Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant


 
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 5 years+ preferred
    • Our ideal candidate has a minimum matric and a tertiary education in Bookkeeping or Finance. Salary Budget – Market-Related Term: 6 Months.
 
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 ship 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 easyfile
    • 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
 
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.
 
Structure: 6 month contract
R 20 000 CTC per month