Financial Accountant

Abantu Staffing Solutions; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Accounting professional to join their team. In this role, you will leverage your extensive experience in finance to maintain bank postings, manage general ledger entries, and ensure accurate financial reporting. Your expertise in SAP will be crucial for processing payments and performing reconciliations. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to financial audits and budget preparations while working in a dynamic environment that values proactive and structured approaches. If you are passionate about finance and looking for a challenging role, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in Accounting or Finance.
• Strong proficiency in SAP and MS Excel is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain bank postings and reconcile payments and deposits in SAP.
• Prepare financial information for plant reports and assist with audits.

Skills

Financial Awareness

Planning Skills

Organizational Skills

Administrative Skills

Education

Finance/ Accounting Degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

MS Excel

Job description

REQUIREMENTS

• Finance/ Accounting Degree or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years experience in Accounting or Finance
• SAP knowledge inherent
• Proficient in MS Excel
• Strong financial awareness
• Good planning, organizational and administrative skills, with a proactive, structured approach

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain bank postings and reconciliation of payments and deposits in SAP
• Process and maintenance of all postings regarding the general ledger
• Review, control, and post accruals as instructed by the Finance and Controlling Manager
• Prepared a coordinated weekly payment to suppliers (local and foreign)
• Accounting of expense claims/ reports
• Maintenance of asset accounting including depreciation
• Monthly VAT report
• SAP incoming and outgoing payment allocations (matching against invoices)
• SAP outgoing payment allocations (matching against invoices)
• Responsible for the monthly closing including the following tasks
  • Perform bank reconciliations
  • Perform monthly reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts
• Prepare and update the necessary financial information for the plant reports
• Assist with audit and budget preparations and forecasts
• Additional ad-hoc duties as necessary