Assistant Accountant - Plant 3 month contract

 

Recruiter:

Hlabahlosile

Job Ref:

Elmarie Assistant Ac..

Date posted:

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Salary:

R30 000


SUMMARY:
My client in Silverton is looking for a Assistant Accountant - Plant 3 month contract.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Key Performance Areas

Financial Strategy:

  • Participate in organisational strategy management from a financial management perspective.

 

General Financial:

  • Provide Financial analysis and support to management and all operational areas of the business.
  • Maintain and update accounting system (ERP: BPCS)
  • Ensure compliance with internal control

 

Budget / Forecast:

  • Assist with preparation Operational budget and load budget on the system
  • Assist with preparation of Operational forecast on the system.

 

Financial reporting & General Ledger:

  • Prepare financial reports and returns.
  • Analyse and interpret finance reports and statistical data.
  • Generate information and report for internal and external use.
  • Investigate and action financial variances (budget/forecast).
  • Compile the weekly BU flash result and analyse variances.
  • Consolidate the compile the BU capex reports.
  • Compile weekly sales reports.
  • Compile balance sheet account reconciliation.
  • Investigate and action balance sheet account variances.
  • Prepare and post Journal entries.

 

Audits and Financial Period – End processes:

  • Assist with preparations of the year-end statutory audit (External and Internal) in line with the consolidates audit plan.
  • Prepare ledge balance and an initial balance including all reconciliations, balance sheet accounts and support documentation.
  • Prepare year-end reporting Accounting and Tax packs
  • Follow up and action Audit finding.

 

Cost Accounting:

  • Prepare and review details product costing analysis for all new parts
  • Analysis all current parts and make recommendations for the financial recovery on distressed parts.
  • Calculate and propose potential price increases
  • Ensure that the routings reflect the time standards and delete obsolete routings
  • Investigate Purchase price variances (PPV)
  • Identify improvement opportunity and make recommendation for improvement
  • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.

Creditors, Banking & Cash management:

  • Verify weekly transfer (Creditor and wages)
  • Review and authorise creditors reconciliations, exception reports and payment
  • Approval of payment on the banking system

 

Debtors:

  • Maintain and update the tolling account and reconciliation
  • Review and analyse the debtors age analysis, ensuring timely payments from customer.

 

CAPEX & Fixed assets:

  • Calculate ROI on proposed CAPEX
  • Complete CAPEX/disposal / transfer applications
  • Monitor and report CAPEX monthly spend vs budget
  • Maintain and update the foxed assets register (issues Asset No’s etc.)

 

Statutory Returns:

  • Prepare business tax returns (VAT, UIF, PAYE, WCA)
  • Comply with value -added tax administration
  • Review statistics returns.

 

Stock Control:

  • Monitor and review holding
  • Oversee stock takes
  • Analyses and investigate stock count variances
  • Maintain the integrity of the stock Sub system.

 

 

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