Accountant

SCOPE OF WORK

Monthly reporting

• Monthly flash reporting

• Preparing monthly flash report

• Monthly management accounts

• Ensuring accuracy and completeness of monthly balance sheet reconciliations within agreed timelines

• Preparing month end files (also used for Audit purposes).

Accounting duties

• Day to day managing all aspects relating to accounting

• Determine revenue and expenditure

• Determine monthly revenue forecast and perform monthly revenue analysis.

• Create weekly & monthly revenue report to financial manager

• Oversee financial transactions and process invoices promptly

• Perform reconciliation of account receivable and payable

• Report on alignment of costs to revenue

• Work in compliance with company accounting standards and guidelines

• Identify and resolve outstanding balances monthly

• Perform record keeping of all financial operations

• Create and distribute invoices based on contract and reporting data

• Managing bookkeeper

• Review accounting activities to ensure sound business controls, reporting deviations to the Financial Manager

• General adherence to Company policies and procedures

Debtors

• Weekly follow-up on outstanding Debtors.

• Ensure accurate invoicing resulting in no credit notes

• Frequent follow-up with client to ensure timeous payment

• Debtors statements and account reconciliations

• Debtors age analysis VAT

• Monthly VAT reconciliations Stock and fixed assets

• Checking and monitoring quarterly stock/scaffold and fixed asset counts

• Facilitation of stock and asset counts includes cut-offs and delivery controls

• Fixed asset control and procedures

Budget and Forecast

• Assist in budget preparation.

Sundry debtors

• Ensure accuracy and integrity of all jobs in the Data Base

• Weekly review of the databases & associated reports, highlighting problems and risks to management, as well as ensuring a valid JGC for every job on the database.

• Staff to follow up and resolve issues pertaining to Jobs captured, Purchase Orders, Scope changes, Errors, Signatures and Service entry stages of various jobs on the Data Bases.

• Specific focus to be placed on outstanding / overdue matters and informing Ops & own staff on matters to be resolved Audit • Assist in financial audits and implement audit recommendation

People Management and leadership

• Coaching, development, mentoring and training of the team or junior team members

• Creating high performance teams, by implementing and monitoring individual and team performance

• Creating a harmonious working environment through conflict management and discipline, team cohesion.

• Modelling the company values and building the company culture

• Effective delegation of duties and tasks

Skills

• Time-management

• Ability to multi-task

• Attention to Detail

• Deadline Driven

• Sound communication skills (written and verbal)

Knowledge

• Accounting standards, principles and basic understanding of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)

• MS Office

• Advanced Excel Skills Attributes

• Results oriented

• Analytical thinking

• Customer Oriented

• Reliable, meticulous & precise

• Honesty & integrity

• Taking ownership

• Professionalism

• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills

• Assertive, dynamic & proactive individual

• Interpersonal Skills

• Accountability

• Deadline driven.

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Data gathering and analysis

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ working experience as Accountant.

• Proven experience dealing with accounts, financial systems management, and operations in a large and complex organization.

• Working experience with sundry debtors.

• Working experience in calculation of “Cost of manufacturing” (finished goods)

• Minimum 2 years working experience calculation and reconciliation of VAT, dividends, and provisional tax.

• Project accounting with a clear understanding of project requirements. Long- and short-term projects

• Experience in importing goods

• Previous supervisory experience and advantage

• Accounting standards, principles and basic understanding of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)

• MS Office and advanced Excel Skills

• Finance and Accounting Systems (MS Dynamics AX/Financial Systems)

• Relevant legislation (i.e., Companies Act, Vat Act, Income Tax)

• Budgeting and forecasting

• Financial Statements

• Annual Audits and financial compliance

Minimum Qualifications required

• Matric

• Degree in Finance or Accounting (an advantage)