Assistant Accountant

About the position

Assistant Accountant required for a manufacturing company based in East London

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Tertiary qualification, BCom Degree or BTech in Financial Accounting / Internal auditing
• Completed articles or part thereof would be an added advantage

Job Requirements:

• Computer Literacy (MS Office – Power Point, Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet)
• At least 2-5 years’ experience with debtors/creditors in an accounts orientated environment
• Experience in the Corrugated environment will be an advantage
• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to month end deadlines
• Attention to detail and accuracy of work
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Team player and ability to work independently

Responsibilities:

• Assist to oversee the company’s financial data and compliance by maintaining accurate records on accounts payable and receivable, stock, daily financial entries and reconciliations of all
• Full debtors’ function including, but not limited to, the following:
• Opening of new accounts
• TransUnion reports and relevant audit checks
• Maintaining master data file
• Queries and debt collection
• Process payments, credit notes, miscellaneous invoices and journals
• Debtors’ month end process (strict deadline)
• Checking of manual credit notes
• Pallet reconciliations
• Maintenance of rebates and supply agreements
• CRM online filing and management
• Daily cash forecast submission to Treasury
• Rebate Calculation and upkeep of correspondence
• Assist with Creditors function when required (focus on Paper receipting and reel issues)
• Stock take admin and assistance, with a focus on Paper Stores, running the stock take monthly and investigating any issues
• Switchboard / reception relief
• Custodian of Petty Cash
• Processing of journal entries on JDE, for all receipts, payments and other financial transactions
• Prepare monthly management account
• Prepare VAT Return
• Monthly Intercompany balances with other branches
• Monthly submission of One source (Tax)
• Upload financial statements on Hyperion/SMART
• Reconciliation of monthly GL recons
• Stats SA Submission
• Monthly Treasury Schedule
• Upload budget (yearly) and outlook (quarterly) onto Hyperion and prepare Statutory notes on Hyperion
• Filing source documents
• Processing and reconciliation of bank
• Preparing financial reports when required
• Capex – doing the preparation and online application
• Assist with internal and external audits
• Ad-hoc tasks as directed by the Finance Manager

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.

 

 

Desired Skills:

• Accounting
• Audits
• Finance