Accountant

Synergy Jobs; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Busways is seeking a Financial Accountant to join our Pymble Head Office. You will manage cashbooks, perform month-end close, and prepare balance sheets and management reports.

You will liaise with managers to ensure accurate financial data and contribute to process improvements in a dynamic transport environment. You will bring strong attention to detail, confidentiality, and the ability to prioritise tasks within a busy finance team.

Qualifications

• Attention to detail and high integrity with confidential data.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills with ability to prioritise.
• Deadline-driven and capable of working under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage and reconcile cashbooks for assigned entities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Coordinate manual payments and investigate discrepancies.
• Perform monthly pre-close and post-close reviews and provide financial commentary.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and financial reports for senior stakeholders.
• Oversee invoicing processes and debtor collection; liaise with internal/external parties.
• Review and reconcile corporate credit card transactions and expense claims weekly.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Deadline-driven

Communication

Adaptability

Education

matric and tertiary education in Bookkeeping or Finance

CA/CPA study (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Job description

Accountant

Job Description

POSITION: Accountant
LOCATION: Glenwood, Durban

Full Booking function in addition to the below:

• Ensure appropriate accounting policies are applied during the preparation of yearly budgets.
• Supervise daily operations within the scope of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Collaborate with accounts and finance managers to ensure the smooth running of an organization’s accounts department.
• Assist with tax returns, work independently on bookkeeping and account reconciliations and handle load payments on Standard Bank Business Online.

Reconciliation of historical entries on Microsoft Dynamics:

• Ability to identify errors.
• Investigating reconciling items and driving resolution with the Financial Manager and Financial Accountant.
• Reconciling unmatched payments to uncaptured invoices and credit notes
• General ledger reconciliations
• Analytical evaluation of vendor accounts against payments made.

General:

• Assist with external audit preparation.
• Collaborate with Financial Managers and other team members to successfully execute various accounting tasks.
• Comply with the requirements of the quality management system.

Requirements and skills:

• Attentive to detail.
• Sound accounting knowledge.
• Confidentiality
• Handle pressure.
• Thoroughness
• Pays attention to detail, displays a high level of integrity, and is deadline-driven
• Excellent organisational and planning skills with the ability to prioritize time and work effectively.
• Can communicate within the team and contribute to the overall success of the team.
• Adaptable as this is a constantly changing environment.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience 5 years plus preferred (Experience in an accounting firm would be advantageous)
• Our ideal candidate has a minimum matric and a tertiary education in Bookkeeping or Finance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

General Journal Entries:

• Raising monthly accruals.
• Processing Depreciation.
• Salaries journal.
• Credit note provision.
• Bad debt provisions.
• All general ledger journals in preparation for management accounts.

Accounts Receivable: (All Entities):

• Provide management with a weekly listing of files outstanding by Voyage Statement Status.
• Provide Management with a Monthly Customer Age analysis.
• Unapplied payments report – Customers.
• Maintenance of Clearing Accounts.
• Pe Transactional data – preparation.
• Related party trading accounts.
• Intercompany trading accounts.

Accounts Payable: (All Entities):

• Processing of foreign vendor invoices including the assignment of charge items.
• To ensure that the rate of exchange is aligned with the incoterms as described.
• Foreign vendor creation.
• Releasing of purchase orders (rounding, cents adj).
• Provide Management with Monthly Vendor Age analysis.
• Unapplied payments report – Vendors.
• Purchase Order Maintenance.
• Purchase Order Approval.
• Releasing of purchase orders (rounding, cents adjustment).
• ROE Request from buyers.

General:

• Credit Card and Fleet Card Import Template.
• Manage General Ledger reconciliations including maintenance ledgers.
• Performing periodic financial analyses to detect and resolve problems.
• Prepare working paper file for internal and external audits and review by management.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations – monthly.
• Prepare income statement reconciliations – monthly.
• Ensure that all control accounts are reconciled to sub-ledgers.
• Including Accounts receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash and Bank Accounts, Inventory.
• Preparation of the VAT 201 for submission month for all related entities.
• Preparation of the EMP201 and EMP501 for submission on e-filing and easy file.
• Tax and VAT compliance - SARS Correspondence.
• Assist with Provisional Tax calculations and submission.
• Facilitating the Monthly Invoice Processing.
• Ensure that all operating expenses are accounted for and reconciled through vendor ledgers.
• Stock Valuations and Stock Adjustments.

Fixed Assets: (All Entities)

• Maintenance of the fixed asset and tax asset registers for all entities.
• Ensure that all assets are accounted for both with NAV and in Excel.
• Update additions, disposals, and scrapping with the FAR's.

Ready for your next opportunity? This is a career step-up opportunity to bring your communication and organisational skills to Busways’ Pymble Head Office! We’re looking for a Financial Accountant. You have the chance to make a key difference in the community by ensuring safe and reliable transport services everyday

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Manage and reconcile cashbooks for assigned legal entities, ensuring transactions are accurate, timely and appropriately supported.
• Coordinate manual payment requests and investigate and resolve cashbook discrepancies and outstanding items.
• Perform monthly pre-close and post-close financial reviews, including investigation of variances and preparation of financial commentary.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and financial reports, including expense reports for senior stakeholders, ensuring discrepancies and outstanding items are appropriately followed up.
• Manage assigned invoicing processes and debtor collection, liaising with internal and external stakeholders to resolve invoicing, account reconciliation and outstanding balance queries.
• Review and reconcile corporate credit card transactions and employee expense claims on a weekly basis.
• Complete assigned month-end accounting processes, including bank and depot cash reconciliations, journal preparation, accruals, prepayments, and other financial adjustments.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly BAS returns, perform weekly excise duty calculations and lodgements, and prepare monthly FBT accrual journals.
• Support the Manager and Senior Accountants with day-to-day accounting matters, financial analysis, process improvements and ad hoc requirements.

What You’ll Bring:

• Must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or have valid, unrestricted working rights.
• Degree, Diploma or other tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years' relevant experience in a commercial or corporate finance environment.
• Practical experience supporting or completing month-end close activities, including reconciliations and preparation of accounting journals, with the ability and willingness to develop broader financial accounting skills.
• Studying towards CA or CPA qualification.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate discrepancies and identify appropriate solutions.
• High level of computer competence, in particular Microsoft Word and Excel, with the ability to work effectively with financial systems and reporting tools.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise workloads, manage competing deadlines and deliver quality outcomes within required timeframes.
• Strong work ethic and a results-oriented attitude with a commitment to confidentiality
• Strong verbal and written communication