Accounts Payable Accountant - Financial Sector Conduct Authority (Pretoria) at FSCA South Africa

Purpose of the Job:

• To attend to general finance duties as assigned i.e. accounts payable, assisting with preparation of the budget and to ensure that quality and deadlines are met.
• To follow up all requests regarding expenses from other departments.
• To reconcile and analyse all allocated non salary expense and balance sheet accounts in General Ledger and clear suspense items before the next month end.
• To prepare journals for all non-salary expense accounts.

Key Performance Areas:

• Review of captured invoices to ensure correct allocation of expenses. 
• Preparation of correcting journals.
• Attend to variance report queries and do corrections before the period closes.
• Do monthly analysis of expense accounts and prepare journal corrections where there are misallocations.
• Perform reconciliations of all nonpayroll expenses balance sheet accounts before month end closure.
• Provide detailed analysis of all reconciling items and attach supporting documents.
• Attend to suspense account entries that need to be cleared before month end closes.
• Provide a report of any wasteful/irregular expenditure to the Senior Finance Manage.
• Prepare year end closure accounts such as lease accounting, accruals and prepayments.
• Assist in the preparation of financial statements.
• Attend to the recording of foreign payments.
• Assist other staff with their duties in their absence.
• Provide other departments with information as required regarding expenditure.
• Perform any adhoc requests from Senior personnel and prioritizes.
• Assist with queries of internal and external auditors when necessary.

Requirements

• A Matric Certificate plus Bcom Accounting degree or equivalent qualification completed articles will be an added advantage.
• At least five years’ experience in accounts payable, and general ledger reconciliation and analysis.
• Good communication skills.
• Computer Literacy and knowledge of accounting software packages.
• Dedication, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of spreadsheet package.