Large multi-national concern in the retail industry required a Bookkeeper to join their Finance team at their Head Office.
Management of General Ledger Accounts:
- Invoice processing: Allocating accurate expenses to relevant General Ledger Accounts
- Vendor maintenance: Deleting, Creating, Updating Vendor details on both the business system and online banking
- Payment proposal review and reconciliation for Foreign (Italy, USA, Africa) and Local Vendors
- Credit applications completed in time for new Vendors
- Credit card applications completed in time for work colleagues
- Daily clearing of Vendor/Bank Clearing Account
- Daily feedback to Finance Director & manager on queries raised
- Intercompany processing and reconciliation
- Preparation of monthly accruals file
- Reconciliation of supplier statement
- Management of expense claims and fuel log books
- Management of open Purchase orders
- Ensure all accounts are reconciled on a timely basis
- Recording and maintenance of the fixed asset register
- Ad hoc Projects
Month End Financial Reporting:
- Ensure the reporting of group monthly financial results Group and the Executive Team is timely, accurate and relevant.
- Assist in the preparation of these reports for both accuracy and compliance to Group policies
- Performance analysis on various expense lines
- Trend reporting
- Assist in providing meaningful commentary on financial performance
Value Added Tax
- Assist & prepare SAP reports in order to calculate monthly VAT submissions.
- Identify errors and correct allocations between VAT-able and Non-VAT-able costs.
- Submit VAT returns on a monthly basis.
- Submission of payments to SARS
- Follow up on outstanding VAT refunds
Banking:
- Maintain external banking relationships and work with Corporate treasury & SGH
Formal qualifications/certification required:
Minimum: Matric (Maths and Accounting), BComm. Preference will be given to part-qualified ACCAs or similar.
Years of experience required:
- Must have successfully operated in a quality business for at least 3 years post qualification.
Ref: CPT000112/GG