Junior Accountant
- Atlantis, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
Overall Responsibility:
-Managing daily transactions to ensure the company's financial records are accurate and up to date.
-Assist with month-end and year-end closing processes and the preparation of financial statements and reports.
-Maintain the company's Fixed Asset register.
-Involved with financial analysis, reconciliation of accounts and the correction of discrepancies.
-Contributing to and improving the efficiency and accuracy of the accounting department.Financial Statements:
-Running month-end reports and process month-end journals to raise accruals and correct allocations.
-Prepare the Financial Statements for sign-off.
-Assist with monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations.
-Accurate and timeous processing of financial information to facilitate decision-making and controls.
-Core KPI - Meet month-end Deadlines.Accounts Receivable:
-Processing: Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded correctly.
-Other: Create and maintain a Trading Term register
-Core KPI: Maintain AR journal register. Update TT register for Finance/Sales.Accounts Payable:
Processing:
-Ensuring all processing by team is up to date on a daily basis, assist to resolve problems.
-Ensuring all reconciliation queries are resolved within a month from recon date.
-Verifying and approving correction requests by the AP team.
-Process rounding journals.
-Circulate o/s POs to budget holders to sign off for accrual and raise accrual journal at month-end.Reconciliations:
-Ensuring daily reconciliation target is met.
-Verifying reconciliations and approve for payment (Valid tax invoice/PO number/POD)
-Check and present the payment plan for approval.Other:
-Identify knowledge gaps in the AP team and arrange training.
-Ensure supplier maintenance are attended to monthly.
-Ensuring all suppliers (except specifically approved) are on 30 days from statement terms.
-Communicate with budget holders to ensure correct GL allocations.
-Procurement process flow champion, ensuring PO maintenance is attended to by Budget managers.Finance Administration:
-Fixed Asset register and asset number maintenance, reconciled to GL accounts.
-Processing of the monthly payroll journal.
-Process and reconcile the Salary bank account.
-Ensuring the accounting database on Evolution is maintained, and audit maintenance quarterly.
-Assist with the PAYE/SARS submissions and payments.
-Cashbook processing of salary account
-Core KPI: Link form asset register to asset in GL is clear.General:
-Ad hoc task as may be required from time to time
-Find innovative ways to more efficient processing to improve overall effectiveness of financial reportingRequirements of the Role:
Qualification:
-Matric with accounting as a subject.
-BCom (Acc) or similar degree with accounting as a 3rd year subject.Experience:
-Work experience in a similar role (2 years or more)
-Fluent in spoken and written English
-Advanced excel skills.
-Sound knowledge of accounting principlesSkills/Competencies Required:
-Detailed orientated.
-Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
-Exceptional organizational and planning abilities.
-Excellent communication skills.
-ConfidentialityShort-listed candidates will be subjected to reference checking, verification of the applicant’s personal data and security clearance as part of the selection process. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.