Senior Accountant

Weplace; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Pretoria seeks an Accountant to manage financial reporting, team coordination, and compliance tasks. The ideal candidate will hold relevant degrees and have extensive commercial experience. The role offers work-from-home flexibility post-probation and demands strong organizational and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• 3-7 post article years of experience required.
• Commercial and full bookkeeping experience.
• Exposure to tax compliance and statutory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial reports and perform account reconciliations.
• Manage and assist the team in month-end procedures.
• Assist with tax audits and maintain compliance.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Measurement Analysis and Interpretation

Financial analysis

Education

BCom Accounting Degree

Honours Degree in Accounting

Job description

Responsible for preparing financial reports, performing account reconciliations, maintaining the general ledger, preparing tax returns, assisting with audit preparations, and performing other accounting duties as assigned.

BCom Accounting Degree or related Financial Degree

Honours Degree in Accounting or SAICA registration

Minimum applicable experience (years) :

3 - 7 post article years

Required nature of experience :

• Commercial experience
• Full bookkeeping experience up to trial balance (Including debtors management, creditors management, general ledger)
• Tax compliance
• Statutory compliance
• Month end procedure management
• Team management
• Beneficial if articles were completed at an accounting firm

Skills and Knowledge (essential) :

Microsoft Excel

• SARS e-filing
• Measurement Analysis and Interpretation
• Analyse financial information and summarize financial status.
• Participate in financial standards setting and in the forecast process.
• Suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending.
• Perform variance analysis and prepare account reconciliations.

Month End Procedure Management 50%

• Manage and assist the team to complete the month-end procedure within deadline.
• Prepare month-end close procedures including debtors, creditors, cash, general ledger and trial balance reconciliations.
• Identify errors and recommend changes to processing accounting transactions.
• Process journal entries to ensure accuracy..
• Assist in financial standards setting and forecast process.

Team Monitoring 10%

• Assist with managing accounting assistants, bookkeeper and accountant.
• Provide input into the department's goal setting process.
• Plan, assign and review staffs work.
• Provide training and mentoring to employees in the finance department.
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures.
• Support year-end close process.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
• Liaise with the Financial Manager to improve financial procedures.
• Assist with the budgeting process.
• Coordinate accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting and finance team or with other departments.
• Assist with managing all company facilities.

Compliance 5%

• Assist with tax audits and tax returns.
• Assist in financial standards setting for compliance and forecast process.
• Assist with directing internal and external audits to ensure compliance.
• Assist with keeping company documents up to date and maintain a record of such.

QMS 5%

Ensure that QMS guidelines are adhered to.

Ensure that all supporting documents are kept to date.

Ensure that all processes are kept relevant.

This job description is not a definitive or exhaustive list of responsibilities and is subject to change depending on changing business requirements. Employees will be consulted on any changes. Employees performance will be reviewed based on the agreed upon objectives.

Pretoria - 2 days work-from-home in line with Company Policy (only applicable after probation is successfully passed).

Should you not receive a response from us within one week of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful.

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