Creditors Clerk (Retail/Restaurant)

SUMMARY:
Our client, an established food retailer, is looking to hire an experienced Creditors Clerk to be based in Ballito.

POSITION INFO:

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge and Experience Required:

• Strong Understanding of Accounting Principles
• Experience in applying Accounting Principles
• Experience in Excel Software - including basic formulas and analysis of excel worksheet
• Experience in bookkeeping and strong understanding of bookkeeping principles
• Restaurant experience (preferred - not compulsory)
• Accounting qualification Roles, Skills and Attributes Required
• Problem solving
• Good Communication Skills
• Credibility & Presence - Maintaining relationships with all store managers
• Attention to detail/ accuracy/ timeliness
• Deadline Driven
• Growth Mindset

Output and Accountabilities

Creditors - Direct Suppliers:

• Resolution of outstanding supplier claims -timeously
• Preparation of creditors reconciliations and submission to manager on a pre-determined date, for review
• Reconciliation of daily sales and purchases - between the accounting system to operations system
• Reporting to managers on non-compliance with controls
• Ensuring that DCPs (Disciplines, controls and procedures) have been adhered to, as it relates to documentation prepared by receiving department, cash office and admin department
• Filing of documentation received from the operations, in an orderly manner
• Review of transactions on accounting system to supporting documentation, to ensure that transactions were captured validly, completely and accurately
• Receiving of all documentation from store administration department and review therefore, to confirm that documents are accurate and complete
• Direct point of contact between multiple suppliers and head office
• Direct point of contact between the store administration department and centralised head office

Bookkeeping Duties:

• Capturing of month end journals eg. depreciation, expense accruals, stock
• Maintenance of the VAT Control accounts
• Analysis of income and expenses for the month, with the view to ensure completeness accuracy, validity of information
• Analysis of income and expenses for the month, with the view to:
• Find opportunity for cost savings
• Highlight Expense trends - favourable or unfavourable
• Highlight risks as it relates to controls
• Monthly preparation of management pack
• Monthly preparation of reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts
• Assistance with preparation of monthly VAT returns for submission
• Analysis and capturing of restaurant petty cash recons monthly
• Additional tasks upon request of the direct manager

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