Financial Accountant - Sandton Verfied

Salary Negotiable Sandton, Gauteng Sandton, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 26-06-2015 12:31:03 PM
24-07-2015 12:31:03 PM
Financial Accountant Job SANDTON - luxury Tour operator

Financial Accountant Job SANDTON became available at this well known, luxury Tour Operator Company, with the Head Office based in Joburg, Sandton. The successful candidate must have the ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, friendly, helpful, good team player, efficient and flexible.

KEY OUTPUTS:

Daily finance Queries

· Act as Finance liaison to the Sales, DMC, Commercial Teams, as well as the rest of the Finance team regarding any queries that may arise
· Assist with Tourplan queries
Manage Debtors Book

· Review Debtors Age Analysis Fortnightly
· Escalate and resolve queries
· Be knowledgeable on the Company's Trading terms and manage the collections in line with this
· Monthly cash flow management in line with Debtors book
· Limit Bad debt Provision to within 1% of the Month end Debtors Value –
· Conduct monthly Debtors review with Sales and DMC Managers & Directors. Send out detailed minutes following the reviews with specific action points
· Review Unallocated Cash weekly and send to DMC team for comment
Tourplan & Accpac

· Month end checks as per checklist need to be completed on the 2nd working day of the new month (or as required)
· All bank reconciliations to be checked and signed off, reconciling & suspense entries to be investigated
· Tourplan closing to be done no later than the 3rd working day of each new month (or as required)
· Tourplan Import, Macro & Tourplan Accpac recon to be completed on the same day that Tourplan is closed
· · Flash 6 to be analysed and posted on the 10th working day of each month
· Flash Analysis (1-5) to be completed/ posted on the 5th working day of each new month (or as required). Analysis to be done to verify integrity of information
· Debtors Age Analysis to be revalued and checked the booking periods for accuracy· Bad debt provision to be done with full comments and action plan to resolve issues
· Miami import to be done on the 4th working day of each month (or as required)
· T&E analysis, Ledgers and Manaccs to be sent out as per month end time table
· Reviewing of all Touring Management accounts (20) and variances to be queried
· Management account reviews to be held with respective Touring Directors
· Travel Revenue & COS to be recorded
· Finalising Accurate Management accounts· Accurate Monthly & Quarterly Forecasting
· Any other functions deemed necessary to completed month end accurately and on time
Additional Functions

· VAT Submissions by the due date for ABSAT & ABBT· Monitoring of e-filing for any assessments issued by SARS
· Resolving all VAT Queries

· Manage the Debtors & Accounting Team personnel in terms of leave, working hours, identifying training needs· Travel: Support, review and analyse
· · Commission and Incentives: Implementation, calculation and support

· Cash book: Weekly review of Bank reconciliations

· Balance Sheet: Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations (3 Companies)

· Budgets: Prepare, Implement and maintain

· Audit: participate intermediate/ yearend audits, and internal reviews

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

Bachelor’s degree in finance
Computer literate – Accpac for Windows, QuickBooks, advanced Excel is essential
SKILLS REQUIRED:

Accuracy and attention to detail
Deadline Driven
Problem Solving
Continuous improvement
Honesty and integrity in all functions performed
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

A minimum of 3 years’ experience in similar position
Start: ASAP

Salary: Market related

To apply for Financial Accountant Job SANDTON - luxury Tour operator, send your CV in WORD document with recent photo and contactable references.

Recruiter: HJA