Job Description

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This is a remote position.
A casual dining franchise group, passionate about creating, crafting and delivering authentic experiences is seeking a remote-working Accountant for a 4-month maternity cover contract. This opportunity requires a conscientious, and precise team-player who has general accounting experience with exposure to debtors, creditors, banking, journals, and reconciliations. You will be responsible for bank and other sundry reconciliations to trial balance and for processing month-end journals. Additionally, you will also be responsible for overseeing Debtors.
Key Responsibilities:

• Reconciliation of all general ledger accounts, including reviewing reconciliation prepared by Bookkeepers.

• Month-end adjustments to be processed (Accruals, provisions for credit notes etc.).

• Manage the debtor's book, including raising invoices and applying payments.

• Bank reconciliations.

• Respond to and solve queries from within the Finance Department and other departments within the company.

• VAT calculations, reconciliations and related tasks.

• Income tax calculations and return submissions.

• ?Support external auditing processes through preparation of reports and gathering of data.

Requirements

• SAIPA/ CIMA qualified, AGA.

• Experience dealing with high volume, in a similar environment would be preferable.

• The environment will be cross functional as all processes and procedures are to be developed and inculcated for the above.

• The perfect candidate will be a team player, willing to do much more menial and much more complex activities than that which would be required from a typical accountant position in the long run as processes are set up and routines are formed.

• Ability to delegate and manage down effectively.

• Experience working with Sage Accounting.?

• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• High attention to detail and process driven.

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of management, external customers and third-party service providers.

• Self-motivated and deadline oriented.

• Ability to multi-task

Benefits

• This is a fully remote position open to applicants countrywide.

• Should applicants reside in Cape Town, it would be preferable for them to go into the head office once a week.

Skills Required