Assistant Accountant - QPro Feeds, Vrede (REF: 2024081) at VKB Group

Job Purpose

• Supporting the finance and admin functions through maintaining accurate day-to-day accounting operations according to financial procedures and contribution to the preparation of financial information essential for decision making.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant Accounting Degree (completed articles)
• At least 2-years proven work experience within production environment.
• Animal Feed mill experience will be advantageous.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Reconciliation of monthly stock counts with NAV, and reporting there on
• Planning, organizing and supervising of month end stock counts.
• Compiling recons on a weekly/monthly basis for stock movements.
• Follow up on stock differences on a daily basis to minimize financial losses
• Daily reconciliation of actual stock and stock on NAV to identify discrepancies
• Compiling and processing of productions and stock movements daily, and reconciling it with the production system.
• Monitoring of average costing of stock items to identify discrepancies on time.
• Assist with maintenance of stock items and productions on NAV
• Assist with month-end procedures
• Assist Admin personnel with daily issues, such as Invoicing, Journals, Approvals etc.
• Manage Admin personnel on a daily basis to make sure Invoicing happens on time
• Manage company’s credit policy
• Fixed asset register management, create and request fixed asset codes (Vrede and Bethlehem)
• CAPEX

Skills Required

• Ability to function independently as well as in a team.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Communication skills and good people relations in the workplace. 
• Ability to work under pressure and extended hours.