Group Finance Assistant

We are part of a fast-growing professional services firm that is dedicated to championing small and medium businesses and helping communities prosper, right across the UK and Ireland as well as South Africa. This is a unique opportunity to join an ambitious team at the early stages of its journey.

The Group Finance assistant will support the group finance function with various financial activities, including the maintenance of finance information for the Groups holding companies as well as other small trading entities in the Group.

Department Finance Employment Type Permanent Location Johannesburg Workplace type Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with the preparation of the Groups holding companies management accounts
• Performing bank and other key month-end reconciliations
• Preparing monthly accrual and prepayment schedules and posting of relevant journals
• Maintenance of Groups loan schedules, internal and external, including calculation of interest and management of repayments in line with external requirements and internal policies
• Management of intercompany reconciliations across the Sumer Group
• Preparation of and input into the daily cash flow forecast
• Processing and payment of staff expenses claims in line with group policy
• Processing and payment of Groups purchase invoices ensuring all are authorised in line with group policy
• Inputting and maintaining financial data in the financial software, in particular, the loading and reconciliation of TB data supplied by the financial hubs/subsidiaries

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified or working towards CIMA or SAIPA or other equivalent qualification.
• Experience of being involved in monthly management accounting and / or other finance operational processes
• Experience working on Microsoft Excel
• Desirable: experience working with Sage or Xero
• Desirable: experience working within a professional services environment

Everyone is unique and we understand that each individual may have distinct needs to showcase their best selves during interviews. Our commitment is to offer personalised support for all candidates. Let our team know how we can bring out your fullest potential.

About Sumer Offshore Services

We are dedicated to being the champions for SME businesses. Working together with our colleagues in the UK we are able to remotely deliver a range of accounting, tax, audit, advisory and business services to clients across the UK and Ireland.

Whether its to free up time so that businesses can focus on the things that matter, help grow the business, or work through the trickiest of problems, we are here to help you succeed.

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