Assistance Financial Accountant

Purpose of this job

To process & record the transactions relating to creditors, cashbook and inventory of the business according to prescribed standards.  To manage relationships with auditors, banks and SARS.

Role and Responsibilities for various companies

• Perform the accounts payable function including processing of invoices, preparing and loading payments for local/foreign creditors
• Ensure payments are made according to agreed terms for local/foreign suppliers
• Ensure the schedule for foreign payments (BOLading) is up to date and accurate
• Perform local/foreign supplier reconciliations between the BOLading, creditors statement and creditors ledger
• Manage disputes with local/foreign suppliers 
• Process cashbook on a daily basis
• Prepare bank and petty cash reconciliations on a weekly basis
• Perform cash handling and banking, ensuring accuracy of cashiers and reporting any discrepancies
• Assist in the cash flow forecasting process by updating the required fields on the cash flow forecast sheet on a daily basis
• Inventory management including clearing; costing and receipting
• Review cycle counts and assist to investigate stock shortages
• Process cycle count adjustments
• Process stock adjustments after ensuring relevant manager has approved it
• Provide relevant information to customers services on stock adjustments relating to stock returns
• Perform cash handling and banking, ensuring accuracy of cashiers and reporting any discrepancies
• Allocate cash to relevant customers and ensure customers age analysis is correct
• Collection of cash from customers
• Ad hoc work as required by the Finance Manager
• Closing of accounting modules (purchases; sales; inventory) in the relevant accounting package
• Performing backups and archiving of data
• Prepare and record month end journal entries
• Prepare all Balance Sheet Reconciliation’s
• Present and analyse the Profit and Loss Statement
• Prepare management account analysis for review by management

Skills

• Management/ Financial Management Skills
• Intermediate Excel Skills
• Numeracy Skills

Ref: JHB000087/BCM