Financial Bookkeeper

SUMMARY:
Do you have 3 years experience, a completed degree in finance and are ready to grow your expertise in a fast growing upmarket renewable energy company?

Our client in the CBD requires a go-getter with a positive attitude, a professional individual who can add value using their accounting payable/receivable principles and hands on experience with spreadsheet and proprietary software.

The best opportunity for long-term career growth!

POSITION INFO:
REQUIREMENTS

• Related Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 3 – 4 years proven bookkeeping experience
• Solid understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting payable/receivable principles
• Proven ability to calculate, post and manage accounting figures and financial records
• Data entry skills along with a knack for numbers
• Hands-on experience with spreadsheets and proprietary software
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Decision-making ability
• Commercial awareness
• Ability to motivate others
• Team working skills

• Assist in procuring required supplier questionnaires and BBBEE certificates
• Create purchase orders and purchase invoices in accounting system
• Create the payment proposals
• Bi-monthly draw of proof of payments and distribution to the related manager
• Verify that transactions are recorded in the correct general ledger account, suppliers ledger, customer ledger and general ledger
• Perform partial checks of the posting process
• Setting up and administering Exco Meetings
• Prepare minutes of Exco meetings
• Enter data, maintain records, and launch reports and financial statements
• Assist the Accountant to generate and maintain data room for each project
• Liaise with suppliers and customers for relationship management
• Submission of completed documents to Accountant for review
• Work closely with the rest of the Asset Management Team helping in preparing documentation for stakeholders
• Assistance on audits as required