Bookkeeper

Job Description

Role: Bookkeeper

Area: Brackenfell Cape Town

Work setup : Full time in office

Our client is looking for a Bookkeeper to be based at their head office in Brackenfell.

Requirements:

1. The successful candidate will report to managing director/owner
2. Bookkeeping qualification essential
3. Financial Diploma or Degree an advantage
4. 3 5 years experience as a senior bookkeeper using Pastel doing the full accounting cycle to balance sheet preparation
5. Overseeing the financial and admin department
6. Bookkeeping experience from a manufacturing sales and service background
7. Full payroll experience on Pastel Payroll
8. Experienced in E-filing and easy file
9. Vat control and submissions
10. Debtors and creditors experience
11. Cashflow planning
12. Stock and asset management
13. Assist with audits

Head office duties:

• Checking deposits on a daily basis and capturing thereof
• Capture all payments from bank account on a daily basis
• Dealing with all aspects of the debtors (contacting debtors to confirm month end payments following up on overdue /outstanding payments capturing payments provide documentation if required by debtor)
• Capture various month end journals for both companies.
• Load creditor payments on banking on a monthly basis
• Assist in creditor recons and approval of creditor recons for payment
• Capture and authorise payments on FNB Online
• EMP201 Reconciliations and submission via SARS e-filing on a monthly basis
• Vat reconciliations and submission via SARS e-filing on a monthly basis
• Processing monthly payroll (all branches) on Pastel Payroll for salaries and payment thereof
• Submission of monthly returns for pension and adjusting the salary & wage payrolls accordingly
• Capturing of all cash receipts/payments on Pastel
• Adjusting of monthly job cards (job costing)
• Prepare quarterly management accounts for bank if required
• Emailing customer statements
• Adhoc functions: 16.1 Provisional Tax bi-annual calculations and confirmation by auditors
• EMP501 reconciliations and submission via easyfile bi-annual
• Dividend tax submission annually if dividend declared
• Tax clearance
• Capturing of year end journals. Preparing audit pack for financial statement drafting
• Ensuring all Directors and company tax documents are submitted to external accountants for submission of ITR12 form. Provisional Tax IRP6(calculation & submission)
• Calculating landed cost of imported products and capture on Pastel stock module.
• Dealing with SARS re: queries or audits.
• Administer medical aid
• Administer Workmans compensation insurance fund requirements
• Administer company insurance

KZN Branches duties:

• Vat reconciliations and submission via SARS e-filing on a bi-monthly basis
• Random checks on Durban and Richards Bay accounts sent on a monthly basis
• Monthly consolidation of Richards Bay and Durban branch accounts when received from the respective bookkeepers at those branches
• Follow up with respective branches on outstanding debtors
• EMP201 Reconciliations and submission via SARS e-filing on a monthly basis
• Follow up monthly on relevant documents pertaining to payroll ie. leave forms overtime etc. Monthly payroll (Pastel Payroll) & payment thereof.
• Submission of monthly returns for pension and adjusting the payroll accordingly
• Ad-hoc functions: 8.1 Provisional Tax bi-annual calculations and confirmation by auditors
• Bi-Annual EMP501 reconciliations and submission via Easyfile
• Dividends tax submission annually if dividend declared
• Tax Clearance Certificates
• Assisting and capturing of year end journals (up to balance sheet)

General Investment and Property Companies

• Provisional tax bi annual
• Overseeing vat calculations.
• Preparing audit packs.