Assistant Accountant

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Job Description


Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.

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, all Gaming transactions and recons, creditors and accruals, intangible and PPE asset registers, 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. A keen interest in data, attention to detail and extensive accounting and reconciliation experience is crucial.

Duties include, but not limited to:

Gaming Function:

  • Provide support for the BI team to post gaming transactions
  • Reconcile gaming data imported into Navision to the source
  • Investigate anomalies and resolve differences
  • Calculate and post the gaming tax and vat
  • Calculate the service and usage fees and rebates in alignment with the contracts and gaming data provided
  • Post invoices and accruals
Creditors Function:
  • Capture 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
Asset Management:
  • Record all intangible and fixed asset transactions including additions and disposals
  • 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 creditors and fixed and intangible assets
  • 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
  • Experience in reconciling data from sources outside of the accounting system
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
    JD1276914
  • 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