Senior Financial Accountant

About the position

Our client is looking for a Financial Accountant to join their dynamic team. The successful candidate must be solutions driven and a team player with meticulous attention to detail and analysis.

Responsibilities include:

• Full accounting function up to trial balance

• Compiling management accounts in accordance IFRS

• Analysing financial information to detect variances, weaknesses and risks
• All budget preparation and presentations
• Preparing month-end files with supporting documentation
• Preparing billing information and invoices on a monthly basis
• Preparing audit packs, documents and schedules required by the external auditors
• Adjusting journal entries and accounting for provisions
• Reconciling intercompany loans
• Processing and reconciling bank statements
• Processing and reconciling petty cash
• Maintaining proper fixed asset registers with supporting documents
• Debtors and creditors control
• Calculating Income Tax, VAT and Employee's Tax liabilities
• Preparing VAT reconciliations
• Cash flow management
• Loading transfers, beneficiaries and payments
• Resolving any accounting discrepancies and irregularities
• Submitting monthly statutory returns e.g. EMP201, VAT201
• Submitting bi-annual recons (EMP501) and IRP5's
• Processing SARS payments and maintaining SARS accounts
• Attending to SARS audits and submitting supporting documents
• Completing applications for tax clearance certificates
• Submitting and paying CIPC annual duties
• Managing and training team members to meet Finance's expectations
• Maintaining financial and administrative software and templates

Requirements:

• 5 plus years Financial Accounting experience
• Relevant Degree in Accounting and Auditing
• Post-article experience beneficial
• Must have Caseware experience
• SAGE X3 knowledge will be advantageous
• Advanced MS Excel skill level

Desired Skills:

• Trial Balance
• Budgeting
• Cash Flow
• VAT
• Tax
• Sage X3
• Excel Advanced
• Financial Accounting