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Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required
• A completed Matric is essential with a Diploma (adv).  
• A minimum of 3-5 years experience in administrative support services, 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Raise purchase requisitions; arrange meetings, purchase office supplies; fleet management of the company, 
• Follow up on outstanding payments; monthly office pest and hygiene / sanitary control; servicing of fire and safety equipment; 
• Arrange for the servicing and repair of office equipment; office parking allocation; 
• Staff biometrics access control; manage the leave register and collate annual leave submissions; compile and submit a monthly annual leave control sheet; 
• Assist the HR Manager with adhoc HR matters; manage and co-ordinate new staff onboarding process; 
• Responsible for organizing the logistics of corporate travel; arrange and liaise with the travel agent, local and international accommodation, flight, car hire and transport bookings for international visitors and local staff; and compile and submit company claims for staff travel expenses for approval to issue reimbursement.  
• Solid MSOffice and Excel skills essential.

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The position is responsible to support the Finance & Operations Executive and Group Financial Manager:

• Review and develop internal controls, financial systems, and company policies
• Reviews costs structures
• Identify areas for change and improvement in order to ensure the finance department contributes effectively to the profitability and commercial success of the organisation;
• Drive on cost reduction;
• Monitoring of financial performance
• Assisting with queries in the Financial Division;
• Working capital management, daily monitoring of cashflows, timely collections of debtors (overseeing and assisting where necessary) focusing on reducing DSO's, managing creditors payments and recons, focusing on cost control
• Financial management of Stock Control function;
• Adhoc Projects;
• Any other financial reports or reconciliations as requested;
• Complete General Ledger reconciliations;
• Pricing and profitability analysis evaluating pricing structures and analysing product profitability
• Preparing budgets and forecasts;
• Managing financial queries from Divisional Managers;
• Assist with the preparation and co-ordination of the audit process;
• Preparation of Monthly Management Reports;
• Conducting and reporting on business case analysis;
• Preparation of Annual Financial Statements in CaseWare
• Overseeing the Finance Department
• Responsible for all Tax / VAT related queries from SARS for the group
• Compile accurate supporting documents for reserve bank submission
• Reviewing insurance contracts and taking control of Group insurance administration
• Assisting with tender calculations and pricing files
• Assisting the Company Secretary with compliance related matters

Qualifications

• CA(SA) qualification essential
• Articles completed with reputable audit firm and obtained varied exposure to multiple industries and companies
• Min 3 5 years commercial experience managing a full finance team with all the typical financial management functions is a requirement

Experience Required

• Successfully completed articles with a reputable audit firm and obtained varied exposure to multiple industries and companies;
• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices including reporting;
• Knowledge of legislation regarding accounting, finances, and taxation;
• Comfortable to operate within an environment with active shareholder involvement;

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Qualifications

• A completed Matric is essential for this position with a qualification in Credit Management 1, 2 or 3 highly advantageous.  
• 5 years Debtors experience with large book values essential.  

KPI's include: 

• Matching statements and remittance advices on the system, 
• reconcile and resolve reconciling items on the members' accounts accurately and timeously, reconcile balance back to statements; does not balance back to statement and one per supplier (recon); 
• review members statements / accounts and action collections and queries; action all claims and POD's accurately and timeously; 
• assist in the general administrative and accounting functions within the department; 
• deal directly with customers regarding queries and payments due; 
• preparing monthly statements and invoices; 
• monthly cashflow projections; 
• charging interest on overdue accounts; 
• resolving queries; allocating bank payments; 
• attending customers meetings when required; 
• processing monthly journals - price difference, discount etc.; 
• assessing and processing claims daily (returns / tallies / subsidies / promos); 
• liaising with internal stakeholders and managing credit exposure on the accounts (identify risky accounts).  
• Working experience on SAP / SAP Best highly highly advantageous.

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyse credit data and financial statements in order to determine risk of extending credit
• Structure workable solutions
• Monitor and control credit risk to the company
• Review credit limits
• Process all new accounts with the company based on credit granted
• Annual review of existing customers as per the planned list
• Monthly evaluation of the debtors book
• Generate financial ratios
• Submission of credit vetting reports
• Ensure mater data on debtors age analysis is updated
• Motivate credit guarantee insure cover for customers

Qualifications

• Matric is essential
• Tertiary financial qualification essential
• Previous experience in credit vetting / analysis is essential

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Key Requirements:

Sage or Pastel Experience:

• Mastery in utilizing Sage or Pastel accounting software is highly advantageous. 

5 - 10 Years Experience (Insurance Industry Advantageous):

• With a proven track record spanning 5 to 10 years in a similar role, you bring a wealth of experience to the table. If you have experience within the insurance industry, that's a definite plus!

Diploma or Degree:

• Hold a recognized diploma or degree in Accounting or a related field. Your educational background will be the foundation for your success in this role.

Articles (Advantageous):

• If you've completed your articles, it's a significant advantage. Showcase your in-depth understanding of accounting principles and practices gained through this valuable experience.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee day-to-day accounting activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support financial decision-making.
• Utilize your expertise to contribute to process improvements.

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Essential qualifications and traits:

• Must be proficient in English and Afrikaans - read, write and speak.
• Must agree to complete the three-year SAICA training contract at a4e, in order for the Trainee Accountant to qualify as a Chartered Accountant (SA).
• Must have completed a SAICA accredited bachelor’s degree at an approved tertiary institution.
• Must be computer literate.
• Must have own reliable transport and a valid SA driver’s license.
• Must reside in Pretoria or be willing to relocate to Pretoria or be within reasonable travelling distance of Pretoria to make daily commuting to the office possible.
• Must not have been in full-time employment for longer than 2 years, or already be serving under a SAICA training contract.
• May have been in full-time employment for less than 2 years or may have worked part time or during holidays.

Note:

Please attach the following with your application:

• Marks for all university studies.
• Matric certificate.
   

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Responsibilities include:

• Closure of monthly, quarterly and year end financials
• Oversee intercompany closing and cash flow loadings
• Accountability and supervision of AP, AR and Procurement
• Oversee Billings to Cash processes
• Review all financial and non-financial reporting packs
• Drive internal and external audit processes
• Improve operational efficiency and productivity
• Monitor and ensure improved working capital position
• Steer procurement function
• Design and manage internal financial control model
• Drive process automation
• Ensure all identified operational risks are documented and that a risk mitigation plan is in place
• Support set up of new companies
• Manage and build a high performing team
• Drive cost optimisation
• Establish performance benchmarks

Requirements:

• Qualified CA(SA) qualification
• MBA highly advantageous
• 10 years experience, with at least 3 to 5 years in a senior leadership role

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Qualifications and experience:

• Matric essential
• Tertiary qualification advantageous 
• Computer literate: Syspro and MS Office (Excel, Word)
• Min 5 years’ working experience in a similar role
• Manufacturing/ retail/ FMCG/ Wholesale experience highly advantageous
• Must be able to deal with high volumes daily and be able to process invoices, reconcile and make payments within payment terms
• Must be able to cope in a stressful environment
• Must have experience in dealing with price queries
• Foreign Creditor reconciliation experience advantageous 

Duties:

• Capturing of invoices and matching to GRNs (Goods Receipt Notes)
• Ensuring that the GRN Trial balance is clear at month end
• Perform monthly creditor reconciliations of all supplier accounts
• Liaise with suppliers regarding invoices, invoice queries and payments
• Liaise with branches regarding status on accounts and special payment requests as well as actively managing the timely resolution of disputes, discrepancies and queries
• Verifying banking details with suppliers
• Accurate filing of creditor’s documentation
• Have a good understanding of accruals and cut off dates
• Investigating and clear old queries on vendor accounts
• Prepare creditors and COD accounts for payments within the designated timelines
• Preparing remittances and ensuring all payments are applied in Syspro
• Investigation and resolution of queries
• Timeous filing of approved payments
• Various other ad hoc projects that may be required from time to time

Skills and attributes:

• Excellent reconciliation skills
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written
• Solutions-driven, solid and dependable team player
• Adherence to strict deadlines
• Good time management skills and able to work to multiple
• deadlines concurrently
• Capacity to manage and maintain supplier relationships
• High energy levels
• Disciplined and presentable
• Ability to work independently and be part of a team
• After hour work will be required from time to time

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Duties include:  

• Capturing of foreign creditor invoices and accurate costing of line items on creditor invoices
• Manage a foreign book of R600m with approximately 40-50 accounts (currencies include USD, Euro, Yen)
• Process the Revaluation journals at month end based on the supplier open item statements and reconcile to ledger
• Managing prepayments
• Accurate record keeping of stock in transit and bond
• Managing LC’s 
• Preparation of BOP forms
• Liaising with SARB
• Creditors reconciliations
• Payment allocations
• Record of profit and loss

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Duties would include:

• Monthly reporting to HQ Germany.
• Monthly reconciliations and analysis of balance sheet and P&L accounts.
• Management of the fixed asset register.
• VAT calculations and submission on E-Filing.
• Quarterly budget preparation.
• Raise customer invoices for local and foreign sales.
• Raise supplier invoices on QuickBooks.
• Credit reconciliation.
• Inter-company balancing and uploading of foreign payments.
• Liaising with bank and applying for SARB approval.
• Posting of monthly standard journal entries.
• Conduct and facilitate year end audits.
• Assist with office co-ordination.

Requirements:

• Bookkeeping/accounting qualification or studying towards.
• Quickbooks advantageous.
• 2 - 4 years experience.

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Requirements:

• Position requires 8 to 10 years Sales and Operational Management Experience, at a Senior Management level
• 3 year qualification in Business Management or Commerce

Duties would include:

Some of the duties would include:

• Oversee four branches in the Western Cape
• Managing margins and discounts to ensure achievement of profitability
• Monitor and manage expenditure 
• Implement corrective actions where targets are not achieved, to ensure profit growth of branches
• Ensure goods are checked
• Stock accuracy
• Ensure couriers adhere to company standards and deliverables
• Monitor customer service standards in call centre and internal sales
• Ensure warehouse operations are within operating procedures
• SLA's: logistics, pricing, returns and repairs compliance
• Drive usage of digital platforms
• Manage head counts and overtime within budgets
• Facilitate training and development
• Review performance, agree ratings and set targets
• Develop succession plans
• Collate board reports
• Take responsibility for running operations and driving revenue

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Qualification Requirements/Skills:

Matric essential

• Experience with any of the main accounting packages/ ERP systems
• Proficient in MS Office, with strong Excel skills
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a bookkeeper

Main Job Functions:

• Bank Recon
• Cashflow
• Creditors/Invoicing
• Sale Recon
• Debtors, Ageing and collections
• General ledger
• Petty cash processing
• Asset register updates
• Month end depreciation updates
• Accounts preparation to balance sheet
• Management Accounts pack preparation
• Trial balance to balance sheet
• VAT processing

Attributes:

• Must be highly detail oriented and organized with strong and accurate administration skills
• Ability to act and operate independently to accomplish objectives and daily tasks
• Ability to identify problems and review information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
• Must be able to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, clients
• Excellent and accurate reporting skills
• Valid driver’s license and own vehicle essentiala