Assistant Accountant

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Tertiary qualification, BCom Degree or BTech in Financial Accounting / Internal auditing
• Completed articles or part thereof would be an added advantage

Job Requirements

• Computer Literacy (MS Office – Power Point, Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet)
• Minimum 2-5 years’ experience with debtors/creditors in an accounts orientated environment
• Experience in the Corrugated environment will be an advantage
• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to month end deadlines
• Attention to detail and accuracy of work
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Key responsibilities 

Assist to oversee the company’s financial data and compliance by maintaining accurate records on accounts payable and receivable, stock, daily financial entries and reconciliations of all.

Full debtors’ function including, but not limited to, the following:

• Opening of new accounts
• TransUnion reports and relevant audit checks
• Maintaining master data file
• Queries and debt collection
• Process payments, credit notes, miscellaneous invoices and journals
• Debtors’ month end process (strict deadline)
• Checking of manual credit notes
• Pallet reconciliations
• Maintenance of rebates and supply agreements
• CRM online filing and management
• Daily cash forecast submission to Treasury
• Rebate Calculation and upkeep of correspondence

• Assist with Creditors function when required (focus on Paper receipting and reel issues)
• Stock take admin and assistance, with a focus on Paper Stores, running the stock take monthly and investigating any issues
• Switchboard / reception relief
• Custodian of Petty Cash
• Processing of journal entries on JDE, for all receipts, payments and other financial transactions
• Prepare monthly management accounts
• Prepare VAT Return
• Monthly Intercompany balances with other branches
• Monthly submission of One source (Tax)
• Upload financial statements on Hyperion/SMART
• Reconciliation of monthly GL recons
• Stats SA Submission
• Monthly Treasury Schedules
• Upload budget (yearly) and outlook (quarterly) onto Hyperion and prepare Statutory notes on Hyperion
• Filing source documents
• Processing and reconciliation of bank
• Preparing financial reports when required
• Capex – doing the preparation and online application
• Assist with internal and external audits
• Ad-hoc tasks as directed by the Finance Manager