CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT-PRIVATE SECTOR

Rectitude Recruit; Bloemfontein; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Rectitude Recruit is seeking an experienced accountant to coordinate daily accounting activities under the Head Accountant. You will record revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities, and ensure accurate bookkeeping.

Responsibilities include trial balance analysis, journal posting, reconciliations, payroll review, SARS returns, VAT, tax computations and management reporting. Supervisory duties and monthly closes are expected.

Qualifications

• Experience analysing ledgers and preparing financial statements.
• Strong understanding of reconciliations and auditing files.
• Ability to supervise accounting staff and coordinate monthly closes.

Responsibilities

• Analyse trial balance accounts and identify errors; prepare journals.
• Reconcile balance sheet and nominal accounts.
• Maintain organized financial records and files.
• Resolve complex accounting issues and prepare management reports.
• Supervise staff and review payroll, VAT, and SARS submissions.
• Prepare annual financial statements and audit files.
• Compile budgets, forecasts, and cash flow monitoring.

Skills

Trial balance analysis

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Financial reporting

Payroll oversight

Tax returns SARS

Budgeting & cash flow

Education

Accounting degree or diploma

Tools

Excel

Accounting software

Job description

The candidate will be working under the direction of the Head accountant and coordinate the daily activities of the accounting staff to quickly and accurately record the revenues, expenditures, assets, and liabilities of the Company and other entities.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Analysing trial balance accounts identifying errors and raising journals.
2. Balance sheet and nominal accounts reconciliations.
3. Maintain an organised set of detailed records and files to document financial transactions.
4. Resolves complex accounting issues.
5. Prepare annual financial statements, audit files and ad hoc financial reports.
6. Supervise, direct, and review the work of the accounting staff.
7. Monthly Payroll review, oversight and submission of SARS returns.
8. Monthly VAT review, oversight and submission of SARS returns.
9. COIDA (Workmen’s Compensation Return of Earnings submissions).
10. Calculations and Completion of Provisional and Income Tax Returns, E-filing Administration, submitting supporting documents.
11. Prepare, analysing, interpreting & presenting of management statements.
12. Compiling Budgets and Forecasts.
13. Compiling and monitoring of cash flow.

14. Other Admin or Financial duties as required