Benefits Accountant at Bowmans (Law Firm)

Experience and Qualifications:

• 4-6 years’ experience in financial accounting with payroll and tax experience beneficial;
• CA preferred but will consider minimum B Com Accounting Degree;
• Articles in a small / medium firm recommended; and
• Proficient in MS Office Excel and eFiling.

Note: This position will require flexibility in working hours. It is also expected that the person will work some overtime from time to time as the need arises

Job Accountabilities:

• Preparing and reviewing the directors payroll monthly for all 4 offices (South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) and ensuring timeous payment thereof;

Dealing with all issues relating to directors:

1. Profit share calculations 
2. Distribution calculations
3. Calculation and payment of work in progress and loan repayments to directors upon resignation and or retirement
4. Preparation of IT3(a) and IT3(b) amounts and relevant interaction with tax advisors
5. Application for tax directives and relevant interaction with SARS
6. Calculation of dividends declared and related taxes
7. Distribution of monthly earnings and loan statements to directors
8. Partner funding calculations and interaction with the bank

• Dealing with all salary related issues such as reimbursives, petrol claims, payments outside of payroll, uploading of payroll costs from VIP Payroll into general ledger, capturing salary vouchers for all salary related payments such as garnishees, third party payments, etc;
• Preparing the consultants payroll monthly and ensuring timeous payment thereof;
• Input, review and submission and payment to SARS for STC, PAYE, UIF , SDL & EMP 501
• Preparing month end journals for all offices relating to directors and consultants pay plus tax and regulatory charges;
• Preparing general ledger reconciliations;
• Liasing with the bank to set up interim agreements for partner funding and partner finance queries;
• Applying for tax clearance certificate for the company. Liasing with tax advisors SARS on numerous occasions to sort prior year tax discrepancies in order to obtain tax clearance;
• Liasing with the Finance Managers across all offices as well as payroll administrators with regards to input, processing and any queries raised including the distribution of loan and benefits statements to all partners. 
• Key input into new partner remuneration and related considerations, remuneration cycle and budget planning input and execution;

Adhoc tasks:

• Annual audit input 
• Actively involved in the implementation and testing of new systems
• Preparing BEE information and points schedule
• Checking of creditor and advocate batches for payment at month end.

Personal Attributes:

Leadership: 

• Able to adapt the setting and environment to empower team members to contribute creatively to solving the problems within the team, for peers and partners 

Willing to learn:

• Genuinely curious and interested in the business of the business

Initiative:

• Self-starting, taking action to achieve goals, being proactive.

Results driven:

• Ability to work well under pressure without compromising work quality or standards. Ability to meet deadlines with the view of adding value to the business by delivering the required results.

Superior attention to detail and accuracy.

Teamwork:

• Work together with colleagues and staff to enhance the team’s overall performance.

Ethical:

• Display honesty and integrity at all times.

Skills:

• Problem solving and analytical:
• Understand and deal with problems and tasks, apply logic or reasoning to review information, identify problems, evaluate options and select the best solution.

Planning/priority setting:

• Coordinate and have an orderly structure in place to achieve goals, objectives and tasks. Good time management.

Good communication skills:

• Able to express ideas clearly, produce documents that have appropriate organization and structure.

Computer literacy:

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and accounting packages/software.

Interpersonal skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate and build relationships within the firm.

Bowmans is committed to achieving the objectives set in its transformation charter, and the targets in its employment equity plan. All recruitment decisions will be taken with due consideration being given to these objectives.

Closing date for Applications is Friday 12 June 2020.

Please include a copy of your CV with your application for it to be considered.