Temp Accountant

Jobspec Solutions; Germiston; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A company in the Steel Industry in Gauteng is seeking a Temp Accountant to assist until year-end. The ideal candidate will have an accounting degree and have completed two years of articles. Responsibilities include preparing financial reports, managing VAT submissions, and assisting in the annual budget process. Attention to detail and teamwork are essential for this role. The position provides an opportunity to contribute significantly to the financial operations of a growing company.

Qualifications

• Accounting degree with 2 years articles completed.
• Knowledge of accounting standards.
• Ability to perform T accounts.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze accounting records and financial reports.
• Compute VAT & manage tax submissions.
• Assist with annual budget process and quarterly forecasts.
• Run the company’s annual audit.
• Maintain the asset register.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Understanding of accounting basics

Education

Accounting degree with completed 2 years articles

Job description

Company in Alberton within the Steel Industry is looking for a Temp Accountant who finished articles to work until the end of the year.

Job Description

• Prepare, examine, and analyse accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. (Updating monthly management accounts, preparing the monthly analysis for the company, and preparingindividual report for services and mainstream).
• Extracting the TB from Jeeves to prepare the management accounts for reporting into AARO to Sweden.
• Posting entries into the general ledger and cashbook.
• Compute VAT & other taxes to ensure timely rendition to SARS, as well as handling any audit from SARS.
• Supplying the requested information to the tax consultants for assistance with the income tax return and provisional tax returns.
• Assist in the annual budget process and quarterly reporting of forecasts to Sweden, as well as inputting the budget and forecast in AARO
• Prepare monthly reconciliations for some balance sheet items.
• Checking the creditor’s reconciliation before payment is made.
• Responsible for inter-company creditors
• Run the company’s annual audit and be able to respond to the respective queries.
• Maintain the asset register andensure that the company insurance is up to date.
• Maintain financial security by following internal controls.
• Closing Month-end and year-end.
• Prepare ad-hoc invoices for inter-company
• Involved in HR Admin(printing and distributing payslips), checking the hours for waged employees and any Ad-hoc tasks
• Prepare and process 3rd party payroll payments

Qualifications

Accounting degree with 2 years articles completed

Additional Information

We need someone who will wear an auditors hat in terms of checking documents

· For example making sure that when checking the creditors for payments (there is a signed quotation, PO, Invoice, etc. and that invoice must be signed).

· Someone who pays attention to details, someone who will do a self-review before submitting information to the FD or CEO (make sure the grammar and figures make sense and things are easy to follow).

· The person needs to have knowledge of the accounting standards and what is happening in the accounting world.

· Someone who is a team player and works well with other people, not someone who is bossy.

· A quick learner and someone who understands what they are there for (E.g making sure that during training they take notes so that they can always refer back).

· They need to make sure that they know the accounting basics of Debit and credit (someone who can do T accounts).