Financial Accountant

The Financial Accountant position reviews the financial transactions performs reconciliations versus both internal and external documents and creates financial reports from that information to management.

• Ensure that inventory and budgetary adjustments are correctly reflected during journal approval processes.
  
• Create outstanding POs at month end and investigate any errors to ensure appropriate action is taken.
  
• Review the allocations in the GL to ensure all allocations are appropriate and correct.
  
• Maintain fixed asset register on internal system and add all assets acquired as needed.
  
• Run depreciation on a monthly basis.
  
• Draft dashboard reporting based on results and draft cash flow analysiss as per Treasury requirements.
  
• Draft the monthly reconciliations of the balance sheet accounts according to SOP.
  
• Verify stock counts with the relevant stock controller and ensure that the count reflects correctly on all internal systems.
  
• Assist in the audit process and in the preparations of returns including BAS.
  
• Crosscheck and release creditors payments.
  
• Review and authorise adjustments as needed.
  
• Identify when provisions and accruals are required in the normal business flow and provide supporting documents.
  
• Review debtors age analysis in conjunction with global finance team and escalate if needed.
  
• Ensure that finance records are kept as per company standards.
  
• Ensure that transactions with foreign currency are handled appropriately and are accounted for as per company policy.
  
• Evaluate foreign balances (GL AP & AR) to ensure that timeous corrections can be made when it is not done correctly by the automated system.
  
• Support the business function with queries and requests ensuring that these are within the company s policies and procedures as well as regulatory rules. Evaluating the impact on the accounting function.
  
• Accurate and timeous reporting as per company policy.
  

Requirements

• National Diploma in Finance/ B Com Accounting
  
• Netsuite / ERP knowledge an advantage
  
• Minimum 3 4 years of work experience in a similar role
  

• Computer literacy: MS Office (with advanced Excel skills)
  
• Excellent command of Language and Email etiquette.
  

• Excellent communication skills; verbal and written
  
• Excellent planning organisational skills
  
• Building and maintaining good interpersonal relationships
  
• Attention to detail and accuracy
  
• Ability to act with tact and discretion
  
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
  
• Process and deadline driven
  
• Assertive