Accountant - Johannesburg

Purpose of the position:

• The candidate will be responsible to perform a variety of accounting, bookkeeping, tax, and financial tasks.
• Obtain all necessary financial information from doctors/surgeries on an annual basis to
• Compile annual financial statements and tax calculations on CaseWare, Draftworx, and Excel;
• Prepare routine journal entries and post financial transactions; To provide accurate accounting, reconciling, and clerical.
• Assistance to the accounting department.
• Reach monthly deadlines (internal & external).
• Help and support internal company personnel.
• Add value to the department.
• Perform any ad hoc tasks assigned to him/her.

Qualification(s) needed:

• B. Com Accounting degree or similar

Work experience:

• Three years of article experience at an accounting firm
• Competency in Caseware,
• Pastel and Microsoft Office and SARS e-filing. Knowledge of draft work will be an advantage.

FUNCTIONAL OUTPUT:

1. Obtaining complete information from an assigned portfolio of doctors:

• Responsible to obtain all information as described in the standard operating procedures to compile annual financial statements, inter alia:
• Trial balance and General ledger as of year-end
• Creditors statements as of year-end
• Obtain an explanation of unfamiliar expenses.
• Petty cash and bank statements as of year-end
• Hire-purchase statements
• Bond statements
• Debtors / Turnover
• Property portfolio balances
• Salaries (obtaining information pertaining to bonuses/increases/cycle of salary year)
• VAT returns, statements, and reconciliations
• Ad hoc working papers – this includes light stone reports, deed of sales, etc.

Compilation and planning of financial statements and tax calculations

• Set up or roll over new CaseWare folder and obtain needed.
• Import of trial balance, general ledgers, and all other working papers
• Year-end journals
• Calculation of depreciation, wear and tear allowances, and deferred tax calculations
• Reconciliation of debtors and provision for bad debts
• Reconciliation of bank and petty cash accounts
• Reconciliation of creditors and provision for creditors
• Reconciliation of VAT and turnover accounts
• Reconciliation of payroll
• Reconciliation of bonds which also includes provision for finance and banking costs
• Calculation of taxation payable/ (refundable)
• Getting final financial statements ready for review and sign-off.
• Calculating provisional tax

3. Management responsibilities

• Management of payroll, tax, and filing clerks.
• Assist with any queries in any of the accounting departments.

4. Ad hoc and admin tasks

• Any ad hoc tasks as assigned by upper management from time to time.