Export Accountant (Fruit Industry) - Somerset West at Helderberg Personnel

Key responsibilities will be:

• Accounting in accordance with IFRS for SMEs
• Review and perform reconciliations
• Monthly VAT reconciliation
• Income tax calculations
• Monitor accrual accounts
• Weekly cashflow forecasts and cash analysis
• Administer debtors’ finance facility
• Liaising with banks
• SARB applications
• Debtor statements
• Weekly financial reporting
• Monthly management accounts
• Ad-hoc reporting
• Bank payment loading / authorisation
• Maintain and review costings
• Maintain fixed asset registers
• Assist in annual budget compilation
• Assist in quarterly management forecasts
• Assist with annual audit
• Assist in compiling annual financial statements
• Monitoring of data integrity
• Perform production process in the system

Duties:

• Assist finance team in questions relating to Debtors, Creditors, Cashbook, Producer payments and system related problems.
• Ensure all transactions are accounted for according to IFRS for SMEs standards and guidelines.
• Prepare and present weekly financial report for the Marketing team.
• Prepare monthly management accounts
• Weekly Borrowing report for the bank.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports relating to Consignees, Producers, Suppliers, Costings, etc. requested by Management.
• Review weekly reconciliations:Debtors Age Analysis, Producer Payment reconciliations, Producer Outstanding Payments, Outstanding LCs and TTs
• Review monthly reconciliations: Debtors’ reconciliation, Creditor’s reconciliations, Intercompany reconciliations, Balance sheet reconciliations
• Manage Producer loan accounts.
• Perform monthly VAT reconciliation.
• Prepare a weekly cashflow forecast and monthly cash analysis
• Liaison between Banks and Marketing team for LCs. Manage credit limits and load outs on valid LCs. Prepare Bill of Exchange for LC payments. Ensure documents couriered in time for LC validity.
• Manage recovery accounts monthly and investigate if large differences occur. Ensure all actual costs captured against account sales. Sign off Producer account sale costs before Producer payment.
• SARB applications for foreign currency payments and other ad-hoc applications as necessary.
• Month end close on PR3 and related system balance reconciliations.