Bookkeeper

 

Recruiter:

Talented Recruitment

Job Ref:

DBN002097/KA

Date posted:

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Location:

Durban, South Africa


SUMMARY:
Bookkeeper required to provide support to the business, ensure processes and procedures are implemented and maintained to ensure customers are delighted, suppliers professionally dealt with and the team is well supported. Based in Mount Edgecombe, Durban.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Requirements: 
  • Matric
  • Relevant tertiary qualification
  • Sage Accounting package proficiency.
  • Computer literacy – particularly MS Office packages (Excel essential).
  • Bookkeeping experience involving inventory essential.
  • Bookkeeping experience involving foreign exchange transactions highly preferable.
  • Understanding of warehousing, logistics and wholesale business.
  • Ability to work under pressure & to deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Initiative
  • Planning and organizing
  • Teamwork
  • Technical/Professional Knowledge
Duties and responsibilities: 
Creditors:
  • Receive invoices from supplier and obtain approval from management
  • Process invoices and reconcile to statement
  • Match payment and file
  • Liaise with suppliers (local & international) on any queries
  • Process all foreign supplier transactions
  • Complete credit applications with new suppliers
  • Prepare monthly creditor payment schedule and provide to Managing Director for payment prior to month end.
Debtors:
  • Process invoices for orders as necessary
  • Ensure that online invoices are created that were missed by Stock2Shop integration
  • Compile and send out monthly statements
  • Debtor management including follow up with customers to ensure payments are on track and in line with the payment terms
  • Build relationships with key finance people within the customer base
  • Check and recommend for approval all credit applications for new customers as well as for increased credit limits for existing customers
  • Prepare revenue forecasts on monthly basis for cash flow purposes
  • Handle all account queries
Bank:
  • Process cash book entries with appropriate allocation of payments and receipts
  • Perform bank reconciliations
  • Liaise with the bank on queries and import-related matters (eg. EOI’s & FEC’s)
  • Maintain, control and reconcile Petty Cash
  • Check reconciliation and statement for company credit card and submit to Managing
  • Director for approval and payment
Inventory:
  • Issue Purchase Orders to warehouse ahead of shipment arrival and process shipment invoices to add to inventory
  • Create new stock codes and pricelists
  • Ensure stock figures are accurate and match warehouse actual stock on hand
  • Add new stock items
  • Ensure random and year end stocktakes are done to ensure accuracy of SoH
  • Investigate and manage stock variances and do stocktake adjustments on Sage after management approval of variances and raise claims if necessary
Accountant Liaison:
  • Work closely with company accountant on queries and complicated matters to ensure compliance and risk mitigation
  • Prepare month end schedules and reconciliations ensuring that deadlines are met for handover of work to the accountant for monthly management accounts
  • Prepare documentation and handle queries from accountant relating to the annual financial statements
General Administration:
  • Maintain BBBEE data as required and liaise with consultant to facilitate verification and audit preparation and queries
  • Processing of Staff Expense Claims and Staff Purchases requests for approval by Managing Director
  • Preparation of Trade Finance and banking documentation
  • Maintain Royalties & Deposits schedules
Should you not receive a response within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Vacancies are advertised on our website, you wish to keep abreast with our active roles.
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE
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I hereby consent for Talented Recruitment to process my personal information as part of the recruitment process. Talented Recruitment shall take all reasonable measures to protect the personal information of applicants and for the purpose of this disclaimer “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”).

 

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