Junior Accountant/Senior Bookkeeper

About the position

• Managing the full bookkeeping function up to management accounts
• Bookkeeping to Trial balance
• Compiling monthly management accounts, annual financial statements, GL reconciliation, VAT returns, debtors, creditors
• Capturing of operating journals
• Banking and banking reconciliations
• Payment allocations
• intercompany loan accounts
• Manage suspense accounts
• Petty cash management
• Ad-Hoc creditor payments
• Overseeing that invoicing from transport and shippping charges is correct, etc
• Overseeing month-end and year-end reconciliations
• Prepare monthly month-end management accounts, quarterly & annual financial statements within the internal deadlines.
• Cash flows projections and budgets
• Assisting with debtor reconciliations and debt collection, maintain creditors
• Attending weekly meetings with the Director regarding Forex in order to put bids out
• Preparing all payment schedules for the Director to release
• Assisting with budgets and sales - will receive revised forecasts
• Loading provisional payments to SARS
• Assisting with VAT and Customs Audit
• Ensuring that both internal and external audits are planned and executed properly
• Ensure that all related tax and statutory affairs are in order including but not limited to ensuring that VAT, PAYE, UIF, SDL, income Tax and Divident Tax
• Ensure that all related tax submissions are done on time and accurately
• Manage all VAT, PAYE and sundry returns. Oversee payroll administration as well as workman's comp
• Capturing shipment dates, payments and preparing import files
• Maintaining export documents and files
• Maintaining import documents and files
• Must be able to work out freight cost percentages in relation to cost of goods
• Compiling management reports and capturing cash books
• Allocate and process bank statement transactions
• Perform reconciliation of bank accounts
• Compiling all the invoices for suppliers as well as the purchases and payments of Forex based on stock arrival date
• Forex payments to overseas suppliers
• Stock control, month end, year end
• Process journal entries and complete general ledger
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting and corporate policies
• Implement and ensure adherence to internal control processes
• Ensure that the quality and integrity of financial and management reporting is maintained
• Prepare management reporting daily/weekly/monthly
• Strategic plans, budgets, financial forecasts
• Ensure that each company fiscal records, signed financials, financial plans and policies, accounting practices, communication and relationships with internal and external institutions are properly documented and filed.
• Implementing infrastructure systems and administration systems, compile and analyse financial information
• Implementing infrastructure systems and administrative systems, compile and analyse financial information
• Implementation of admistration systems and financial controls
• Ensure reporting and effective communication is done accurately
• Manage pricing structures and GP percentages
• this is not a work from home position

Desired Skills:

• BComm degree
• Accounting
• Account Management
• Palladium
• Stock Management
• Forecasting
• stock forecasting
• excellent interpersonal skill
• Exel
• highly numerate
• Mathematics
• Accounts Receivable
• Debtors
• Creditors
• Financial Analysis
• Forex
• import and export experience
• Pricing
• GP Percentage
• Excel Spreadsheets

Desired Work Experience:

• 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree

About The Employer:

A well-known and established company specialising in manufacturing and supplying contruction tools to the Retail chainstores, hardware stores and into contruction.

Employer & Job Benefits:

• Parking
• Performance Bonus