Senior Bookkeeper - Durban

Pro Talent; Durban; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Pro Talent in Durban is seeking a Senior Bookkeeper to oversee financial accounting for multiple entities, managing cashbook, invoicing, supplier payments, journal processing and GL reconciliations.

The role includes supervising the Junior Bookkeeper and Accounts Clerk, preparing monthly management accounts and VAT/EMP returns, and ensuring timely statutory payments while coordinating with the Financial Manager for forecasts and budgets.

Qualifications

• Experience managing general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll processes.
• Ability to prepare monthly management accounts and reconciliations.
• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills including VAT returns.
• Experience overseeing junior staff and coordinating with Financial Manager.

Responsibilities

• Manage cashbook, invoicing and supplier payments.
• Process journals and perform GL reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly trial balance and management accounts for review.
• Oversee Junior Bookkeeper and Junior Accounts Clerk workstreams.
• Ensure statutory payments are made by due dates and assist with payroll inputs.

Skills

Analytical ability

Planning and organization

Initiative

Administrative skills

Attention to detail

Self-starter

Communication skills

Decision making

Job description

SENIOR BOOKKEEPER

The Senior Bookkeeper’s job is to ensure that all the financial accounting functions for the various entities are operating effectively and efficiently.

The Senior Bookkeeper will have primary day-to-day responsibility for the cashbook, invoicing, payments to suppliers, journal processing, G/L reconciliations and other financial administrative responsibilities.

Objectives of this Role

• Assisting the Financial Manager with the annual and quarterly forecasting process;
• Assisting the Financial Manager with the annual budgeting process;
• Processing and updating relevant general ledger journals;
• Managing the fixed asset register and updating as required;
• Preparation of all monthly G/L Balance Sheet reconciliations;
• Reviewing all payments to be loaded onto the banking electronic system by the Junior Bookkeeper;
• Reviewing of eWallet reconciliations;
• Perform the monthly bank reconciliations;
• Analysis of monthly variances to budget and forecast for all I/S line items;
• Preparation of monthly VAT returns for the company;
• Preparation of monthly EMP returns for the company;
• Ensuring all statutory payments are made by the relevant due dates;
• Prepare monthly payroll information input to send to the Financial Manager for review;
• Preparation of monthly trial balance for management accounts and assistance with review queries thereon;
• Preparation of monthly management accounts for review by Financial Manager;
• Preparation of Intercompany Matrix for review by Financial Manager;
• Oversee work performed by Junior Bookkeeper and Junior Accounts Clerk;
• Ad Hoc tasks as assigned by Financial Manager.

Creditors

• Liaising with branches to ensure all relevant documentation is submitted timeously;
• Maintenance of monthly accrual schedule;
• Monthly reconciliation of the Creditors Age Analysis to the Creditors G/L account.

Credit Management

• Collaborating with branches to ensure the timeous collection of all outstanding debt;
• Preparation of the monthly reconciliation of the Debtor’s age analysis to the Debtors
  G/L account;
• Monitor any unallocated payments from customers and ensure they are cleared
  timeously.

Skills and Competencies

• Analytical ability
• Planning and organization
• Taking initiative
• Strong administrative skills
• High attention to detail
• Highly structured with the ability to follow tasks through to completion
• Integrity
• Self-starter who works unsupervised
• Excellent communication skills
• Decision making skills