Accounts Assistant - Pretoria at Adams & Adams

Duties and responsibilities

• Sending Compliance documents such as BEE and Tax clearance certificates to clients
• Handling adhoc debtor’s queries for VIP clients as required.
• Reallocation of WIP incorrectly processed by secretaries to correct client matters.
• Assisting staff with the GL accounts for allocation of expenses
• General Ledger Accounts Analysis and reconciliations as required.              
• Monthly variance reporting for budget v actuals for Marketing and IT departments.
• Recoveries income analysis
• Detailed Partner drawings schedules
• Assisting with OAPI Official Fee Deposit Accounts reconciliation of transactions to receipts received.
• Daily monitoring of OAPI exception report to clear CMS capturing omissions
• Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register and monthly preparation of journals for depreciation and disposals.
• Preparation of standard monthly journals i.e. depreciation, partner drawing journals etc
• Monthly account reconciliations and analysis
• Profitability analysis schedules
• Admin billing i.e recovery bills and ad hoc billing
• Preparing Partner medical insurance deduction schedules
• Data Maintenance for clients and matters
• Vendor Creation back up
• Responding to ad hoc requests for aged Work in Progress reports
• Perform investigations on transactions by sourcing supporting documentation.
• Monthly SASSETA and AAFIS invoicing as required.
• Assisting with the capturing and collation of the BBBEE Audit information
• Produce basic management accounts for Forensic services.
• Produce weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Deal with ad-hoc duties as required.

Requirements

Skills and knowledge

• Computer literacy
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Time management skills to meet deadlines
• Ability to work on multiple tasks under pressure
• Accurate data capturing
• Basic accounting
• MS Office:  Outlook, Word, Excel
• Legal firm accounting an advantage

 Qualification/s

• Grade 12 (Matric) or equivalent
• Diploma Bookkeeping
• Clear ITC and criminal records