Treasury Assistant

Execustaff; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 450 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Johannesburg is seeking a Treasury Assistant to support the financial manager team. The role involves managing cash flow, banking activities, and financial reporting. Key responsibilities include daily bank reconciliation, assisting with audits, and managing tax submissions. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical and financial skills, along with a qualification in SAIPA, SAICA, or CIMA.

Qualifications

• Min. 3 years’ experience in reconciling accounts to statements.
• Able to work overtime during month end.
• In-depth knowledge of tax.

Responsibilities

• Daily reconciliation of the bank and ensure timely processing of transactions.
• Assist with month end closing and prepare journals for review.
• Act as contact point for External Auditors.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial skills

Time management

Detail oriented

Organizational skills

Education

SAIPA / SAICA / CIMA Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are seeking a Treasury Assistant in the Johannesburg Central area.

Job Summary

• The Treasury Assistant supports financial manager team in managing company cash flow, banking activities, and financial reporting

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Treasury Management

• Daily reconciliation of the bank
• Ensure proper house-keeping of all banking details and bank users / approvers
• Ensure that the Bank closes on time at month end
• Ensure that the bank is always error free and that all queries are followed up timeously
• Ensure that all transactions are processed within 48hrs from transaction date
• Submission of monthly recon for Finance Manager and CFO approval and submit to RHQ
• Provision of audit reports to RTC / RHQ / Auditors when required
• Assist with cash flow
• Assist with managing forex & reporting to RTC
• Liaison with external banking institutions
• Assist with SARB applications

External Audit

• Fulfill the role of contact point for External Auditors by providing information required and assist with completion of the audit
• Resolve queries raised by External Auditors to complete audit
• Assist with External Audit as contact point, info gathering and prep

Tax and Statutory

• Assist with calculations and information gathering for completion of all Tax submissions and statutory fillings including information manipulations
• Act as secondary back up to Tax specialist for all Tax and Company Secretarial requirements
• Assist Tax Specialist in all Tax and Statutory filing and calculations
• Assist with tax related issues and ensure they are resolved to minimize risk to the company
• Assist in tax management

Month end closing assistance

• Assist with month end closing
• Prepare journals for review of Finance Manager of all normal vendors
• Ensure accurate recording of SG&A and analysis thereof.
• Assist with month end clearing

Corporate Card Management

• Act as Administrator for all corporate cards
• Assist Employees with Corporate Card Limits
• Assist Employees with Corporate Card Queries
• Maintenance of Corporate Card System
• Ad-hoc Corporate Card Duties

Balance Sheet Recons

• Downloading relevant accounts and investigating all entries
• Providing monthly Balance Sheet econ by the deadline date for Financial Manager review\

Reporting

• Assist with monthly reports and management of deadlines and targets
• Adhoc reporting to CFO, Financial Manager, HQ, RHQ, Auditors and RTC

Financial / Job Scope Interaction with (Internal) :

• Analytical and good financial skills

Organization impact / Influence

Interaction with (Internal) :

• Employees

External Interaction with :

• All vendors and suppliers and Banks
• Treasury and HQ in relation to any information that is requested from time to time

Nature and Purpose of the Interaction :

• Query resolution and relationship management both internally and externally

Supervisory Responsibilities :

• Not a supervisory role

Required Experience

• Min. 3 years’ experience in reconciling accounts to statements
• Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel,)
• Able to work overtime when required, especially during month end
• Analytical and good financial skills
• Detail oriented and highly organized
• In-depth knowledge of tax
• Ability to resolve queries fast
• Time management and ability to prioritize
• MS office competent (advanced Level)
• Self-starter and proactive
• High learning aptitude
• High level attention to detail

Educational Requirements

• SAIPA / SAICA / CIMA Qualification will be an added advantage

Travel Requirements

• The position is office bound and there is no travelling required

Please only apply should you meet all of the requirements. Should you not receive any feedback from us with regards to your application after 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.