Assistant Accountant

SUMMARY:
SM2 Talent is a boutique talent recruitment firm with a professional team that comes with a wealth of experience, high integrity and the utmost respect for our clients and what they do. We take the client and candidate’s interest and growth opportunities to match a culture fitted technical skilled candidate to the client.

POSITION INFO:

Preference will be given to candidates who are available immediately

Contract period: 3-6 months

Job Title – Assistant Accountant

Reporting to Senior Accountant

Education and/or Experience

• BCom Accounting Degree /related financial qualification or studying towards a financial qualification
• Relevant experience in a financial assistant accounting role
• Previous experience in a Shared Services environment advantageous

Qualifications (skills, knowledge and abilities required)

• Broad knowledge of reconciliation procedures.
• Good working knowledge of Tax, including VAT, WHT and income tax etc
• Good working knowledge of foreign currency translations and revaluations
• Thorough knowledge of company’s accounting policies and procedures.
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Able to identify and solve problems.
• Ability to analyse financial data
• Acting professionally
• Delivering objectives
• Ability to deal with changing circumstances
• High attention to detail, accuracy and good analytical skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Deadline-oriented
• Confidentiality
• Ability to work with a team

Summary (of the position)

This position entails a multitude of accounting activities including Vat reconciliation preparation, General Ledger reconciliation preparation, fixed asset and lease accounting, journal preparation, audit preparation and tight deadlines. The assistant accountant will work closely with the Accountants and Senior Accountant. Responsibilities include the ability to ensure that work is accurately completed in a timely manner and to ensure the financial results are reliable, accurate and complete.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Ensure completeness and accuracy of all tasks and relevant deadlines are met.
• Monitor and ensure that the month end checklists are actioned
• Maintain and understand and monthly preparation of the Balance Sheet reconciliations and advise on any risks and/or opportunities. Ensure appropriate support\comments for financial controller reviews. Ensure investigation and or escalation of outstanding items. Ensure timeous clearing of items.
• Action and respond to GL queries raised by Accountants and Controllers.
• Maintain Fixed and leased asset ledgers/schedules and recons, identifying areas for process improvement. Ensure business verification quarterly.
• Prepare Vat Reconciliations and ensure review by Accountant/ Senior Accountant/ Tax team.
• Assist in the preparation of country specific statutory reports.
• Prepare and upload journals – standard as well as resulting from the business and financial controller reviews
• Process all standard/routine journals, interfaces and adjustments prior to Work Day one.
• Reverse and ensure all Reversing journals have been reversed by the 15th of each month. Perform Balance sheet recon to ensure all have reversed and get sign off by Financial Controller.
• Ensure that correct support is attached, and correct accounts are used on journals. Ensure appropriate review is obtained as per the stipulated thresholds before processing of journals.
• Maintain recurring allocation entries on a monthly and annual basis.
• Update monthly expense schedules to ensure costs are all in and any accruals are in line with trends.
• Actively reduce the risk of Out of Period Costs
• Maintain accounting controls.

Other duties

• Support the Accountants and Controllers – Financial and Business
• Assist in the preparation of budget files and forecasting activities.
• Assist internal and external auditors with annual and quarterly audits.
• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close and ensure that the journals and recons have been prepared with the expected quality.
• Follow current procedures and processes to ensure efficient and reliable reporting results and compliance.
• Perform Ad hoc duties for Accountants and senior management
• Liase with AP, AR and Senior Management
• Period-end close responsibilities may require time outside the normal business hours

Computer Skills

• Intermediate to advanced: MS Word, Power Point and Outlook
• Intermediate to Advanced: MS Excel skills including Vlookups and Pivot Tables
• Intermediate to advanced: SAP BPC & ERP systems, Cargowise Financials

Language Skills

• English is essential
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Mathematical Skills

• Intermediate to advanced mathematical skills

If you would like to be considered, please apply directly melissa@------

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