Senior Finance Officer at BroadReach

Purpose of the position

 

The Senior Finance Officer is responsible for assisting the Finance Manager in reviewing all system processing completed by the Finance Officer as well as support the completion of month-end tasks and other reconciliations. This includes invoices processed for payment, staff claims and supplier reconciliations. In addition to this, this role requires sound knowledge of and experience in the Financial Month-end processes.

 

Key Accountabilities (included but not limited to)

In your role as Senior Finance Officer you will:

 

SUPPLIER INVOICE/STAFF CLAIMS, PAYMENT PROCESSING REVIEW

• Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures
• Review purchase invoice allocation and analysis coding on all payments
• Post all compliant journals
• Purchase invoices are accurately reviewed with minimal errors
• Processed invoices are scrutinized for optimal response time in case processing is not correct
• Processes are analyzed and innovative ideas are used in streamlining the entry of the data to ensure optimal functions documents/data received from internal and external parties are professionally dealt with

 

CUSTOMER/SUPPLIER RECONCILIATION AND AGE ANALYSIS REVIEW

• Review of all customer/supplier account reconciliations.
• Review and analysis of all outstanding invoices
• Ensure that all customer/supplier accounts and other processes are reviewed accurately and timeously

 

 PROCESSING BANK RECONCILIATIONS

• Processing of all transactions outstanding including deposits and payments reflecting on the bank statement.
• Track the necessary documentation / back-up relating to these transactions.
• Ensuring that all the bank accounts reconcile, and any reconciling items are followed up timeously.
• Ensuring that all outstanding transactions are processed accurately and timeously as per agreed upon deadline All supporting documents to the attached and reviewed as compliant before processing.

 

LOADING SUPPLIER PAYMENTS

• Uploading the EFT file for all vendor payments onto the online banking site
• EFT file to be uploaded onto the banking site before payment cut-off
• Complete accurate payment reconciliation

 

MONTH END PROCESSING/REPORTING

• Calculating the VAT payable/receivable monthly and compiling the VAT Summary Report for submission.
• Handling any VAT verifications and providing the necessary documentation to SARS on a timely basis
• Processing month-end journals and corrections in preparation of month-end completion
• Ensure that the VAT report is in ready for review by the set deadline
• Ensuring that all SARS VAT verifications are handled timeously
• Process all month-end journals timeously and accurately

 

AD HOC AND OTHER DUTIES

• Give input to the Finance Manager into Finance Officer’s performance regarding accuracy, timeliness and work ethic.
• Perform other related duties as required

 

Qualifications

Essential qualifications 

• Bachelors degree or equivalent

Desirable qualifications

• Honours/Chartered accountant

 

Experience & skills

• Minimum 3-5 years working experience in a similar role
• In-depth knowledge of Accounting Principles and Month end processing
• Applying Technical Expertise
• Controls Quality & Standards

 

Personal qualities & Behavioural competencies

Personal qualities

• High level of buy-in to BR’s core values
• High levels of ethics and moral judgement
• Ability to work within and contribute positively to finance team

 

Behavioural Competencies

• Attention to Detail
• Problem Solving
• Results Orientated
• Adaptability
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Planning and organizing
• Monitoring & Measuring

BroadReach Culture Cornerstones

• We serve a mission greater than ourselves
• We do better everyday
• We are solutions driven not problem focused
• We turn all customers into raving fans