Operations Accountant

• Maintaining records of financial transactions.
• Ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
• Timeously obtaining supporting documents for financial transactions.
• Ensuring audit trails are attached to reconciliations and invoices.
• Responding to and resolving queries made by suppliers related to payments.

• Maintaining subsidiary accounts.
• Verifying, allocating, and posting transactions to subsidiary accounts.
• Balancing subsidiary accounts through reconciliation.
• Maintaining the general ledger.
• Transferring subsidiary account summaries to the general ledger.
• Balancing the general ledger through trial balance preparation and reconciliation.
• Performing account reconciliations to assess transaction accuracy.
• Reconciling reports to third-party records such as bank statements.

• Capturing monthly income statements for management accounts.
• Collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends for financial reporting.
• Preparing financial reports.

• Raising invoices and recording them in the correct accounting periods.
• Processing payments for invoices.
• Resolving discrepancies and collaborating across various finance and non-finance functions.
• Retrieving statements and obtaining approvals to validate transactions.
• Preparing monthly journals, including accruals, depreciation, and cost allocations.

• Recommending improvements in efficiency using automation.
• Administering and managing petty cash.

• Attention to detail.
• Analytical mind with an inclination for problem-solving
• Self-motivated and a passion to learn.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a team-orientated, collaborative environment.
• Organizational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and adopt a logical approach to work.
• Understanding of accounting principles and best practices
• Knowledge of accounting processes and procedures
• Time management skills
• Demonstrate high ethics and adherence to company values.
• Strong numerical aptitude
• Ability to extract and manipulate data, compile reports and reconciliations.
• Ability to produce a high quality of work.
• Ability to manage work processes.

• National Senior Certificate (NQF 4)
• Degree in business, e.g., Bcom (Accounting), Economics, Finance, Business Administration, etc

• 1-2 years similar experience as a Financial Accounting Practitioner
• Experience working with the MS office suite, including MS excel and MS word.
• Experience with financial accounting software.
• Experience with invoicing and billing.
• Experience dealing with internal and external stakeholders

Ignition Group