Bookkeeper

Empact Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Empact Group is seeking a Bookkeeper to execute financial administrative tasks and assist the Management Accountant with reporting for the Central Region - JHB.

Key duties include full month-end processing, invoicing, cash allocation, and producing financial reports for management. Strong Excel, SAP knowledge and ability to work under pressure are essential, as is owning transport for site visits.

Qualifications

• Matric and accounting qualification required.
• 5 years in finance plus SAP experience preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office and advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage full month-end process for 30+ units, incl. journals and reconciliations.
• Prepare invoices, allocate receipts and monitor payments timely.
• Provide monthly performance summaries to management and regional managers.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling tasks.
• Audits, site visits and assisting year-end activities.

Skills

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Staff management

Time management

Deadline driven

Team player

Leadership

High-pressure work

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Matric

Accounting qualification

Tools

SAP

CSFAB/AS400

MS Office

Advanced Excel

Job description

Role: Bookkeeper

Reporting to: Management Accountant

Business Area: Central Region - JHB

The main purpose of the job:

The incumbent will be responsible to execute financial administrative tasks including financial reporting relating to food units. Assist the Management Accountant in providing finance support to the operations, finance team and functional heads.

Desirable education and experience:

• Matric plus relevant tertiary Accounting qualification
• 5 years’ experience in Finance
• SAP Experience required
• CSFAB/AS400
• MS Office and Advanced Excel
• Ability to complete and manage the month end process
• Experience in managing an area of a debt book exceeding 30 clients
• Knowledge of Credit Management
• Strong business planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling skills
• Ability to quickly analyse and manipulate large quantities of financial data, drawing out key matters of significance
• Ability to work under pressure in a deadline driven environment (prepared to work overtime a and when required)
• Own Transport

Knowledge Skills and Competencies required:

• Good numeric and administration skills
• Attention to detail and methodical
• Staff management skills
• Time management skills
• Deadline Driven
• Ability to work in a team
• Leadership skills
• Must be able to work in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Good phone etiquette
• Good numeric and administration skill
• Good interpersonal skills

Key areas of responsibility:

• Completion of full month end process for more than 30 units. This includes, analysis of
  financial results, preparation of invoices, preparation of monthly journals, presentation of
  financial results to management accountant and regional manager, reconciliations, multiple
  checks and balances.
• Analyze monthly trading and explain variances identified to Regional Managers and
  Management Accountant
• Monthly results sign off process with Regional Managers and Management Accountant
• Preparation of invoices and following up on payments
• Allocate receipts on a timely basis (following up with clients regarding payment, following up
  regarding remittance advises for unallocated receipts, processing of all cash received into
  bank account on a daily basis and allocate payments on receipt of remittance advices timeously)
• Monitoring weekly and monthly closures of units in the various accounting systems
• Providing the business unit and/or regional teams with all the reporting required to help them
  manage their areas including monthly summaries of actual performance (Income statements
  with breakdowns)
• Weekly GP and stock level monitoring
• Provide on-going/adhoc reporting and analytical support,
• Preparation of General Ledger recons
• Ensure adherence to the company policies and procedures on a monthly basis
• Check monthly/daily workflow from units
• Take ultimate responsibility for customer related actions/issues/problems until resolved
• Assist in preparation of annual budgets
• Assist in preparation of forecasts
• Providing assistance to unit managers and in-unit staff with all financial queries
• Visiting sites and performing audits
• Take lead for ensuring finance interfaces in place for unit mobilizations and demobilizations
• Assistance with year-end audit
• Other finance related tasks

Empact Group is committed to Employment Equity in line with legislation and will give first preference to candidates as per Equity requirements.

By applying for a role within Empact Group (Proprietary) Limited, all Personal Information which you provide to the Company will be held and/ or stored securely for the purpose of recruitment. Your Personal Information will be stored electronically in a database. Where appropriate, some information may be retained in hard copy. In either event, storage will be secure and audited regularly regarding the safety and the security of the information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPI”).