Asset Accountant (2774) at The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Asset Management, Accounting, or an equivalent NQF 7 qualification.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in asset accounting and management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Tangible and Intangible Asset Management and Accounting

• Perform asset tagging of new assets, create asset numbers and capitalise costs correctly as per IFRS / GRAP.
• Continually update the fixed asset register considering acquisitions, disposals, locations, serial numbers, details, and descriptions.
• Conduct physical asset verifications of fixed assets.
• Perform fixed asset analytics, including the comparison of the year-end fixed asset register to the previous year-end fixed asset register, investigating any anomalies.
• Perform depreciation and amortisation calculations on fixed assets and intangibles, including the performance of the depreciation run on the financial system.
• Prepare asset disposal memorandums and dispose of assets as per approved procedures.
• Manage intangible asset register.

Investment Property Accounting

• Process monthly Journals received ensuring that journals are complete and accurate.
• Ensure investment property additions and disposals are properly accounted for with the necessary supporting documentation and authorization.
• Perform investment property analytics, including the comparison of the year-end investment property listing to the previous year-end listing, investigating any anomalies.
• Manage relationship with property management companies.

Assets Under Construction Accounting

• Populate and perform updates of the Assets Under Construction register.
• Maintain a register of completed projects with the takeover certificates (TOCs) and final payment certificates as supporting documentation.

 Reconciliations and Reporting

• Perform monthly reconciliations on fixed assets.
• Perform monthly reconciliations on intangible assets.
• Perform monthly reconciliations on investment properties.
• Identify anomalies and provide commentary on reconciliations performed.