Accountant

Job Description

POSITION: Accountant
LOCATION: Glenwood, Durban

Full Booking function in addition to the below:

- Ensure appropriate accounting policies are applied during the preparation of yearly budgets.
- Supervise daily operations within the scope of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
- Collaborate with accounts and finance managers to ensure the smooth running of an organization’s accounts department.
- Assist with tax returns, work independently on bookkeeping and account reconciliations and handle load payments on Standard Bank Business Online.

Reconciliation of historical entries on Microsoft Dynamics:

- Ability to identify errors.
- Investigating reconciling items and driving resolution with the Financial Manager and Financial Accountant.
- Reconciling unmatched payments to uncaptured invoices and credit notes
- General ledger reconciliations
- Analytical evaluation of vendor accounts against payments made.

General:

- Assist with external audit preparation.
- Collaborate with Financial Managers and other team members to successfully execute various accounting tasks.
- Comply with the requirements of the quality management system.

Requirements and skills:

- Attentive to detail.
- Sound accounting knowledge.
- Confidentiality
- Handle pressure.
- Thoroughness
- Pays attention to detail, displays a high level of integrity, and is deadline-driven
- Excellent organisational and planning skills with the ability to prioritize time and work effectively.
- Can communicate within the team and contribute to the overall success of the team.
- Adaptable as this is a constantly changing environment.

Experience & Qualifications:

- Experience 5 years plus preferred (Experience in an accounting firm would be advantageous)
- Our ideal candidate has a minimum matric and a tertiary education in Bookkeeping or Finance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

General Journal Entries:

- Raising monthly accruals.
- Processing Depreciation.
- Salaries journal.
- Credit note provision.
- Bad debt provisions.
- All general ledger journals in preparation for management accounts.

Accounts Receivable: (All Entities):

- Provide management with a weekly listing of files outstanding by Voyage Statement Status.
- Provide Management with a Monthly Customer Age analysis.
- Unapplied payments report – Customers.
- Maintenance of Clearing Accounts.
- Pe Transactional data – preparation.
- Related party trading accounts.
- Intercompany trading accounts.

Accounts Payable: (All Entities):





- Processing of foreign vendor invoices including the assignment of charge items.
- To ensure that the rate of exchange is aligned with the incoterms as described.
- Foreign vendor creation.
- Releasing of purchase orders (rounding, cents adj).
- Provide Management with Monthly Vendor Age analysis.
- Unapplied payments report – Vendors.
- Purchase Order Maintenance.
- Purchase Order Approval.
- Releasing of purchase orders (rounding, cents adjustment).
- ROE Request from buyers.

General:

- Credit Card and Fleet Card Import Template.
- Manage General Ledger reconciliations including maintenance ledgers.
- Performing periodic financial analyses to detect and resolve problems.
- Prepare working paper file for internal and external audits and review by management.
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations – monthly.
- Prepare income statement reconciliations – monthly.
- Ensure that all control accounts are reconciled to sub-ledgers.
- Including Accounts receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash and Bank Accounts, Inventory.
- Preparation of the VAT 201 for submission month for all related entities.
- Preparation of the EMP201 and EMP501 for submission on e-filing and easy file.
- Tax and VAT compliance - SARS Correspondence.
- Assist with Provisional Tax calculations and submission.
- Facilitating the Monthly Invoice Processing.
- Ensure that all operating expenses are accounted for and reconciled through vendor ledgers.
- Stock Valuations and Stock Adjustments.

Fixed Assets: (All Entities)

- Maintenance of the fixed asset and tax asset registers for all entities.
- Ensure that all assets are accounted for both with NAV and in Excel.
- Update additions, disposals, and scrapping with the FAR's.

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What You’ll Be Doing:

- Manage and reconcile cashbooks for assigned legal entities,



ensuring transactions are accurate, timely and appropriately supported.
- Coordinate manual payment requests and investigate and resolve cashbook discrepancies and outstanding items.
- Perform monthly pre-close and post-close financial reviews, including investigation of variances and preparation of financial commentary.
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and financial reports, including expense reports for senior stakeholders, ensuring discrepancies and outstanding items are appropriately followed up.
- Manage assigned invoicing processes and debtor collection, liaising with internal and external stakeholders to resolve invoicing, account reconciliation and outstanding balance queries.
- Review and reconcile corporate credit card transactions and employee expense claims on a weekly basis.
- Complete assigned month-end accounting processes, including bank and depot cash reconciliations, journal preparation, accruals, prepayments, and other financial adjustments.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly BAS returns, perform weekly excise duty calculations and lodgements, and prepare monthly FBT accrual journals.
- Support the Manager and Senior Accountants with day-to-day accounting matters, financial analysis, process improvements and ad hoc requirements.

What You’ll Bring:

- Must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or have valid, unrestricted working rights.
- Degree, Diploma or other tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 2 years' relevant experience in a commercial or corporate finance environment.
- Practical experience supporting or completing month-end close activities, including reconciliations and preparation of accounting journals, with the ability and willingness to develop broader financial accounting skills.
- Studying towards CA or CPA qualification.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate discrepancies and identify appropriate solutions.
- High level of computer competence, in particular Microsoft Word and Excel, with the ability to work effectively with financial systems and reporting tools.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise workloads, manage competing deadlines and deliver quality outcomes within required timeframes.
- Strong work ethic and a results-oriented attitude with a commitment to confidentiality
- Strong verbal and written communication

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