PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

• We are looking for a bookkeeper to oversee our company’s financial data for our branches. To perform daily accounting tasks such as monthly financial reporting, general ledger entries, and record payments and adjustments.

Main Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities Job Duties / Responsibilities / Tasks: 

Full accounting function up to trial balance which includes, but are not limited to: 

• Cashbooks, journals, intercompany transactions, accruals, trial balance, fixed asset register, reconciliations.
• Prepare and submit Statutory Returns.
•  Prepare monthly audit schedules for balance sheet and selected expense accounts.

Also explain deviations. 

• Preparation of year-end accounts and coordination with external auditors.
•  Assist in the preparations of budgets.
• Ensure timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, ad hoc & yearend reporting as required by management.

Good understanding of Statutory Legislations 

• Statutory Returns Monthly & Recons.
• Timeous capturing of statutory returns.
• Monthly Balancing and Reconciling of Statutory returns to the GL.
• Allocate, capture and control sundry expenses
• Prepare sundry creditors for payment, allocate payments, reconcile.
• Accurate reconciliation of petty cash expenditure.
• Assets – Register and journals
• Update fixed asset register on a monthly basis.
• Complete monthly depreciation journals.
• Monthly Control/Clearing Accounts Balancing/Recon (Debtors/Creditors/Stock/Bank)

Monthly General Journals  

• Maintain financial records and prepare general ledger accounts.
• Maintain debit order and SLA file, update and review on a monthly basis.
• Record financial transactions.
• Record general journal entries.
• Effective record keeping of transactions, accounts, special journals and payments.
• Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Preparation of schedules and audit file for Financials monthly 

Assist FM with Year End and Audit requirements 

• Assist with audits of the company.
• Conduct general administration functions.
• Filing systems implemented and ensure maintained to ensure documents are easily retrievable.

Requirements

• Matric + tertiary qualification in Finance preferred
• Strong analytical, communication, and computer skills.
• Understanding of mathematics and accounting and financial processes.
• Attention to detail.