A global advisory firm, with offices across the U.S., U.K., Germany, Brazil, Singapore and South Africa, is seeking an Accountant with 2 -4 years experience to join their team in the SA office, located in Centurion.
Job Summary
In this role, you will be working with the accounting and operations team at a litigation dispute consulting firm. You will add value to our team by having strong analytical skills, great attention to detail and excellent prioritization skills. This position requires you to be a person with strong interpersonal, communication and technical skills.
Major Responsibilities
- Demonstrate understanding of revenue recognition principles and take ownership of monthly revenue generation process and accounts receivable process including billing, collections, and write-offs.
- Monitor bank accounts daily to record and apply cash receipts to outstanding accounts receivables.
- Own the accounts payable process, starting with coding of invoices, preparing payment schedule for review and entry of authorized disbursements.
- Perform weekly cash reconciliation.
- Responsible for Timesheet and Expense report collection, review and posting.
- Assist with month-end close cycle including bank reconciliations, month-end workpapers, and financial statement prep & analysis.
- Provide support internally during the annual audit process and manage communication with external auditors.
- Develop work plans and coordinate the successful completion of routine, ad hoc, analyses and projects under supervision.
- Manage centralized Accounting and Billing email accounts, the focal point of department communication.
- Perform miscellaneous administrative duties as needed.
- Bachelors degree in business, accounting, finance, or economics, preferred.
- 2+ years of relevant work experience required.
- Business experience in corporate billing/accounting preferred
- Comfort working with debits and credits and willingness to expand current skillset.
- Strong analytical, technical, and critical thinking skills
- Demonstrates ability to stay organized & focused while working with competing deadlines.
- Great attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to thrive while working in a team environment.
- Desire to grow within role and take on new tasks and responsibilities.
- Experience in Deltek Vision or Thomson Reuters 3E is a plus.
- Experience in Concur or Chrome River is a plus.
- Advanced Excel skills are preferred.
- Foreign language skills a plus
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