Description/Synopsys:

This extremely successful and continuously growing Global Manufacturing organisation is looking for an experienced Assistant Financial Accountant from a manufacturing or Industrial Machinery background to join their Finance Team. The successful candidate will assist the Finance team to meet reporting deadlines, accurately account for transactions, maintain internal controls and perform other relevant finance functions. To contribute in a willing and efficient manner to meet departmental goals.

Minimum Requirements:

• BCom Degree in Accounting or other relevant field

• SAIPA or CIMA designation (preferably SAIPA)

• 1 - 3 years post-article experience

• Experience in the manufacturing industry or other relevant industry

• Own transport

• Willing to work overtime if and when needed

Main Responsibilities:

• To execute, coordinate, and plan all financial administration activities (ie., Debtors & Creditors).

• Accounting functions up to trial balance.

• Set up profit and loss statements for internal divisions in the company

• Daily, weekly and monthly data capturing (bank statements, credit cards and petty cash) and cashbook reconciliations.

• Allocations of receipts and payments from the cashbook

• Check capturing (credit cards and petty cash) and cashbook reconciliations done by debtors and creditors administrator

• Processing and releasing of sales invoices on Projects

• Calculating and processing sales invoices for inter-company recharges

• Processing of sales journals

• Check balancing of customers' ledger, customer’s age analysis and reconciliations

• Follow up with debtor’s administrator regarding the above-mentioned

• Processing of purchase journals

• Check balancing of suppliers’ ledger, supplier age analysis and reconciliations

• Load and pay month-end suppliers, as well as once-off payments

• Assist with PayPal account

• Applications for foreign cash for travellers

• Handling all orders and transactions relating to E-Wallets

• Compiling management accounts on a monthly basis and projected cash flows (includes balance sheet reconciliations, forex revaluations, etc.)

• Checking margin reports for Junior Accountant

• Compiling and keeping fixed asset registers up to date (disposals and acquisitions), calculating depreciation and

• Passing the necessary journals

• Processing/passing of all month-end and year-end journals

• VAT calculations, reconciliations, submitting and paying VAT201s, and resolving VAT queries

• Resolving PAYE queries

• Management of local and foreign petty cash

• Submitting applications for SARB approvals

• Reconciliation of Inter Company Accounts

• Preparing Annual Financial records for Financial Statements

• Assisting the Financial auditors with audits

• Running monthly roll-overs on ERP System

• Preparing invoicing schedules of sub-contractors on major projects

• Preparing annual and provisional tax computations and assisting with supplementary declarations to SARS (income tax and deferred tax calculations)

• Application forms to the bank for inward and outward transactions

• Application forms to the bank for new credit cards

• Processing of Credit Notes

• Assisting the Financial Manager with:

  • Implementing Internal Controls

  • Managing working capital

  • Managing Expenses

  • Reporting Requirements

• Assisting in coordinating stocktakes

• Assisting with physical stocktakes

• Monthly reporting on sales order book

• Monthly royalty calculations

• Any ad hoc duties as required by the company