Accountant / Bookkeeper

SPECIFICATION

The Accountant Bookkeeper oversees a group of company’s financial data and compliance by maintaining accurate books on accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and daily financial entries and reconciliations. They perform daily accounting tasks such as monthly financial reporting, general ledger entries, and record payments and adjustments reporting directly to the CEO.

Office-based position in Lynnwood Pretoria.

Responsibilities

• Import of Cash Book entries
• Initialize bank reconciliations of all cashbook entries
• Processing of creditors invoices including doing recons on each creditor
• Making creditors payments including loading in the bank
• Processing bank statement entries monthly
• Maintaining the creditors age analysis and making sure it reconciles
• Reconciling the bank accounts monthly
• Processing ad hoc journals
• Performing ad hoc duties in the Accounts Department
• General admin tasks

Qualifications

• BCom degree in Financial Accountancy or similar
• Completed SAIPA or SAICA articles
• At least 3 year experience in the accounting environment

Skills

• Responsible, reliable and good inter-personal skills.
• Ethical and ensure Confidentiality is maintained.
• Analytical with strong problem solving, numerical and verbal reasoning skills.
• Proven commitment to comply with regulations, policies and processes.
• Ablity to work independently with sound decision-making skills.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
• Ability to deliver work that requires flawless accuracy and correctness.