Bookkeeper

We have a Bookkeeper position available in the Silverton area to maintain the company's financial records, including purchases, sales, receipts and payments.

Requirements:

• Certificate / Diploma in Finance
• 3-5 years' bookkeeping experience
• Knowledge of Sage accounting package

Other requirements:

• A solid understanding of accounting principles, including foreign exchange transactions
• Excellent communication skills.
• Problem solving skills and initiative.
• Logical and systematic approach to work.
• Positive attitude towards continued learning.
• Ability to balance the demands of the work with personal commitments.
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritise.
• Team player with professional character and strong sense of integrity.
• Relevant IT Skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work overtime when needed.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepare quotes for customers with focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Load customer orders on production register and provide documentation to the relevant parties.
• Do all customer invoicing with focus on accuracy.
• Reconcile and distribute debtors’ statements.
• Process supplier invoices
• Reconcile creditors’ statements
• Prepare payment requisition forms and present to financial manager for payment.
• Capture bank statements weekly on SAGE for cashbook allocations.
• Follow up and obtain company card expense slips from card holders.
• Obtain company card expense analysis forms from card holders and file for auditing purposes.
• Liaise with card holders on incomplete supporting documents.
• Receive, review and follow up on claims received from other employees and present to financial manager for payment.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review general ledger for correctness.
• Update fixed asset register.
• Ad hoc functions that may arise from time to time.
• Maintain filing of finance related documents
• Identify areas of improvement to meet business needs.
• Working in conjunction with financial manager to implement improvement processes, to minimize human error

KPI's:

• Weekly reconciliation of processed invoices.
• Weekly collation of requisition forms.
• Weekly and monthly cashbook allocations.
• Weekly submission of expense slips.
• Monthly collation and filing of expense analysis forms.
• Weekly and monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Records of actioned corrective actions.
• Participation in educational opportunities.
• Quarterly records of innovative solutions tested and implemented

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. To apply click on the "Apply" button where you will then be redirected to another site. If you have not heard from us in 3 weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.