About the position
Minimum criteria:
- National Diploma in accounting or relevant qualification
- Minimum of 3-5 years relevant finance experience
- ERP experience is essential
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Work experience in FMCG, heavy industry, or bulk terminal environment preferred
Main Purpose of the Job:
To oversee the various aspects of finance administration including but not limited to debtors' function and cashbook administration.
The successful candidate will inter alia engage in the following activities:
Finance Administration
- Customer invoice processing
- Cash book update for customer receipts
- Monitoring the vessel schedule and keeping track of what vessels are loading for cash upfront customers, ensuring the funds are received prior to vessel loading and submitting bank statement reference on K2, as communication with operations staff.
- Sending customer statements. (mid-month and month end)
- Debtors' collection and following up on outstanding balances
- Monitoring debtors age analysis for long outstanding debtors
- Monitoring credit limits to ensure customers do not exceed their limit
- Daily processing volumes on Easy Clear -RCG Customs reporting
- Capex payments agreed to signed recons
- Masterfile Amendment -Customer upload on Accpac (i.e., Accounting System)
- Data store upload and updates
- Petty Cash administration and Reconciliations
- Fixed Assets Tagging
- Fixed Asset Verification
- WIP Capex Projects reconciliation
- Diesel processing
- Responding to internal and external audit requests for support
- Updating fixed assets < R7,000 schedule
BBBEE and ESG
- B-BBEE online toolkit management and B-BBEE reporting
- Assisting with support for annual BEE audit
- Submission and follow up on monthly exception reports (i.e., Expired BEE certificates and Debtor Masterfile amendments)
- Sustainability inputs: diesel + petrol + electricity and water
Knowledge, skills, and abilities required:
- Administrative expertise
- Communication skills at all levels (Written & Verbal)
- Managing priorities and planning
- Attention to detail and strong ability to execute and follow-through
- Numerical skills
- Advanced Excel Skills, Word and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of laws and regulations relating to Procurement (e.g. BBBEE)
- Knowledge of the documentation required by the company, the information required to complete such documentation correctly/accurately, and where to source this information
- Confidence to interact and work in cross functional teams (all levels of the organisation).
Desired Skills:
- Debtors
- Cashbook
- Sage
- Sage 300
- Advanced Excel
- Accounting
Desired Work Experience:
Desired Qualification Level:
About The Employer:
Our client in heavy industry based in Durban is looking for a Finance Administrator reporting to the Accountant.
