An exciting opportunity exists for a SENIOR ACCOUNTANT- 3 month FTC at SPITZ in Bryanston, Johannesburg. The purpose of the role is to assist with budgeting, forecasts, month end and year end reporting.

Line Manager: Senior Financial Manager

Ensuring accurate and timeous financial reporting

1. Prepare and process all month-end journals and ensure GL closes in specified time

• Reconcile Balance Sheet
• Ensuring that expenses are allocated correctly, and are reallocated where necessary
• Ensuring balances on Balance Sheet recons are accurately and timeously recorded, keeping in line with principles of IFRS
• Differences/reconciling items are followed up, investigated and cleared, leaving minimal outstanding items
• Prepare the income tax calculation (provisional and annual) per AVI template and in accordance with Tax Act

• Ensure all reporting to AVI is accurate and complete and submitted timeously per the AVI

• Ensure the VAT and Annual Income returns are submitted accurately and timeously within the rules as defined by SARS
• Avoid interest and
• Ensure we deliver as required by StatsSA Turnover reporting as defined by the required format set out by StatsSA
• Ensured we comply with legislated requirements from government departments

• Review the accuracy and validity of payments before release. Ensure released before Bank cut-off times

• Assist with external audit requests and resolve any issues/findings timeously in order to improve our internal control environment

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Newly qualified Qualified CA (SA)
• Articles completed at one of the Big 4 Audit firms highly advantageous

• Accounting Standards (IFRS)
• SAP
• Knowledge of financial processes and systems of internal control
• Microsoft Excel