Our client an international food and beverage company, seeks an Accountant who has experience working up to General Ledger.
Must have: (please take note if the below is not on an applicants CV they will be overlooked, please ensure that you have the experience that it is clear on your application)
The qualifications should be a BCom Accounting (desirable but not essential) or relevant accounting qualification (course/diploma/certificate).
10+ years experience as an Accountant - please ensure your CV clearly states your duties for GL Accounting! 
MS excel experience (moderate to advanced)
SAP working experience - please ensure your CV has a list of your packages
Tax and Accounting knowledge
Knowledge of accounting principles/procedures (incl IFRS)
Basics of accuracy / deadline orientation / strong work ethic / working under pressure
Duties:
A)    GL ACCOUNTING
-          Month-end (Managing the opening and closing of the financial month)
o   Review of TB to ensure postings are allocated correctly: ongoing during the month and at month-end
o   Ensure monthly journal provisions are timeously processed.
o   Maintain and reconcile Interco accounts.
o   Analyse and reconcile Balance Sheet accounts (circa 50 accounts)
§  Review SAP debtors aging against Imperial debtors
§  Review cashbook balances against bank statements
§  Review stock balances against Imperial stockholding
o   Review and raise accruals monthly
o   Balance inter-company accounts with other Bus
o   Perform FX revaluation in SAP
o   Prepare KPIs load files & load to HFM.
o   Prepare Financials (PL & BS) load file and load to HFM.
 
-          Sales Analysis
o   Review and align SAP sales vs. Imperial Sales Reports
o   Perform reasonability test on and discount accounts and accruals per customer trading terms. Perform a YTD manual calculation of expected discounts
 
-          Cash Books
o   Process bank transactions into cashbooks
o   Reconcile bank statements to cashbooks
o   Resolve queries in relation to bank transactions
 
-          COGS analysis
o   Perform manual cogs calculation and reconcile against SAP cost of sales accounts (18 accounts in total)
o   Costing runs when new products are taken on
 
-          Review Cost centre reports for Indirect costs
o   Align with AMS Reporting team on the recharges monthly
o   Expense claim management 
 
B)    BUDGETS
-          Assist FM in compilation of Budgets / Forecasts / Strat Plans / Pre Estimates
 
C)    ANNUAL AUDIT
-          Assist the FM in the local component of annual financial audits
o   Year-end stock count
o   Audit prep – TB review and preparation of audit schedules
o   Audit filed work
 
D)    DAY TO DAY ACCOUNTING WORK
-          Credit Control
o   Performing credit checks for customer credit applications
o   Setting credit limits for new accounts
o   Credit checks for credit limit increases
o   Ensuring customers approved for credit are created in Imperial
o   Communicating customer trading terms to Imperial
o   Approving trading term and promotional discounts (average 200 requests per month).
o   Approving orders on credit block
o   Debtors review meetings with Imperial to reduce DSO days – Total debtors in book 144
 
-          Interface Management
o   Working with IT to troubleshoot and resolve idoc failures in the interface
 
-          Creditors Management (to be migrated to SIL Amsterdam)
o   Process supplier invoices for work done
o   Ensure accurate payments to creditors within agreed payment terms.
o   Ensure that accruals are correctly accounted for.
o   Perform age analysis of creditors and follow-up on balances older than 30 days.
o   Manage open GR accrual accounts (follow-up older than 60 days)
o   Reviewing new suppliers created for correct registration documents/ payment terms/ payment method/ balance sheet reconciliation account
o   Ensure correct approval process is followed for work carried out – CE/PO/Invoice authorized by relevant authority.
o   Receipt of invoices from various departments and perform allocation/coding to GL and Cost centre before handing over to Accounting Services provider for booking into SAP. (Average invoices a month +/-300)
o   Handling supplier queries – Total number of suppliers (91 and growing)
o   Approval of payment run weekly and follow up of payments
 
-          Maintain Fixed Asset Register on SAP
o   Safekeeping and recording of all fixed assets.
o   Perform depreciation run for all fixed assets
o   Review FAR and depn monthly.
o   Conduct periodic physical asset counts and recommend to management on any disposals.
 
-          Taxes
o   Review of VAT & PAYE reports and returns before submission – monthly
o   Supervision/review of corporate tax submissions
 
-          Company Secretarial Work
o   Ensuring CIPC records are updated whenever company changes take place and annual returns.
o   Maintaining Company Documents
o   Submitting Quarterly Stats SA reports
 
-          Other Admin Work
o   Maintain Insurances
§  Ensuring adequate business cover
§  Credit Insurance