Senior Bookkeeper - Johannesburg at Relx

Responsibilities

• Coordinating with clients through debt collectors/attorneys and keep relevant parties informed and keep the blacklist updated.
• Overseeing correct invoicing of sales contracts, including due dates, rates, calculations, and barter deals
• Collecting all revenue for events as per signed contracts.
• Ensuring debtor collection report balances with Pastel and bank receipts.
• Sending weekly debtor’s collection report to event PD/Sales manager, MD, and FD
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date debtors age analysis.
• Meeting regularly with PD/GM/exhibition representatives to highlight unpaid deposits and red flags until fully collected.
• Reporting Weekly check and allocate unallocated accounts.

Accounts Payable Function:

• Preparing weekly payments for all suppliers.
• Ensuring all supplier invoices are correctly processed before payment.
• Reviewing and correct payment reconciliations submitted by Accounts Clerk.
• Ensuring tax invoices meet SARS requirements and correspond with company details and POs.
• Ensuring proforma invoices are supported by tax invoices once services are rendered.
• Highlighting differences in statements and resolve queries before vendor payments.
• Loading new banking recipients and payments accurately and timely.
• Submit payments to authorized signatories weekly.
• Bi-monthly check supplier age analysis to avoid cost duplication and ensure account accuracy.
• Provide monthly accrual schedules to Senior Financial Accountant before month-end finalization.

Cashbook:

• Handling cashbook function for the Group, excluding the IATF bank account.
• Preparing and process daily bank transactions.
• Performing monthly bank reconciliations.
• Ensuring Senior Financial Accountant signs off month-end reconciliations.
• Preparing weekly cashflow reports for review.

Requirements

• Have extensive experience in accounts receivable and payable functions.
• Experience with Pastel or similar accounting software.
• Have solid understanding of SARS requirements for tax invoices.
• Have ability to manage cashbook functions and perform bank reconciliations.
• Have excellent organizational skills to ensure timely collections and payments.
• Have ability to manage cashbook functions and perform bank reconciliations.
• Have solid analytical skills for preparing and reviewing financial reports.
• Have excellent organizational skills to ensure timely collections and payments.