Senior Financial Clerk / Accountant

ALS Group; Potchefstroom; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

ALS Head Office is seeking a Senior Financial Clerk/Accountant to handle accounting duties and vendor invoice processing. The role includes matching invoices to POs/GRNs, reconciling statements and ensuring timely payments while supporting financial functions.

Responsibilities include preparing financial statements for audit, assisting in cost/profit centre reports, and ensuring VAT and compliance with relevant regulations. Strong Excel and Pastel Evolution experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Honors and/or completed articles advantageous.
• 3+ years’ working experience.
• Highly proficient in Excel (advanced skill level).

Responsibilities

• Ensure invoices are matched against requisitions, purchase orders and goods received notes with reference to quantities, quality, description and price.
• Ensure requisitions, purchase orders and invoices are properly authorized and are in accordance with the appropriate levels of authority.
• Prepare weekly analysis of the creditors list and assist with balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Pastel Evolution

Detail-oriented

Education

Honors or articles advantageous

Job description

ALS Head Office is looking for a dynamic and professional Senior Financial Clerk/Accountant. The clerk / accountant will be responsible for carrying out accounting and administrative duties such as the processing and payment preparation of vendorinvoices, reconciliation of statements, following-up on unpaid vendors, obtaining statements and invoices and to provide bookkeeping and clerical support to all financial functions.

Job Description

• Ensure invoices are matched against requisitions, purchase orders and goods received notes with reference to quantities, quality, description and price.
• Ensure requisitions, purchase orders and invoices are properly authorized and are in accordance with the appropriate levels of authority.
• Ensure invoices related to contracts agree to the contract.
• Ensure the correct GL account & vendor account is utilised when processing invoices in Accounts Payable module.
• Ensure that the correct VAT is applied to invoices.
• Ensure AP batches are posted regularly.
• Preparation and submission of creditors’ reconciliations (ensure invoices follow sequence).
• Timeous payment of invoices, ensuring discount claimed where applicable.
• Timeous follow up on all AP queries.
• Forward remittance advices to suppliers after completion of payment run.
• File all invoices after payment run according to the agreed filing protocols.
• Prepare weekly analysis of the creditors list.
• Assist with balance sheet recons during the course of the month and the finalisation at month end.
• Assist in preparation of cost/profit centre reports, by maintaining and providing analytical Assist in the preparation of quarterly reports.
• Ensure audit deliverables are maintained according to the standard required by the auditors.
• Any ad-hoc duties which are assigned.
• Preparation of financial statements for audit and finance purposes.
• Preparation of cash flow projections.
• Interaction with SARS with regards to any discrepancies or queries.
• CIPC calculations and returns.
• E-Filing of monthly and annual returns.

Qualifications

• Honors and/or completed articles advantageous
• 3+ years’ working experience
• Highly proficient in Excel (advanced skill level)

Knowledge and Work Ethic

• Computer literate:must be accurate and pay attention to details.
• Experience with Pastel Evolution advantageous.
• Proactive, organised and able to multitask and work well under pressure.
• Participative and able to work as part of the team.
• Professional in appearance.
• Flexible.

Additional Information

• Closing Date: 10 December 2021.
• Companymay expire jobs at their own discretion.
• If you have not received a response within two weeks from the closing date, your application was most likely unsuccessful.