Senior Accountant (CA) (Account Manager)

SUMMARY:
NEW VACANCY!
We invite qualified candidates to apply for the Senior Accountant (CA) (Account Manager) role for our client, an Accounting firm in Port Elizabeth.

POSITION INFO:
Duties:

• Management
  • Managing a team of 8 to 10 accountants and bookkeepers that are providing external services to several clients that have various businesses.
  • The businesses are groups of companies that require outsourced back-office services
  • The team will need to be monitored and supported by the Senior Account Manager
  • The incumbent will be required to liaise with the head-office that provides the ultimate service, and with the clients
  • Troubleshooting processing issues
  • Systems support and recommendations for system improvements
  • Coordinate the team and train team according to the HO requirements
  • Recruit team members
  • Manage team, performance and KPA’s ensure data is correctly processed according to strict requirements
  • Accounting support and management of the team to provide following services
  • Monthly bookkeeping review and support to bookkeepers (see below )
  • Review and correcting monthly management accounts
  • Review and management of accounting controls and systems
  • Journal adjustments
  • Reconciling accounts
  • Reconciling inter-group loan accounts
  • Customer support
  • Monthly working papers
  • Annual financial statements
  • Cash-flows prepared and reviewed
  • Budgets prepared and reviewed to actual
  • Commentary on financial statements and management accounts
  • Review of controls and procedures
  • Accounting IT systems support
  • Prepare management accounts
  • Tax computations

• Respond to internal and external queries
  • Timesheets
  • Management of team members (bookkeepers)
  • Prepare reports

• BCom Degree, SAICA, or similar qualification
• 5 plus years post articles experience in accounting/bookkeeping/managing finance team
• Proficient in the following programs;
  • Xero or Sage or Other
  • Draftworx/Caseware
  • Excel (advanced), Outlook, Word