Junior Accountant

Dante Personnel; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Dante Personnel in Sandton is seeking a Finance Administrator to manage daily accounting tasks using Pastel, including posting, cash reconciliations, and reporting. You will handle debtors, creditors, VAT, stock, and fixed assets while ensuring accurate records and compliance.

The role requires meticulous data capture, timely reporting, and collaboration with procurement and branch operations to maintain orderly financial records and bank reconciliations.

Qualifications

• Experience with daily accounting tasks and financial records.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data capture.
• Ability to produce timely financial reports and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Create and update daily sales spreadsheets.
• Investigate variances on cash up and balance daily cash deposits.
• Reconcile daily cash sales with deposits and perform regular tills verification.
• Manage debtors, collections and reconciliations.
• Handle accounts payable and supplier payments within terms.
• Capture income, expenses, claims and bank transactions on Pastel.
• Prepare VAT returns and assist with month-end close.

Skills

Pastel accounting

Accounts receivable

Accounts payable

Bank reconciliations

Budgeting & reporting

Education

Diploma in Accounting

Tools

Pastel

Job description

Duties:

• Create and update spreadsheets of daily sales.
• Investigating variances on daily cash up reports
• Reconciling daily deposit to daily cash sales
• Regular verification of float in tills
• Manage accounts receivables- debtors management, collection and reconciliations
• Conduct daily recons for Medical Aid claims.
• Capture all income, expenses, claims, receipts and bank transactions on Pastel.
• Follow up on all outstanding claims from Medical Aid
• Ensuring all Inter branch transfers are done correctly.
• Manage Accounts Payables: -
• Manage Branch procurement including stock orders, consumables, and services.
• Capture daily transactions on Pastel in the correct ledger accounts, preparing bank deposits, general ledger postings and statements
• Perform daily and monthly bank Recons.
• Pay Suppliers within agreed payment terms and ensure compliance with country laws.
• Assist in preparations of budgets.
• Accurately Maintain a systematic filing system for accounting records
• Control Purchases and Stock Management-Reconciliations with GRNs
• Maintenance of the Fixed Assets Register ensuring all assets are correctly recorded, depreciated and tagged
• Petty cash management
• Collate payments for authorization
• Debtors management, collection and reconciliations
• Accurate and Timeous capturing of transactions
• Produce daily, weekly and monthly reports on time and accurately
• Update, verify and maintain accounting journals and ledgers and other financial records
• Month end cut-off procedures such as:
  • Debtors and Creditors reconciliations
  • Cash count
  • Stock verification
  • Preparation and submission of VAT returns
  • Preparation of draft monthly management accounts
  • Report on financial projections, eg liquidity and cash flow.
  • Lead in quarterly stock taking and investigate variances.
  • Ensuring that each runs and prints month end reports at end of business day on the last day of the month.
  • Perform day to day administration work.
  • Any other duties that may be assigned