Accounting Clerk - Junior Financial Accountant

Finovate People; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Cape Town seeks an Accounting Clerk / Junior Financial Accountant for a 6-month contract with potential for permanence. The role involves various accounting tasks, requiring proficiency in software like Xero and strong attention to detail. Ideal for graduates or juniors with a desire to develop within the accounting field, this position offers competitive remuneration aligned with experience.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of relevant experience is preferable.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Processing and reconciliation of supplier and customer invoices.
• Managing customer accounts and finance-related queries.
• Maintaining the asset register and calculating depreciation.

Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Customer Service Skills

Education

Matric Certificate

Accounting Diploma

Tools

Google G-Suite

Microsoft Excel

Xero

Job description

Our client, based in Cape Town Century City, is looking for an Accounting Clerk / Junior Financial Accountant to join their team as soon as possible. This is a 6 month contract position that has the potential to be made permanent.

Team : Finance

Reports directly to : Financial Manager

You are responsible for :

• Maintaining supplier and customer details in the Company’s accounting system.
• Daily processing of supplier invoices and monthly reconciliation of supplier accounts against supplier statements.
• Daily processing of customer invoices and weekly reconciliation of customer accounts against warehouse sales reports.
• Managing customer accounts to ensure that customers stay within their credit limits and following up on outstanding accounts.
• Managing finance-related customer queries and liaising with the Order Fulfilment team to ensure the processing of credits.
• Processing and sending of monthly customer statements and invoices.
• Weekly reconciliation of all bank transactions and balance checks against bank statements.
• Weekly reconciliation of credit card transactions and balance checks against statements. Ensuring inclusion of all slips received and processed when reconciling the credit card.
• Weekly reconciliation and processing of online payments made through various payment gates, including but not limited to Payflex, Payfast, and Snapscan.
• Reconciling online transactions against monthly online sales reports.
• Weekly reconciliation of the advance income account.
• Monthly reconciliation of the pre-payments account and requesting outstanding supplier invoices.
• Maintaining the asset register and monthly calculation of depreciation.
• Calculating and reconciling the monthly VAT201.
• Preparing and processing payments for the weekly pay run.
• Assisting Order Fulfilment with administrative tasks as required.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience :

• Matric Certificate.
• Accounting Diploma, and one to two years relevant experience in the Accounting Industry, is preferable.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to multitask, work in a fast-paced environment, and meet deadlines.
• Good administrative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with strong customer service skills.
• Proven ability to work both independently, as well as part of a team.
• Ability to work comfortably with Google G-Suite and Microsoft Office, specifically Excel.
• Experience with Xero accounting software is preferable.

Salary offered : R15,000 en R17,000 depending on experience.

Graduates or Juniors with 2 years experience are welcome to apply!

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Financial Accountant • Cape Town, South Africa