Accountant

Our client a well established organisation with 40+ years experience in manufacturing hydraulic products is seeking the services of an experienced Accountant.

The successful candidate will be responsible for compliance of internal company policies and procedures within the Finance department and compliance of legal and statutory requirements relating to Finance.

Salary: Negotiable

Min Requirements:

• B. Com Accounting Degree
• Minimum 5 Years’ Experience
• Valid driver’s license and own vehicle
• Acc Pac experience desirable

Job Description and responsibilities

• Overview and review of all internal controls on a periodic basis to ensure continued effectiveness and suggest changes for improvement
• General Ledger maintenance
• Daily liaison and supervising staff of Financial Department to identify potential issues and take preventative actions
• Ensure Financial Department’s timeous processing of their daily tasks
• Assist Finance Department staff and provide training where needed.
• Fixed Asset Register maintenance
• Review monthly recons (Creditors & Debtors)
• Reconciliation of all Balance Sheet accounts to identify possible processing issues. 
• Preparing of monthly management accounts (and other reports as requested) in accordance with IFRS for SME’s timeously for bank, management and other external users.
• Providing monthly management accounts per Branch and company as a whole.
• Pricing justification for OEM’s
• Liaise with external auditors for annual audits and other financial statement and statutory requirements
• Review of key financial ratios (GP %, return on Asset)
• Develop and implement 2 weekly cash flow forecasts 
• Develop and implement quarterly budgets and forecasts with comparisons to actuals
• Updating the insurance timeously and assisting with insurance claims.
• Assisting Store Manager with Bi-annual stock take, reports, posting etc.
• Assisting all Departments with Ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis.