Assistant Accountant

About the position

PURPOSE OF THIS ROLE

The purpose of this job is to assist financial accounting unit in the day-to-day processes of the unit. To assist and give support to the reporting of the company's finances.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES, MEASURES & INTERFACES

• Prepare management accounts;
• Ensure that the trial balance is accurate and complete;
• Prepare statutory returns (VAT201)
• Prepare Monthly Audit files;
• Prepare and submit stakeholder reports ( Dtic, PA, SARB and National Treasury)
• Assist Head of Finance with inputs into financial statements;
• Review payment requisitions prepared by Finance Officer and release payments on the banking system;
• Review cash flows prepared by Finance Officer;
• Prepare quarterly forecasts;
• Prepare / execute investments;
• Review and approve supplier invoices processing prepared by the Finance Officer;
• Raise customer invoices on the system and follow up for payment;
• Prepare cashbooks on a monthly basis;
• Assist with budget preparation;
• Implementation of ERP systems;
• Fixed assets;
• Month end process and reconciliations;
• Risk management;
• Business processes and internal controls implementation;

• Adhoc

Key Measures

• Number of audit observations;
• Submission/preparation of accurate and complete work on time;
• Compliance with procedural and legislative requirements;
• Management of client relationships and key stakeholders;

Key Interfaces

• CFO
• Actuary & Investment Officer
• Other business unit particularly PMWU, Procurement, Risk Management, Office management, Human resource, Legal and Underwriting
• Executives and Managers
• Internal and External Auditors

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• An Accounting degree with articles;
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a financial institution including articles experience.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

The incumbent should have demonstrated the following competencies:

• Strict attention to detail and deadline orientated

• Knowledge: IFRS, Tax, Auditing, PFMA;
• Adequate financial statement analysis skills;
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels ;
• Ability to forge relationships with other areas of the business and at all levels;
• Ability to work under pressure and independently;
• Team player;
• Strong aptitude for problem resolution and decision making;
• Problem solving skills to identify issues and present creative and practical solutions;

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

The incumbent is required to have the following Behavioural competencies:

• Problem Solving: Demonstrates basic problem-solving skills and appropriately applies proven solutions.
• Business Acumen: Develops and uses a strategy to target own time (and time of others) on a portfolio of customers to maximize revenue and profitability.
• Delivery: Translates business objectives into practical, prioritised and organised action plans; ensures plans are safely and successfully implemented.
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• Team Participation: Consistently offers relevant input to team discussions as issues are being clarified and solutions are being developed.
• Flexibility: available to work more than ordinary business hours.

 

Desired Skills:

• Auditing
• Finance
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Administration
• IFRS
• Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)
• Tax