Assistant Accountant

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Job Description


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The Department:

We are a dynamic and diverse group of individuals working together in a fast-paced environment, with the sole aim of accurate and useful financial information. As the Finance department, we deliver timeously to the senior management and shareholders of the organisation, to assist with their decision-making processes in driving the business.

Purpose of the Role:

This role reports into the Senior Financial Accountant and is responsible for assisting with the following areas, the debtors and creditors functions, including accruals, maintaining the intangible and PPE asset registers, performing monthly reconciliations with variance commentary and other ad hoc duties within the Finance team. The candidate we are looking for is a focused, self-motivated & dynamic individual that is able to work at a fast pace in an ever-changing environment. The individual needs to be highly numerate, well organised and able to work to tight deadlines. Attention to detail and extensive accounting and reconciliation experience is crucial.

Duties include, but not limited to:

Creditors Function:

  • Capture all invoices, accruals, and prepayments - Ensuring all postings are correct by product, region, platform, brand and game, where appropriate
  • Prepare weekly payments, ensuring that the correct amounts and suppliers are paid.
  • Match vendor invoices and payments in Navision
  • Obtain proof of bank details for all changes to banking details or new vendors
  • Run vendor open items reports weekly and provide commentary for any long outstanding items
  • Proactively resolve any queries raised
Debtors Function:
  • Bill brand licenses and service and usage to relevant entities in line with the contracts - ensuring all postings are correct by product, region & brand where appropriate
  • Ensure timeous receipt of funds
  • Match customer invoices and payments in Navision
Asset Management:
  • Record all intangible, fixed and domain and trademark asset transactions including additions and disposals in the accounting system
  • Run monthly amortisation and depreciation
  • Reconcile the asset registers to the general ledger
  • Prepare quarterly reporting package, including disclosure notes and useful live assessment
Financial Reporting:

1. Analytical reporting
  • Preparation of income statement and balance sheet reconciliations with relevant commentary
Corporate Governance:

1. Audits
  • Assist with the preparation of the quarterly and annual audit files
  • Effectively communicate with auditors to ensure all audit queries are adequately resolved
2. SOX compliance
  • Ensure that all controls are adhered to, documented, and implemented for SOX compliance
Financial Staffing:
  • Effectively work as a team with relevant team members
  • Communicates clearly and effectively at all levels; both internally and externally to ensure expectations are met and potential problems escalated timeously
Ad Hoc Duties:
  • Draft process notes detailing how and why monthly tasks are performed to ensure business continuity
  • Archive all financial information
  • Assistance with testing of processes before implementation on Navision
  • Other ad hoc duties as may be required from time to time
Essential Requirements:
  • BCom financial accounting degree or similar
  • 1-3 years accounting experience in a similar role
  • Experience in performing reconciliations and preparing variance analysis commentary.
  • Experience in fixed / intangible asset management
  • Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
  • Demonstrates consistent behaviour aligned to the Organizational Performance & Culture.
Advantageous Requirements:
  • Completed Articles
  • Experience in Microsoft Dynamics Navision or Business Central.
  • Experience in FloQast.
  • Experience in IBM Planning Analytics/TM1/Cognos.
Person Specifications:
  • Ownership & Accountability
  • Building Relationships
  • Organisation & Planning
  • Problem Solving
  • Resilience
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
*Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process.

*Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment.

This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1274874
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned