Saipa Accountant Hybrid

Exceed Human Resource Consultants; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A financial consulting firm in Cape Town is seeking an experienced accountant to manage monthly financial reports and oversee account reconciliations. The ideal candidate will have a financial degree and three years of accounting experience, along with proficiency in Sage Evolution and Pastel Partner. This role offers a dynamic work environment and the opportunity to contribute to financial accuracy and reporting.

Qualifications

• 3 years of Accounting experience, or completed SAIPA Traineeship.
• Strong understanding of financial controls and reporting.
• Ability to work with accounting software.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and financial reports.
• Oversee creditor clerk function and supplier reconciliations.
• Ensure accuracy of payroll data and processing.

Skills

Financial reporting

Accounts reconciliation

Cash control

Payroll management

Customer invoicing

Education

Financial Degree

Tools

Sage Evolution

Pastel Partner

Job description

Reference : 10700 AV

Consultant : Anneke Viviers

Job Description

• Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts & Financial Reporting
• Preparing the first draft of the monthly management accounts pack with commentary on variances from budget
• Compiling a monthly Balance Sheet reconciliation file, to ensure integrity of financial statement line items presented
• Management
• Oversight over the Creditor Clerk function
• Supplier reconciliations
• Reviewing of the creditors clerk’s supplier reconciliations
• Ensuring the Municipal Invoice checklist is completed, to ensure all invoices have been captured for the month
• Ensure all suppliers are reconciled before payment
• Inspection of the supplier age analysis on a monthly basis
• Payment to suppliers
• First authorisation of new suppliers after checking all details loaded by the creditor clerk with relevant sources
• Review of all payment batches received from creditor clerk for accuracy and completeness thereof
• First authorisation of payments and send to authorised manager for second authorisation
• Cash Control & Banking
• Updating the Sage Evolution control accounts and reconciliations after the creditor clerk has imported the bank statements
• Allocate all receipts to correct customer invoices
• Payroll
• Providing assistance with accurate and timely submission of time sheet information to payroll department on a monthly basis
• Review of monthly reports received from the payroll department
• Capturing of the payroll data on Sage Evolution
• Capturing the salaries and wages payment batches on the online banking platform and sending it to the authorised manager for release
• Accounts receivable
• Preparing ad-hoc customer invoices
• Ensure the monthly billing cycle is performed accurately and timeously
• Follow up on any outstanding debtors as part of the monthly review process
• If a debtor balance is outstanding longer than 30 days and follow up with the debtor proved unsuccessful, communicate with the financial manager in a timely manner
• Fixed Assets
• Ensure the integrity and maintenance of the Fixed Asset Register
• Send the updated Fixed Asset Register to the relevant departments on a monthly basis for accuracy and completeness checks
• Calculate and account for depreciation on a monthly basis after verification by the relevant departments

Qualifications

• Financial Degree
• Three years Accounting experience / SAIPA Traineeship
• Pastel Partner
• Sage Evolution (advantageous)