Job Description

PURPOSE OF FUNCTION
To provide essential support to the finance department by assisting with day-to-day financial tasks and transactions, maintaining accurate records, basic reporting, and ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Banking & finance operations
• Cashbook, petty cash and transaction processing
• Debtors and creditors processing Audit and Secretarial compliance
• Government incentives and insurance claims
• General administration

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (OUTPUTS)
INPUTS
Banking and finance operations

• Update daily bank position
• Load and release local and foreign payments and receipts
• Assist with financing of assets with the bank
• Apply for Reserve Bank approval when required

Cashbook and transaction processing

• Cashbook processing and reconciliation
• Petty cash processing and reconciliation
• Cashbook/Petty cash movement report
• Creditors invoice processing
• Creditors and Debtors reconciliations
• Update debtors' receipts and circulation thereof
• Processing of all financial transactions up until trial balance stage

Management reporting and budgeting

• Assist with financial budgets and reporting when required

Audit compliance

• Submit secretarial documents required by auditors for annual returns
• Assist with auditors' queries
• Assist with financial and statutory compliance and governance requirements

Incentives and insurance claims

• Assist with government incentive applications.
• Assist and submit insurance claims when required

General administration

• Circulation of foreign exchange rates daily
• Perform general administrative tasks
• Completion and Submission Stats SA questionnaires and surveys.
• Maintaining accurate financial records, filing and documentation
• Assist the CFO with various other tasks as and when required.

Required skills:

• Accounting knowledge
• Experience with accounting/financial systems (Preferably Syspro Software knowledge)
• Proficient in MS office
• Analytical & Numerical proficiency
• Attention to detail
• Organisational and Time Management
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to work under pressure

Skills Required