Accountant

Rivers Labour Consultants; Howick; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivers Labour Consultants in Howick, SA, seeks a skilled financial accountant to manage the finances for six companies. You will maintain complete accounting records, process transactions, and prepare monthly trial balances and management reports.

You will assist with budgeting and forecasting, monitor project costs and profitability, reconcile inventories and ledgers, and help improve internal controls across the business.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the complete accounting records for six companies.
• Process all financial transactions accurately and timeously.
• Prepare monthly Trial Balances for each company.
• Ensure all general ledger accounts are accurately maintained.
• Perform monthly journal entries, accruals, and provisions.
• Maintain fixed asset registers.
• Prepare monthly management reports and financial reports for management.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
• Monitor and analyse product, installation, and operational costs.
• Allocate direct and indirect costs accurately across projects and business units.
• Analyse margins and profitability by project and department.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and report on cost variances.
• Assist management with pricing analysis and profitability reporting.
• Establish and monitor project budgets.
• Track project expenditure against approved budgets.
• Allocate labour, materials, subcontractor, and overhead costs to individual projects.
• Monitor project profitability and prepare project financial reports.
• Ensure project revenue and costs are recognised accurately.
• Work closely with project managers to monitor financial performance and forecast project outcomes.
• Maintain accurate inventory valuation and stock records.
• Reconcile inventory balances to the general ledger.
• Monitor inventory movements and investigate stock variances.
• Assist with stock takes and inventory audits.
• Ensure correct costing of inventory items.
• Monitor obsolete and slow-moving stock.
• Improve inventory controls and reporting.
• Bank reconciliations.
• Debtors reconciliations.
• Creditors reconciliations.
• Inter-company loan and balance reconciliations.
• General ledger reconciliations.
• VAT control reconciliations.
• Inventory and stock reconciliations.
• Monitor debtor collections.
• Manage creditor payments.
• Ensure supplier accounts are accurate.
• Resolve supplier and customer account queries.
• Monitor supplier reconciliations and payment terms.
• Prepare VAT calculations and submissions.
• Assist with PAYE and statutory reporting.
• Ensure compliance with SARS requirements.
• Prepare documentation for audits and year-end financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and company financial policies.
• Maintain accurate accounting records and filing systems.
• Assist with budgeting and cash flow reporting.
• Prepare monthly management accounts.
• Liaise with auditors, tax practitioners, and external accountants.
• Continuously improve accounting processes and internal controls.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the complete accounting records for six companies.

• Process all financial transactions accurately and timeously.

• Prepare monthly Trial Balances for each company.

• Ensure all general ledger accounts are accurately maintained.

• Perform monthly journal entries, accruals, and provisions.

• Maintain fixed asset registers.

• Prepare monthly management reports and financial reports for management.

• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.

• Monitor and analyse product, installation, and operational costs.

• Allocate direct and indirect costs accurately across projects and business units.

• Analyse margins and profitability by project and department.

• Identify cost-saving opportunities and report on cost variances.

• Assist management with pricing analysis and profitability reporting.

• Establish and monitor project budgets.

• Track project expenditure against approved budgets.

• Allocate labour, materials, subcontractor, and overhead costs to individual projects.

• Monitor project profitability and prepare project financial reports.

• Ensure project revenue and costs are recognised accurately.

• Work closely with project managers to monitor financial performance and forecast project outcomes.

• Maintain accurate inventory valuation and stock records.

• Reconcile inventory balances to the general ledger.

• Monitor inventory movements and investigate stock variances.

• Assist with stock takes and inventory audits.

• Ensure correct costing of inventory items.

• Monitor obsolete and slow-moving stock.

• Improve inventory controls and reporting.

• Bank reconciliations.

• Debtors reconciliations.

• Creditors reconciliations.

• Inter-company loan and balance reconciliations.

• General ledger reconciliations.

• VAT control reconciliations.

• Inventory and stock reconciliations.

• Monitor debtor collections.

• Manage creditor payments.

• Ensure supplier accounts are accurate.

• Resolve supplier and customer account queries.

• Monitor supplier reconciliations and payment terms.

• Prepare VAT calculations and submissions.

• Assist with PAYE and statutory reporting.

• Ensure compliance with SARS requirements.

• Prepare documentation for audits and year-end financial statements.

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and company financial policies.

• Maintain accurate accounting records and filing systems.

• Assist with budgeting and cash flow reporting.

• Prepare monthly management accounts.

• Liaise with auditors, tax practitioners, and external accountants.

• Continuously improve accounting processes and internal controls.