Portfolio Accountant - Johannesburg North at Communicate Recruitment

Qualifications: 

• Com Honours or a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 3-5 years’ relevant experience as an Accountant
• Audit experience will be an added advantage.
• Financial statements preparation in accordance with IFRS is mandatory.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have extensive knowledge.
• Great Plains experience would be a huge advantage

Experience:

• Update and distribute the monthly cut-off schedule.
• Identify depreciable assets from the Capex and Tenant Installation accounts.
• Prepare monthly journals as required including: pro rata allocations of interest & bank charges, net income distributions and capex claims.
• Prepare monthly financial packs for external clients and balance cash flow documents and supporting schedules.
• All responsibilities associated with being a cheque signatory.
• Review the ledgers and identify monthly accruals.
• Assist in ensuring that controls and procedures are adhered to and identify control weaknesses that may require additional controls to be implemented.
• Provision of accounting and administrative assistance as and when required.
• Assist property managers with finance related issues relating to the property portfolio under management.
• Discuss monthly accruals with property managers and ensure that the necessary amendments are done to accurately reflect the financial status of the buildings;
• Timeously prepare preliminary financial statements and advise property managers when ready.
• Review preliminary financial statements per building and assess holistically whether recurring entries has been captured.
• Prepare Financial Statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).