Financial Clerk at Fidelity Services Group

Job Description
Minimum Requirements (Junior Level)

• A relevant Accounting or Finance qualification (or currently studying towards one)
• Around 6–12 months of finance or accounting experience (internships or learnerships welcome)
• Basic knowledge of accounting systems (experience with SAP is a plus, but not required)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel (basic formulas, spreadsheets, data capturing)

Job Responsibilities

• Assist with preparing and completing general ledger reconciliations
• Capture and help process weekly and monthly journal entries
• Support the reconciliation of stock accounts and help investigate differences
• Help ensure clearing accounts are accurate and up to date
• Review and check data before it is posted to the system
• Assist with verifying that documents are correctly captured
• Help resolve finance-related queries within agreed timeframes
• Communicate with suppliers and internal teams via email and phone when resolving queries
• Support the team with ad-hoc tasks and projects as needed
• Assist with preparing monthly Profit & Loss reports
• Help analyse monthly variances and general ledger accounts

Key Skills & Competencies

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable using computers, especially Excel
• Professional and confident telephone manner
• Strong attention to detail
• Willingness to learn and develop reconciliation skills
• Good organisational and time management skills