Accountant at Mezzanine

What you will do

The Accountant will be responsible for the general accounting operations by capturing, reconciling and verifying financial transactions.

You will be responsible for the oversight of accounting operations. You will ensure timeous capturing and reconciliations of bank accounts, client invoices, and the timeous collection of outstanding debtors. Preparing monthly journals, intercompany confirmations and reports for VAT, income tax, PAYE, and other relevant taxes will also form part of your duties. Your assistance with monthly management and consolidation reports, bank communication requests and preparing and executing statutory audits will also be required.

It will also be expected of you to provide a detailed review of captured supplier invoices and to obtain approvals from cost center owners for all supplier payments. You will be responsible for compiling and maintaining the fixed assets register and maintaining an updated insurance policy schedule for all insured items.

In terms of systems and controls, you will review and recommend efficient accounting processes and assist in setting up and monitoring internal controls. You will also implement and maintain financial related company policies and proactively engage across the business to ensure that accounting processes and systems are in place. Specifically for procurement, you will ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures and regularly review procurement procedures to mitigate risks.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in Accounting or equivalent. You will be someone that is structured and organised, with great time and prioritisation skills to meet all deadlines in this role. You will have thorough knowledge of accounting principles, standards and the applicable laws and regulations. Experience with procurement processes and vendor management is required.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or higher
• Minimum 2 years post-articles or 3 - 5 years accounting experience
• ERP system knowledge (Microsoft Business Central advantageous)
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and regulations
• Ability to innovate and use initiative within the finance function
• Ability to develop and work according to processes
• Ability to work in a team in an agile and dynamic environment
• Excellent time and prioritisation skills
• Attention to detail
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills

Advantageous

• EE candidate and PWD