JOB DESCRIPTION – ACCOUNTANT - Maitland based

We are seeking a skilled and experienced accountant to join our finance team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing financial transactions, preparing financial reports, and ensuring compliance with accounting regulations.

Key Competencies & requirements:

• 5 years experience in the accounting field, including SAICA/SAIPA articles
• Bcom Accounting Honors Degree- COMPULSORY
• Membership at SAIPA / CA(SA) or CIMA
• MS Excel (Advanced) - Essential
• MS Word (Intermediate) - Essential
• Accounting packages - Essential
• Syspro experience - Added Advantage
• Payroll experience – Added Advantage
• Detail orientated, Self motivated, Resilience, Deadline driven
• Structured working and good organisational skills
• Drivers license and own vehicle
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively
• Availability to work extended hours as per operational requirements
• Passionate about getting things done right, first time & every time
• Ability to work efficiently, on own or as part of a team, in a highly pressurized environment
• Excellent sense of urgency, sound business and financial acumen

Key Functions of Role, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

Order to Cash cycle:

• Master Data Maintenance
• Managing of sales, invoicing and billing process
• Overseeing of debtors
• Credit Management (See separate section)
• Customer support

Credit Management:

• Establishment of systems and procedures for management of debtors and debt collection
• Debt collection & follow-ups
• Debtors refunds
• Credit rating management
• Legal Handovers and actions

Procure to Pay cycle:

• Master Data Maintenance incl contracts
• Supplier Selection & Tactical buying
• Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order & Invoice Processing
• Supplier Payments & Reconciliations
• Bank relationships
• Establishment of systems and procedures, as well as control and application thereof
• Compliance Management Spend analytics

Record to Report cycle:

• Review of COA structure to support reporting requirements
• Fixed Assets Accounting
• Payroll
• Bank & other GL Reconciliations
• Resolving GL discrepancies and irregularities and executing journals
• Cash Management
• Reporting (see separate section)

Reporting

• Financial Reporting incl monthly statements; AFS
• Tax reporting
• Statutory Reporting
• Assistance with report preparation

Regulatory responsibilities:

• Timely submissions with regards to all regulatory bodies incl tax, labour, company and other relevant laws
• Compliance with company legislation
• Compliance with tax regulations
• Continuing up-to-date knowledge and implementation of all relevant IFRS and other relevant bodies’ requirements
• Oversee and coordinate annual audit
• Fulfill company secretary role and oversee compliance fulfilments
• AFS

Tax & VAT:

• All aspects of tax incl system set-up, recons, calculations, submissions, payments and full compliance

Facilities Management:

• Managing facility staff
• Upkeep of facilities

Ad Hoc:

• Managing all financial queries
• Liaising with external suppliers for debit order services
• Other accounting tasks as needed
• Operational and administrative tasks as needed
• Management assistance with regard to compilations and analyses as needed
• Drive innovation and efficiencies to improve overall departmental performance

Month-end journals & procedures:

• Month end procedures and journals including but not limited to:
• Depreciation, disposals and additions to assets, asset register maintenance
• Raising of relevant month end accruals, based on cashbook processing and information provided by creditors department
• Expensing of prepayments,
• Inter-group loan accounts (balancing and raising of interest and management fees monthly),
• Raising leave pay provisions
• Raising provisions for debtor discounts
• Raising of petty cash entries
• Monthly adjusting of PAYE liability for ETI received.
• Full set of working papers reconciling all Balance Sheet items.

Bank:

• Processing of cashbooks
• Bank reconciliations on both bank accounts and follow ups on outstanding items with debtors and creditors departments.
• Completion of cash flow forecasts, which include the updating of actual bank balances, foreign creditor payments schedules, local creditor payments and forecast cashbook payments