ACCOUNTANT

SUMMARY:
Accountable for mainly maintenance and review of accounting records.

POSITION INFO:

Your Degree in Accounting or equivalent (BCom or BCompt (Acc)), as well as 

• Accountant I – Completed articles or 5 years’ experience in bookkeeping/ accounting function
• Accountant II – Completed articles and 3 years’ experience in bookkeeping or accounting function OR 8 years’ experience in bookkeeping/ accounting function

will enable you to:

Processes:

• Responsible for reviewing of primary source documents
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to the Group's policies, procedures, budget limits and Levels of Authority regarding goods and services procured
• Responsible for completing "checks" on completeness of supporting documentation maintained
• Assists in other areas where required

General accounting and reconciliations:

• Prepares reconciliation schedules for more complex account balances and reviews schedules prepared by bookkeeper and to ensure that the balance sheet is appropriately reconciled
• Primarily responsible for the validity, accuracy and completeness of transactions processed in the accounting records in a consistent manner
• Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of intercompany and related party transactions and balances confirmed on intercompany transaction schedules and confirmations
• Responsible for preparing calculations where required of amounts recognised in the accounting records
• Reviews Payroll information with supporting documentation
• Reviews instruction received from Group in relation to specific entity and ensures instruction is relevant, accurate and understood before actioning
• Reviews the age analysis for customer to ensure validity, accuracy and completeness and follows up variances timeously
• Provide journals to be processed
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are up to date
• Ensure the monthly income verification files are done
• Assists in other areas where required

Management information:

• Responsible for preparing accurate management accounts, including the update of forecasts and all supporting schedules timeously
• Responsible for preparing an accurate budget, including the update of forecasts and all supporting schedules timeously
• Forecast provided for cashflow
• Prepares and maintains all other management information requested by the executive management team
• Assist with audit preparation and query resolutions
• Assists in other areas where required

Sales function:

• Prepares and maintains calculations for revenue generated (including supporting documentation)
• Performs checks on inputs used for system generated revenue calculations to approved sources (agreements etc)
• Performs checks on inputs used for system generated revenue calculations to approved sources (agreements etc)
• Providing feedback to financial manager on any problems
• Updates and maintains summaries of Assets Under including movements
• Assists in other areas where required

Book buys:

• Calculating the final values of book valuations before payment

Treasury and financial soundness:

• Takes ownership of the validity, accuracy and completeness of the weekly and long-term cash flow preparation in line with the required timelines
• May be required to be a releaser of payments and beneficiaries on the banking platform

Audit and year-end:

• Primarily responsible for providing all information to the auditors and Group management timeously

Special projects:

• Is primarily responsible for the execution and day-to-day monitoring of the project

People:

• Assist subordinates with their duties
• Assist National Executive with ad hoc reporting and request

Strategic and other areas:

• Participates in meetings
• More detailed to complex communications required
• Decision making requires thorough analysis of best practice and research
• Subject matter knowledge is more detailed
• Collaborates and provides feedback for consideration of policies and strategy
• Limited negotiation with peers and subordinates
• Presents/trains peers and subordinates
• Assists in other areas where required