Job Description

Head Office of a Mining concern based in Edenvale, has an exciting opportunity for an Accountant with atleast 5 years commercial experience in a Manufacturing concern with multinational experience to join their team.

Qualification & Experience:

- B.Comm Accounting / B.AccSci or tertiary qualification of equal measure; suitable certification
-Essential: At least 5 years accounting experience and financial management in a manufacturing company of similar size; previous recent experience on Sage Evolution Accounting Software; previous experience with job costing.
Preferred: 5 years computer skills; 5 years administration; articles completed at a medium to large auditing firm

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

- Overall responsibility for accounts department ensuring that processing takes place timeously to produce management reports within 3 working days of the month end.
- Production planning and co ordination (ensuring deadlines are met);
- Process and ensure accuracy of all books of account including, general ledger, debtors, creditors, inventory and fixed assets.
- Prepare budgets and forecasts when required.
- Prepare and finalise trial balance monthly for management and annually for auditors
- Ensure all taxation calculations are accurate and submitted timeously.
- Ensure that and assist with processes where stock is controlled, bi-annual stock takes are conducted and stated value is fair.
- Ensure that all accounts payable including foreign creditors, are accurate and correctly stated.
- Ensure that debtors days are maintained within the 65 day period.
- Ensure that all statutory requirements are complied with.
Responsible to ensure weekly and monthly deadlines are met timeously, which include, month ends, weekly reports, salaries and wages, assets registers, VAT and Income Tax calculations and any requirements of management.
- Responsible to ensure annual and monthly trial balances are completed within the required timeframe; Provisional and company tax returns are submitted on time
Ensure all deadlines are met in conjunction with production staff accurately and within the deadline;
- Ensure all fixed assets are reconciled and correct entries passed;
- Ensure time keeping is accurately administered.
- Do all overflow accounting work required, ensuring that all areas are given quality service.
- Monitor systems and take corrective action.
- Ensure and enforce the principle that profit performance is paramount and that processes are in place for the early detection of adverse performance.
- Ensure that bankers receive accurate reports timeously.
- Process payments for local and foreign creditors
- Bank reconciliations
- Payroll reconciliations
- Accurate reporting of inventory based on job costing
- Assisting and managing all accounts staff
- Maintenance and management of the Debtors Book.
- Accurate compilation of all required schedules from Sage Evolution

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