Financial Accountant

Talent Scout Recruitment; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm located in Gqeberha is seeking a dedicated Financial Account professional. The role encourages meticulous financial reconciliation and asset management, alongside monitoring production cost and ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial management and a proactive approach to cost minimization strategies through effective resource management. Strong attention to detail is essential in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing fixed assets and financial reconciliations.
• Ability to minimize production costs effectively.
• Knowledge of occupational health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Process month-end journals and reconciliations.
• Maintain accurate Asset Registers and conduct monthly depreciation runs.
• Proactively reduce production costs and manage quality targets.
• Conduct weekly health and safety inspections.

Skills

Financial reconciliation

Asset management

Cost reduction strategies

Health and safety compliance

Job description

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

• Process month end journals, reconciliations or ledger accounts, creditor payments, cheque payments and salary payments. Ensure that financial system setup and maintained to ensure that all transactions are correctly captured and reflected in the general ledger accounts.

FIXED ASSETS MANAGEMENT

• Maintain Asset Registers for both depreciation (for balance sheet) and Wear And Tear (SARS).
• Ensure that all Asset Registers are accurate and complete.
• Process acquisitions, impairments, disposals, transfers, and any other adjustments e.g. change in useful life monthly.
• Monthly depreciation runs.
• Ensure asset journal postings are accurate.
• Prepare asset register versus TB reconciliations for all categories monthly.
• Assist with forecasting reports.
• Compile and maintain templates and reports as required by management.
• IAS16 reconciliations.
• Maintain structured SOPs for Assets, including acquisitions, measuring, disposals, recording and control.
• Work alongside the Admin team to ensure all month end and year end processes are accurate and completed timeously as per the agreed timelines and guidelines.
• Prepare and load the payments of the assets.
• Capturing of assets and garments on ELCB.
• Asset verifications and garment stock counts.
• Maintain the filing system for assets and documents.
• Assist with Bi-annual Stock take reconciliations.
• Management of rental garments and stationery.

MINIMIZE PRODUCTION COSTS

• Minimize production costs through reduction of overtime worked by staff.
• Minimize production costs through reduction of re-works/ re-washes.
• Ensure that all production and quality targets are met hourly, daily, weekly and monthly.
• Reduce absenteeism by implementing measures to minimize absenteeism (e.g. return to work interview).
• Pro-actively identify equipment and machinery related problems and ensure that corrective action is taken to prevent stoppages or breakdowns.
• Minimize production costs by minimizing/ eliminating the use to casual and contract labour.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

• The requirements with regards to H & S representatives and First aiders and Fire Fighters are determined, individuals are nominated, and training is scheduled and done.
• Weekly inspection is conducted in conjunction with the H & S representatives and Occupational health and safety hazards are identified, reported and corrected where possible.
• Staff is made aware of all risks associated with tasks and duties relating to their work and their working area.
• Unsafe acts/ conditions that is committed by employees are identified and addressed immediately as per legislative and company procedure/ policy requirements.
• Staff is trained and assessed on relevant standard operating procedures/ safe work procedures on equipment and on the processes.