Job Description
POSITION:
Accountant
LOCATION:
Glenwood, Durban
Full Booking function in addition to the below:
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Ensure appropriate accounting policies are applied during the preparation of yearly budgets.
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Supervise daily operations within the scope of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
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Collaborate with accounts and finance managers to ensure the smooth running of an organization's accounts department.
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Assist with tax returns, work independently on bookkeeping and account reconciliations and handle load payments on Standard Bank Business Online.
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Reconciliation of historical entries on Microsoft Dynamics:
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Ability to identify errors.
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Investigating reconciling items and driving resolution with the Financial Manager and Financial Accountant.
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Reconciling unmatched payments to uncaptured invoices and credit notes
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General ledger reconciliations
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Analytical evaluation of vendor accounts against payments made.
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General:
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Assist with external audit preparation.
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Collaborate with Financial Managers and other team members to successfully execute various accounting tasks.
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Comply with the requirements of the quality management system.
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Requirements and skills:
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Attentive to detail.
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Sound accounting knowledge.
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Confidentiality
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Handle pressure.
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Thoroughness
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Pays attention to detail, displays a high level of integrity, and is deadline-driven
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Excellent organisational and planning skills with the ability to prioritize time and work effectively.
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Can communicate within the team and contribute to the overall success of the team.
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Adaptable as this is a constantly changing setting.
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Experience & Qualifications:
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Experience 5 years plus preferred (Experience in an accounting firm would be advantageous)
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Our ideal candidate has a minimum matric and a tertiary education in Bookkeeping or Finance.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
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General Journal Entries:
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Raising monthly accruals.
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Processing Depreciation.
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Salaries journal.
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Credit note provision.
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Bad debt provisions.
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All general ledger journals in preparation for management accounts.
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Accounts Receivable: (All Entities):
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Provide management with a weekly listing of files outstanding by Voyage Statement Status.
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Provide Management with a Monthly Customer Age analysis.
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Unapplied payments report – Customers.
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Maintenance of Clearing Accounts.
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Pe Transactional data – preparation.
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Related party trading accounts.
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Intercompany trading accounts.
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Accounts Payable: (All Entities):
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Processing of foreign vendor invoices including the assignment of charge items.
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To ensure that the rate of exchange is aligned with the incoterms as described.
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Foreign vendor creation.
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Releasing of purchase orders (rounding, cents adj).
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Provide Management with Monthly Vendor Age analysis.
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Unapplied payments report – Vendors.
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Purchase Order Maintenance.
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Purchase Order Approval.
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Releasing of purchase orders (rounding, cents adjustment).
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ROE Request from buyers.
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General:
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Credit Card and Fleet Card Import Template.
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Manage General Ledger reconciliations including maintenance ledgers.
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Performing periodic financial analyses to detect and resolve problems.
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Prepare working paper file for internal and external audits and review by management.
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Prepare balance sheet reconciliations – monthly.
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Prepare income statement reconciliations – monthly.
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Ensure that all control accounts are reconciled to sub-ledgers.
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Including Accounts receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash and Bank Accounts, Inventory.
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Preparation of the VAT 201 for submission month for all related entities.
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Preparation of the EMP201 and EMP501 for submission on e-filing and easy file.
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Tax and VAT compliance - SARS Correspondence.
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Assist with Provisional Tax calculations and submission.
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Facilitating the Monthly Invoice Processing.
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Ensure that all operating expenses are accounted for and reconciled through vendor ledgers.
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Stock Valuations and Stock Adjustments.
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Fixed Assets: (All Entities)
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Maintenance of the fixed asset and tax asset registers for all entities.
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Ensure that all assets are accounted for both with NAV and in Excel.
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Update additions, disposals, and scrapping with the FAR's.
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Reconciliation of historical entries on Microsoft Dynamics:
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Ability to identify errors.
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Investigating reconciling items and driving resolution with the Financial Manager and Financial Accountant.
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Reconciling unmatched payments to uncaptured invoices and credit notes
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General ledger reconciliations.
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Analytical evaluation of vendor accounts against payments made.
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