Financial Assistant at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• The Financial Assistant will be responsible for entering, maintaining and reconciling monthly creditor's invoices and processing payments to creditors. Compiles and maintains accounts payable records by checking vouchers for payment.  Answers all vendor inquiries.

Key responsibilities

• Processing of creditor invoices into accounting system
• Processing and effecting of payments to creditors
• Capturing and generating of Customer Invoices into accounting system
• Reconciliation of creditor and debtor statements
• Preparing and capturing of journal entries from source documents into the accounting system
• Dealing with internal and external queries relating to area of responsibility

Minimum requirements

• Matric (with Accounting as subject) or Higher diploma in Finance
• Minimum of 3-4 years' relevant experience within a similar role
• Experience within financial services company would be beneficial
• Knowledge of an asset management environment is advantageous
• Knowledge of an accounting system (JD Edwards) would be beneficial
• Knowledge of VAT accounting
• Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)