ACCOUNTANT 

Responsibilities:

• Recording financial transactions: Recording all financial transactions that occur within the company, including sales, purchases, payments, and receipts
• Managing accounts payable and receivable: Processing invoices, preparing payments, and following up on overdue payments
• Reconciling accounts: Reconciling bank and credit card statements to ensure that all transactions are accurately recorded in the company’s financial records.
• Preparing of management accounts – cashflow statement
• Managing/ preparing Loan Accounts
• Compute taxes and prepare tax returns
• Tax planning
• Calculation and completion of statutory returns - e.g., PAYE/UIF/SDL levies and VAT (eFiling).
• Keeping of a fixed asset register
• Correct accounting treatment on disposal of assets (property, plant & equipment) and investments and the calculation of the taxation on capital gains/losses
• General journals – e.g., depreciation, provisions, interest, salaries etc.
• Generating financial reports: Using financial data to generate reports such as income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements. The responsibility of signing off the financial statements will remain that of the CA
• Prepare notes to the financial statements
• Lodging CIPC payments

 

Qualifications/ Capabilities:

• BCom degree or equivalent degree with accounting 3 and taxation
• Completed SAIPA/CIMA articles
• 1+ years of experience in related field after articles
• Business Banking proficient
• Strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills and a good understanding of accounting

principles and software

 

Competence:

• Strong Accounting and Taxation knowledge (including Tax Law)
• Decisive and accurate
• Ability to prioritise
• Ability to work under pressure in a deadline driven environment

 

Required Computer Package Experience:

• Sage (Business 1 Cloud Accounting)
• Sage Payroll
• Microsoft office