Assistant Finance Officer: General Accounts at Sappi

As an Assistant Finance Officer: General Accounts, you will be responsible for:

• Process customer payments timeously according to information received.
• Verify customer payments and general processing requests are adequately approved and within the limits of authority as per the authorised signatories list.
• Compare the General ledger balance with the bank statement and ensure automatic bank statement uploads are correct, If not, investigate and correct.
• Allocate bank statement entries to the correct general ledger accounts and ensure sub-accounts on SAP are cleared timeously.
• Prepare weekly spreadsheet analysis from the bank statements, listing all transactions and allocate them to correct categories (i.e., SARS payments, Creditor’s payments, payroll, intercompany, etc.) and forward to Treasury
• Liaise with all units at month end regarding running consignment stock reports.
• Process journals for any quantity or price differences.
• Assist with the creation of minor vendors and changes to trade vendors.

What are we looking for?

• Grade 12 while an Accounting Diploma or Degree would be considered advantageous
• 2 years’ experience in an Accounting position
• Intermediate Excel skills
• SAP FI experience

Closing Date: 16 May 2023