Accountant at The South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Accounting

• Allocation of receipts to student (customer) accounts
• Maintenance and capturing cashbook transactions
• Capturing and reconciling of various campuses Credit cards
• Corporate Customer Billing and creation of Sales orders and Invoices
• Monthly billing of rental and utilities
• Capturing supplier invoices and supplier reconciliations
• Assisting with maintaining fixed asset register
• Assisting with maintaining creditors age analysis
• Record monthly journal entries in the general ledger and perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Monitoring and maintaining clearing accounts and reconciliations
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparation of VAT for submission and reconciling account
• Prepare bills for payment weekly/monthly
• Filing   

Reporting & Analysis

• The ability to grasp a thorough understanding of accounts receivable and payable reporting to provide insight into future business operations.
• Expense tracking / Spend Reporting (eg for BBBEE).

Systems

• Facilitate the implementation of new controls within the accounting space.
• Comfortable with electronic workflows and being open to learning about automation of the finance processes.

Team Support

• Assist with external audits as required.
• Document policies, procedures, and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Contribute to department and organization special projects as assigned.
• Good verbal and written communication skills

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Certificate/Diploma/degree).
• 5+ years relevant finance experience, including strong reconciliation experience.
• Good understanding of Excel
• Experience working with an ERP Accounting system (Acumatica) advantageous.
• Experience working with Netcash and ABSA advantageous