SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:
Assistant Accountant required for a manufacturing company based in East London
Qualifications:
- Grade 12
- Tertiary qualification, BCom Degree or BTech in Financial Accounting / Internal auditing
- Completed articles or part thereof would be an added advantage
Job Requirements:
- Computer Literacy (MS Office – Power Point, Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet)
- At least 2-5 years’ experience with debtors/creditors in an accounts orientated environment
- Experience in the Corrugated environment will be an advantage
- Ability to work under pressure and adhere to month end deadlines
- Attention to detail and accuracy of work
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Team player and ability to work independently
Responsibilities:
- Assist to oversee the company’s financial data and compliance by maintaining accurate records on accounts payable and receivable, stock, daily financial entries and reconciliations of all
- Full debtors’ function including, but not limited to, the following:
- Opening of new accounts
- TransUnion reports and relevant audit checks
- Maintaining master data file
- Queries and debt collection
- Process payments, credit notes, miscellaneous invoices and journals
- Debtors’ month end process (strict deadline)
- Checking of manual credit notes
- Pallet reconciliations
- Maintenance of rebates and supply agreements
- CRM online filing and management
- Daily cash forecast submission to Treasury
- Rebate Calculation and upkeep of correspondence
- Assist with Creditors function when required (focus on Paper receipting and reel issues)
- Stock take admin and assistance, with a focus on Paper Stores, running the stock take monthly and investigating any issues
- Switchboard / reception relief
- Custodian of Petty Cash
- Processing of journal entries on JDE, for all receipts, payments and other financial transactions
- Prepare monthly management account
- Prepare VAT Return
- Monthly Intercompany balances with other branches
- Monthly submission of One source (Tax)
- Upload financial statements on Hyperion/SMART
- Reconciliation of monthly GL recons
- Stats SA Submission
- Monthly Treasury Schedule
- Upload budget (yearly) and outlook (quarterly) onto Hyperion and prepare Statutory notes on Hyperion
- Filing source documents
- Processing and reconciliation of bank
- Preparing financial reports when required
- Capex – doing the preparation and online application
- Assist with internal and external audits
- Ad-hoc tasks as directed by the Finance Manager
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.
