Responsibilities
- Ensure cashbook capture payments and receipts in all accounts including foreign
- Check creditors recons and sign off for payment
- Load bank payments for release by Regional Accountant (RA) and Regional Financial Controller (RFC)
- Ensure debt collection is current and assist if necessary
- Assist with capturing of information where needed
- Generate invoices for miscellaneous and inter company recharges
- Month end accrual journal capture, balance sheet accounts reconciliations
- Comparing expenses to budgets - highlighting concerns
- Ensure all finance staff tasks are done satisfactorily
- Complete and submit VAT returns
- Analysing stock and putting together journal at month end
- Sign off petty cash recon
- Keep fixed asset register updated to generate depreciation entries
- Ensure all transaction support documentation and reconciliations are electronically filed, with easy access to ensure auditing goes smoothly
- Ensure reconciled TB is ready for RA and RFC to finalise month end reporting timeously
- Minimum of 4 years experience as a senior bookkeeper
- Accounting and Finance Degree or Diploma
- Experience in similar hospitality industry an advantage
- Competency in MS Office especially Excel, databases, and accounting software (Sage X3)
- Good command of English language, verbal and written
- Strong organizational and administrative skills, meticulous and methodical
- High level of accuracy with attention to detail
- Have analytical, problem-solving skills and good time management
- RA and RFC to whom they report are based in JHB, so must be self-starter and self-motivated
- Able to work unsupervised
- Be a team player with good communication skills
- Supervise and support team members
- Understanding of foreign currency
- High sense of responsibility and ethical standards
- Excellent performance under pressure ensuring deadlines are met
- Sense of ownership and pride in work
- A sense of fun
