Skills and Qualifications:
Relevant degree (B.Compt / B.Com Acc)
Minimum 5 years experience in accounting practice
Register with a professional body (SAIPA, SAIT or SAIBA) as prescribed (if not already registered)
Must love accounting and be a team player
Must be willing to learn
Must be willing to study part-time (if required)
Must be dynamic and thrive under pressure
Must be professional and have the ability to communicate accurately
Must have excellent MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and SharePoint skills
Experience with Pastel/Sage Accounting and Pastel/Sage Payroll (various versions) will be advantageous
Must be fully bilingual (Afrikaans and English)
Must have own transport and a valid driving license
Duties & Responsibilities:
Accounting:
- Bank reconciliations
- Journals
- Bond accounts
- Loan accounts
- Reconciliation of loan accounts
- Salary processing/importing/mapping
- Supplier invoices
- Supplier reconciliations
- Debtor reconciliations
- Rental reconciliations
- VAT Turnover reconciliations
- VAT control account reconciliations
- Working papers for monthly mini audits
- Working papers for annual accounting files
- Compilation of annual financial statements (advantageous)
- Compilation of annual standard document
Statutory & Compliance:
- Completion and submission of VAT returns
- Completion and submission of income tax returns (advantageous)
- Completion and submission of Employee’s tax returns
- Completion and submission of UIF declarations
- Computation of income tax calculations (advantageous)
- Secretarial duties for companies, close corporations, trusts
- Annual returns
- Changes to company registers
Administration & other tasks:
- WIP (work-in-progress) management
- Update of various administrative databases
- Answering telephones
- Binding financial statements
- Filing and administration of filing systems
- General office housekeeping in your direct workspace
- Assisting the partners/managers with ad hoc tasks
- General ad hoc tasks
- Ensure that all documentation is kept in orderly and safely
- Ensure that proper control procedures are in place
- Ensure that all management reports are submitted timeously (by due date)
- Ensure that all correspondence/communication is documented meticulously
- Build sustainable relationships with clients and colleagues
- Communicate regularly with clients and colleagues
- In your own time, regularly familiarise/update yourself with relevant legislation
- Share your knowledge with colleagues from time to time
- Ensure that you document and update your work schedule/plan regularly to ensure continuity
- Any other responsibilities as agreed to
Studies & continuing professional development (CPD):
- In your own time, continuously read, study and research all necessary legislation and changes to the profession
- Familiarise yourself with the software being used: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Pastel/Sage Accounting, Pastel/Sage Payroll, Sharepoint, etc.
- Performance Evaluation: goal setting, measurement, discussion of and management of your development needs and performance
- Career planning and mentoring
- Ensure that you pass your studies every semester (when applicable)
- Ensure that you provide your employer with your semester subjects registered (when applicable)
- Ensure that you provide your employer with your semester study roster (when applicable)
- Ensure that you submit all of your assignments timeously before the deadlines (when applicable).
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