Finance Administrator - (Persons with a disability)

Duration: 12 months fixed term contract

Location: Midrand

Remuneration: negotiable

Start date: Immediately

Purpose:

Our client is looking for a highly meticulous Financial Administrator to capture, maintain and evaluate financial records. In addition, must also assist with payroll and general administrative duties.

If youre a bold-out of box thinker who wants to reach far and beyond your and our wildest dreams, then this is the place for you!

General Responsibilities:

Duties include but not limited to:

Debtors

• Maintain age analysis at targeted levels
• Process Sales quotes and follow up on client purchase orders
• Process month end revenue accruals (if any)
• Allocations of receipts to paid invoices.
• Ensure Debtors Age Analysis is up to date provide comments on the long outstanding invoices.
• Ensuring that customer invoices and statements are processed timeously
• Keep accurate and up-to-date activity reports of accounts in arrears.
• Preparing monthly Debt Report with comments for Management meetings.

Creditors

• Ensure new suppliers are authorised and vetted (BBE status, VAT compliant and company registered)
• Process suppliers invoices and payments
• Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts payable data
• Process Purchase orders to the standard
• Ensure payments are allocated accurately on a daily basis to supplier accounts
• Reconcile the accounts payable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted.
• Generate reports detailing accounts payable status
• Process credit note requests

Process month end accruals and clear prior months accruals.

• Prepare monthly payment schedules for review
• Provide monthly feedback on Age Analysis - commentary on long outstanding balances
• Review expense analysis, prepayments and accruals to identify missing expenses and raise accruals appropriately.

General Administration and Reporting

• Assist with internal and external year-end financial audits
• Prepare monthly payroll with the help of finance manager
• Extract monthly payroll reports for filing.
• Update the fixed asset register
• Process cash book transactions to general ledger
• Maintaining and improving the filing system of documents
• Consultants weekly timesheet follow up and update
• Ad-hoc tasks and projects

Skills and attributes:

Analytical and critical thinking skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Energetic, self-motivated, proactive, and innovative style

Excel and Microsoft intermediate skills

Strong attention to detail and administrative skills

Deadline orientated with strong time management skills

Planning and organisational skills

Integrity

Ability to work under pressure

Proficient in using Financial Management systems i.e. SAGE300 or similar

Experience & Qualifications:

Diploma/Degree in Finance/Accounting/Bookkeeping

2-3 years' experience