Job Description

Job Summary

An FMCG company based in Muizenberg urgently seeks your numerical expertise and meticulous nature as a senior bookkeeper/accountant to manage a growing international business. Your role will entail approval of all purchase invoices and expenses, ensuring accurate GL codes are assigned, performing daily bank recons, preparing payment runs and preparing VAT returns. The successful incumbent must have Grade 12/Matric, possess a tertiary degree/diploma in accounting or business and have at least 5 years of experience in a similar role with advanced Excel proficiency. Your experience should also include working with SARS, VAT, PAYE, Company Tax and CIPC.

Duties:

Reporting to the COO. You will be expected to:

• Assist with reports for management, including GL account reconciliations, management accounts, sales, Whole Foods Market/UNFI recons, Amazon recons and 3PL recons.
• Accurately record vendor/supplier purchase invoices and other expenses.
• Approve all purchase invoices and expenses ensuring purchasing processes and approvals have been followed together with maintaining data integrity including ensuring supplier payments based on their payment terms for all items procured by the Warehouse Manager.
• Ensure all reconciliations with third parties/suppliers are performed and accurate.
• Ensure all GL codes are accurately assigned to supplier and customer invoices.
• Perform daily bank reconciliations and confirm all transactions are correctly entered and post any missing transactions.
• Prepare payment runs.
• Review and approve all expense claims to ensure that expense claim processes are correctly followed.
• Maintain/reconcile monthly recurring invoice check and monthly recurring product purchase count.
• Maintain Debtors and Creditors age analysis.
• Prepare VAT returns.
• Manage the day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping.
• Liaise with staff especially purchasing and sales reps.
• Respond to supplier, customer, and staff (purchasing and sales reps) queries.
• Process journals accurately.
• Compile and balance PAYE reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance of proper payment workflow processes.
• Perform various administrative and accounting tasks according to the needs of the company.

Requirements:

Qualifications -

• Grade 12/Matric
• Accounting or business degree/diploma

Experience/Skills -

• Accounting background with extensive knowledge on reconciliations, management accounts, journals, etc.
• Experience in Sage/Odoo/SAP/Syspro/Microsoft Dynamics (or a similar ERP system)
• Advanced Excel proficiency/experience in creating and managing Excel Spreadsheets preferably having completed a course.
• Knowledge and experience working with SARS, VAT, PAYE, Company Tax and CIPC.
• Microsoft Office experience (Outlook, Excel are essential).
• Complete fluency in English with excellent command, both written and spoken.

Advantageous:

• Experience preparing of management accounts.
• Experience with foreign currencies. Such as USD, GBP and ZAR.
• Experience with logistics documentation, customs and rebates

Attributes:

• Very good communication skills, and effective direct communication with customers, suppliers, and all
• Departments within the organisation.
• A professional attitude with a friendly and positive disposition is key to the workplace.
• Must be confidential, have integrity and be commercial, showing a keenness to understand the business.
• Demonstrated organisational and administrative skills are required.
• Attention to detail and accuracy, be organised, prioritise varied workloads and work to strict deadlines.
• Ambitious, flexible and team orientated.
• Must be a self-starter and have excellent time keeping management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, handle multiple tasks, and meet tight deadlines.
• Capable of working independently with little supervision
• Always looking for ways to improve efficiency of the current systems, processes and work practices.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: R32,000.00 - R35,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Muizenberg, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• SAICA member registration (Preferred)

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