Senior Bookkeeper

Conova Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced accountant for a role based in Cape Town, responsible for bank reconciliations, income tax submissions, and management accounts preparation. The ideal candidate will have a qualification in Accounting, 3+ years of experience in the hospitality or property industry, and strong Excel/Xero skills. Hotel experience is advantageous. This position is located in the Southern Suburbs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years working experience in hospitality and/or property industry.
• Experience in multiple entity environment.
• Must reside in Southern Suburbs.

Responsibilities

• Import and reconcile bank statements.
• Review and process creditor invoices.
• Prepare monthly management accounts.
• Handle VAT and income tax submissions.
• Assist with audit preparations.

Skills

Strong Excel skills

Xero skills

Accounting experience

Hotel experience

Education

Qualification in Accounting or Bookkeeping

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Importing bank statements and reconciling banks.
• Scrutinising bank statements daily and investigating abnormal transactions.
• Reviewing creditor invoices posted by creditors clerks
• Processing sales invoices and ad hoc debtor invoicing.
• Preparing monthly management accounts for all companies in the group.
• Accounting for loan account transactions.
• Fixed asset register maintenance.
• Review monthly petty cash reconciliation and cash counts.
• Ensuring all petty cash expenditure is authorised by department manager / director prior to the issuance of petty cash and that valid slips and proof of expenditure is obtained.
• Inventory and WIP reconciliations.
• Raising TDE provisions and inventory on the system.
• Provisions and accruals postings.
• Balance sheet and income statement reconciliations.
• VAT submissions for all entities.
• Income tax and provisional tax calculations and submissions for all entities.
• Handling SARS queries on VAT and income tax.
• Accounting for investments and fair value adjustments.
• Assisting with audit preparations.

Requirements

• Qualification in Accounting or Bookkeeping
• At least 3 years working experience in hospitality and / or property industry
• Strong Excel and Xero skills
• Experience in multiple entity environment
• Must reside in Southern Suburbs
• Hotel experience hugely advantageous