Snr Accountant - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 12-04-2019 7:07:41 AM
15-05-2019 5:37:22 PM
Reference: 4793CM
Job Description:

* Preparation and review of Consolidated Income Statement
* Preparation of monthly turnover reports per branch for board of directors
* Review intercompany transactions for consolidation
* Prepare and review monthly Management Accounts
* Assist with the quarterly preparation of forecast and yearly of branch requests
* To liaise with branches and departments in following up and resolving queries
* Pepare and review balance sheet reconciliations to ensure that all reconciliations / reviews of accounts are accurate in order to ensure minimum financial losses to the company
* Preparation of VAT reconciliations and VAT reasonability (extracting data, updating pivots, checking and reconciling information) and preparation and submission of any information requested by SARS as part of VAT verification / audit
* Assisting with the interim and year-end audit (reconciliations, extracting and analysing data, disclosures, assisting auditors
* Check and release of COD and vendor payments
* Provision of bad debts and credit notes (update provisions data, process and reconcile to GL on company level and by branch and review reasonability and completeness of provisions
* Process bad debts written off and recovered. Reconcile between IFRS and German GAAP
* Preparation of debtors reconciliations and various other reports for review by the board (includes reconciliation of movement, debtor days, reporting to holding company)
* Processing routine and ad-hoc journals (includes review of accounts for completeness and raising / reversing accruals, allocation of IT license fees and telephone costs to respective branches, etc.)
* Reporting on foreign currency differences for South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique
* Preparation and review of ad-hoc reports for Human Resources and Logistics
* Prepare, review and distribution of Benchmark report
* General assistance and help with the Creditors, Debtors and Cash Book queries
* Supervision and coaching of other accountants and providing guidance and assistance when necessary
* To strive to improve own performance through personal growth


Requirements:

* Qualified as a CA(SA) will be advantageous
* BAcc Hons degree
* SAICA articles completed
* Microsoft Excel (advanced level)
* MS Office Suite (intermediate)
* SAP experience will be advantageous
* 2 - 5 years’ experience in a similar role
* Attentive to detail
* Ability to work accurately under pressure
* Deadline-driven
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Customer service-oriented
* Honest
* Self-motivated
* Positive attitude