software (i.e. Pastel / Xero)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Financial accounting principles
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Audits processes
Bank Management 15%
  • Process, reconcile, allocate and capture cash transactions and cash equivalents.
  • Communicate payments to relevant departments.
  • Upload all relevant electronic documents to the accounting system.
  • Liaise with banks on a continuous basis.
  • Load payments on various banks.
  • Reconcile credit card transactions and upload all supporting documentation on Xero.
Month End Reporting 45%
  • Reconcile and review monthly journals and ensure supporting documents are kept.
  • Reconcile intercompany invoicing and reconciliations.
  • Reconcile all ledgers (supplier, debtors and general ledger) to ensure accuracy and completeness.
  • Reconcile VAT reports.
  • Assist with preparation of statutory reports.
  • Upload payroll payments.
  • Upload payroll journals on Xero and prepare for the month end.
  • Calculate and reconcile sales commission.
  • Prepare and reconcile profit and loss/income statements.
  • Prepare and reconcile balance sheet statements.
  • Prepare and reconcile age analysis for creditors and debtors on a monthly basis.
  • Provide necessary reports to management on a monthly basis.
  • Report on expenses as and when required.
  • Assist with month end reporting.
  • Assist with annual reporting.
  • Assist with annual audits.
Cash Management 5%
  • Manage Credit Cards to ensure sufficient funds and operations thereof.
  • Assist with managing all inward and outward Forex payments.
Customers (Debtors) Management 10%
  • Liaise with the sales team and assist with accounting queries on invoices.
  • Manage debtors collection process and keep age analysis up to date.
  • Handle queries from the Sales Department.
  • Issue all credit notes are processed accurately and timeously.
  • Ensure proper supporting documents are kept for all Invoices raised.
  • Issue all invoices & statements accurately and timeously when required.
  • Allocate and reconcile payments received from customers.
Suppliers (Creditors) Management 10%
  • Ensure supplier payment allocation is accurate.
  • Conduct monthly reconciliation of creditors for payment.
  • Manage and reconcile all suppliers monthly.
  • Prepare a payment file and submit payments for approval.
  • Ensure completeness and accuracy of supplier payments.
  • Ensure supplier information is correct and up to date on Xero.
  • Ensure completeness of supplier’s invoices monthly.
  • Correspond with suppliers as and when required.
Inventory Management 5%
  • Assist and monitor inventory stock take on a monthly basis. .
  • Ensure stock and system stock reconciliation monthly.
Accounting Administration 5%
  • Update fixed asset register timeously.
  • Provide updated list of fixed assets to Senior Accountant for Insurance purposes. n monthly basis.
  • Reconcile fixed asset register to general ledger and insurance policy.
  • Conduct bi-annual audit of asset register.
  • Ensure all statutory requirements are met (tax clearance certificates, company details, BBBEE).
  • Ensure company details are up to date with suppliers, bank and regulatory authorities.
  • Conduct general system audits as and when required.
QMS 5%
  • Ensure that QMS guidelines are adhered to.
  • Ensure that all supporting documents are kept to date.
  • Ensure that all processes are kept relevant.
Remote Working: 2 days’ work-from-home in line with Company Policy (only applicable after probation is successfully passed).Should you not receive a response from us within one week of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful.You can visit our website for more vacancies: /

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