Assistant Accountant (Ref: 24035)

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 as well as to assist and give support to the reporting of the company's finances.

Key Accountabilities:

• 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 management.
• Month end process and reconciliations.
• Risk management.
• Business processes and internal controls implementation.
• Adhoc duties

Qualifications & Experience:

• An Accounting degree with articles.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in a financial institution including articles experience.
• Knowledge: IFRS, Tax, Auditing, PFMA.

Skills & Abilities:

• The incumbent should have demonstrated the following competencies:
• Strict attention to detail and deadline orientated
• 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.

Desired Skills:

• Accounting
• IFRS
• PFMA
• Monthly Accounting
• Fixed Assets
• Monthly Accounts
• VAT reporting
• Balance Sheet
• Journal Entries
• Accounting General Ledger
• Bank Reconciliation
• Transaction Accounting