Junior Accountant: VAT, Month-End, & Management Insights

Profile Personnel; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Profile Personnel is seeking an experienced accountant in Stellenbosch to perform daily financial transaction processing and ensure compliance with VAT regulations.

Your responsibilities will include bank reconciliations, preparing monthly management accounts, and supporting the finance team with administrative tasks. This role requires strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Experience in daily financial transaction processing.
• Knowledge of VAT regulations and compliance.
• Ability to prepare and analyze management accounts.

Responsibilities

• Capture and process all daily financial transactions accurately.
• Perform bank reconciliations and ensure all items are cleared timeously.
• Prepare VAT workings and submissions in accordance with SARS requirements.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, supporting schedules, and variance reports.

Skills

Financial transaction processing

Bank reconciliation

VAT preparation and compliance

Management accounts preparation

Analytical skills

Job description

Daily Accounting Processing

• Capture and process all daily financial transactions accurately.
• Perform bank reconciliations and ensure all items are cleared timeously.
• Maintain and reconcile supplier and customer accounts.
• Process invoices, credit notes, payments, and receipts.

VAT and Compliance

• Prepare VAT workings and submissions in accordance with SARS requirements.
• Ensure VAT records are accurate, complete, and compliant.
• Assist with audits and resolve VAT-related queries.

Monthly Accounting Duties

• Prepare and process monthly journals (accruals, provisions, depreciation, adjustments, etc.).
• Maintain general ledger accuracy and perform month-end reconciliations.
• Assist in closing month-end and ensuring all deadlines are met.

Management Accounts

• Prepare monthly management accounts, supporting schedules, and variance reports.
• Analyse financial data to provide insights to management.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting processes when required.

Administration

• Provide administrative support to the finance team where needed.
• Assist with ad-hoc tasks and projects as assigned.