Accountant

Exceed Human Resource Consultants; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in South Africa is looking for a Finance professional responsible for managing monthly accounts, overseeing financial operations, and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate will have a financial degree, two years of accounting experience, and familiarity with Sage Evolution and Pastel. This role requires strong analytical skills and attention to detail, along with effective communication for team collaboration. Send your CV via email to apply.

Qualifications

• Financial Degree required.
• Minimum of two years experience in Accounting.
• Experience with Sage Evolution is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and financial reporting.
• Oversee the creditor clerk function.
• Review supplier reconciliations and payment processes.
• Assist with payroll submissions and capturing.
• Ensure the integrity of the Fixed Asset Register.

Skills

Financial Degree

Two years Accounting experience

Pastel Partner

Sage Evolution

Advanced Microsoft Office

Nedbank Processing

Tools

Sage Evolution

Pastel Partner

Microsoft Office

Job description

Reference

10700 AV

Consultant

Anneke Viviers

Job Description

• Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts & Financial Reporting
  • Preparing the first draft of the monthly management accounts pack with commentary on variances from budget
  • Compiling a monthly Balance Sheet reconciliation file, to ensure integrity of financial statement line items presented
• Management
  • Oversight over the Creditor Clerk function
• Supplier reconciliations
  • Reviewing of the creditors clerk’s supplier reconciliations
  • Ensuring the Municipal Invoice checklist is completed, to ensure all invoices have been captured for the month
  • Ensure all suppliers are reconciled before payment
  • Inspection of the supplier age analysis on a monthly basis
• Payment to suppliers
  • First authorisation of new suppliers after checking all details loaded by the creditor clerk with relevant sources
  • Review of all payment batches received from creditor clerk for accuracy and completeness thereof
  • First authorisation of payments and send to authorised manager for second authorisation
• Cash Control & Banking
  • Updating the Sage Evolution control accounts and reconciliations after the creditor clerk has imported the bank statements
  • Allocate all receipts to correct customer invoices
• Payroll
  • Providing assistance with accurate and timely submission of time sheet information to payroll department on a monthly basis
  • Review of monthly reports received from the payroll department
  • Capturing of the payroll data on Sage Evolution
  • Capturing the salaries and wages payment batches on the online banking platform and sending it to the authorised manager for release
• Accounts receivable
  • Preparing ad-hoc customer invoices
  • Ensure the monthly billing cycle is performed accurately and timeously
  • Follow up on any outstanding debtors as part of the monthly review process
  • If a debtor balance is outstanding longer than 30 days and follow up with the debtor proved unsuccessful, communicate with the financial manager in a timely manner
• Fixed Assets
  • Ensure the integrity and maintenance of the Fixed Asset Register
  • Send the updated Fixed Asset Register to the relevant departments on a monthly basis for accuracy and completeness checks
  • Calculate and account for depreciation on a monthly basis after verification by the relevant departments

Qualifications

• Financial Degree
• Two years Accounting experience
• Pastel Partner
• Sage Evolution (advantageous)
• Advance Microsoft Office
• Nedbank Processing

How to Apply

• Email your comprehensive CV to [e-mail]
• If you are already registered, please forward your CV and the relevant reference number to the consultant with whom you are currently registered in order to avoid duplicity on our system.
• We reserve the right to only conduct interviews with candidates of choice.
• Applicants who have not received feedback within 30 days from the closing date must please accept their application as unsuccessful.