PBT Group has a requirement for a Junior Accountant based at our head office in Century City, Cape Town.

Job Purpose:
The Junior Account provides financial information by maintaining and reconciling accounts and preparing reports.

Duties:

- Maintains financial records for subsidiary companies by analysing balance sheets and general ledger accounts.
- Reconciles general and subsidiary bank accounts by gathering and balancing information.
- Provides financial status information by preparing special reports; completing special projects.
- Corrects errors by posting adjusting journal entries.
- Maintains general ledger accounts by reconciling accounts receivable detail and control accounts; adjusting entries for amortizations prepaids; analysing and reconciling retainage and accounts payable ledgers; preparing fixed asset depreciation and accruals.
- Calculation and submission of VAT returns.
- Preparation of management reports.
- Audit process preparation for financial audits.
- Foreign exchange differences – valuation of foreign clients and bank accounts.
- Secures financial information by completing database backups; keeping information confidential.
- Maintains accounting controls by following policies and procedures; complying with regulatory financial requirements.
- Ad hoc financial and administrative support to employees and finance team.

Qualifications:

Education:
- University degree in Accounting, Commerce or Business Management/Administration

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Pastel knowledge and proficiency
- Microsoft Word and Excel proficiency
- Deadline-oriented
- Reporting skills
- Attention to detail
- Confidentiality
- Thoroughness
- Quality focus

Experience:
- 3 to 5 years of financial responsibility