Junior Accountant Vacancies
BSG (Africa) has an opportunity for a Junior Accountant within the Cape Town Finance Department
Main Purpose of the Role:
The Junior Accountant will play a key role in contributing to the effective operation of the Finance department and will be required to provide top quality service to internal and external customers.
Qualifications:
- Matric (good maths and/or accounting results)
- Accounting Diploma/Bcom Degree
Job Objectives:
- Responsible for overall creditor management and input VAT:
- Processing creditor invoices, ensuring controls adhered to and coaching areas of business re compliance to the controls, and completing supplier reconciliations
- Dealing with creditor queries
- Dealing with departmental queries regarding invoices/payments
- Preparing and posting journals in respect to reallocations, accruals, prepayments etc.
- Completing month end reconciliations for balance sheet accounts relating to purchases (accruals, prepayments, training, staff purchases, sundry debtors)
- Completing the input VAT monthly reconciliation
- Responsible for bank management:
- Processing payment to suppliers
- Reconciliation of the bank accounts and petty cash
- Weekly reporting of cash balances and expected weekly spending
- Completing transfers between money market and current account
- Following up queries with Bank and Credit Card relationship manager
- Responsible for fixed asset management:
- Processing asset purchases and disposals to the fixed asset register
- Posting depreciation journal monthly
- Reconciling the fixed asset register to the general ledger
- Dealing with insurance company regarding insuring new assets and reviewing the annual insurance policy regarding assets
- Supporting the labelling of fixed asset additions and the annual fixed asset audit
- Completing CAPEX reporting summary
Experience:
- A BCom Degree with at least 1-2 years’ experience OR
- An Accounting Diploma with at least 2-3 years’ experience
- Experience in a small/medium size organisation preferable
- Creditors, cash and fixed assets experience is essential
Knowledge:
- Creditor ledger/Supplier recons processing
- Fixed asset register processing
- VAT
- Cash management/Bank reconciliations
- Journal processing and balance sheet reconciliations
Skills and Abilities:
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Pastel or similar accounting system
- Intermediate Microsoft office skills
- Strong Numeracy skills
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Good ability to manage own time and prioritise tasks
- Attention to detail
- Good written & verbal communication skills
- Ability to follow process/ procedures
- Strong interpersonal skills
Key Performance Areas:
- Creditor management as outlined by the business
- Fixed asset management as outlined by the business
- Cash management
- Monthly reporting & reconciliations
- Stakeholder management within Insurance and Banking as well as internal stakeholders
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