Junior Accountant - International - Johannesburg at Minopex

Description

• The purpose of this position is to assist with the daily posting and processing of journal entries; perform monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations; prepare Financial Statements and assist with any other ad hoc accounting duties within the Finance department

Duties and Responsibilities
Financial

• Oversee daily financial operations in various international entities
• Process transactions accurately on Sage
• Assist on Payroll payment runs and associated payroll taxes
• Perform salary control account reconciliations
• Ensure all statutory requirements are met on time
• Maintain the International filing system for all statutory submissions
• Initiate ad hoc payments on the banking platform

Review all payments

• Maintain intercompany balances
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Monthly bank reconciliations and comparison of bank statement to bank GL
• Reconciliation of Foreign Exchange gains and losses
• Conclude and perform month end procedures for reporting
• Perform ad hoc reconciliations as and when required
• Assist International and Regional Finance departments as required

Cost Control

• Allocate expenditure to the correct cost centers
• Perform creditors reconciliations monthly
• Processing of Creditor Invoices and Payments
• Analyse TB and identify trends, misallocations or missing costs
• Investigate and implement cost saving initiatives

Asset Register

• Maintenance and physical verification of asset register to reconcile physical assets against register.
• Process depreciation and amortisation monthly
• Reconcile Sage vs asset register
• Ensure all additions and disposals accounted for correctly and required documentation obtained

Audits

• Facilitates the auditing process (internal & external) by supplying information to external auditors according to organisational requirements
• Provide feedback on queries timeously

Qualification Requirements

• A Bachelor of Commerce Degree
• A Postgraduate Finance qualification or studying towards will be advantageous

Experience and Skills Requirements

• 2 years’ accounting experience
• Excellent numeracy and analytical skills
• Ability to work under immense pressure.
• Computer literate in MS Office with advanced Excel skills
• Sage experience would be advantageous.
• High level of Integrity
• Problem solving and solution implementation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Closing Date 29 June 2023