The primary mission of the Accountant is responsible with ensuring all creditors are paid timeously and expenditure is correctly accounted for in the correct account and period.
Responsibilities:
- Processes supplier’s invoices into ERP, ensuring goods are delivered and invoices are approved by business unit owner according to the DOA
- Ensure suppliers are paid timeously according to the agreed payment terms specified in the master procurement agreement
- Prepare supplier payment packs with the correct supporting documentation and as per policy
- Supplier reconciliations prepared monthly
- Preparation of month end journals
- Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts
- Preparation of General ledger reconciliations
- Ensuring the fixed asset register is updated monthly
- Cash flow forecasting in creditors reconciliations
- Monitoring of the creditors age analysis
- Prepare, examine, or analyse accounting records and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Review supplier accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences
- Safeguarding of financial documentation in accordance with the policy and process
Requirements:
- 2-5 years bookkeeping/accounting experience
- 5+ years financial administration experience
- 2 years’ experience in the management of full accounts receivables and accounts payables function
- 2 years financial reporting experience
- 2 years in profits and loss accounts, cash flow statements and variance analysis
- 2 years experience in the reconciliation control and management of the fixed assets register.
- Bachelor of Accounting Science degree or a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting degree
- Sage/ Pastel/ Oracle/SAP courses preferable
Desired Skills:
- Accounting
- SAP
Desired Work Experience:
- 2 to 5 years