Qualification / Experience required:
B Compt. with completed articles or 3 years practical experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent.
Essential skills required:
- Good verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Problem Solving, Numerical, Analytical and Computer skills (advanced excel will be advantageous).
- Knowledge of Great Plains will be advantageous
- Good understanding of commercial and business awareness.
- Negotiation and ability to influence and manage staff and external parties
Strong financial skills.
Other skills:
- Honesty and ethical behaviour.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work at speed and adhere to strict deadlines.
- Ability to work under pressure, assertive, proactive.
- Internal and external customer service orientated.
Role and responsibilities:
- Perform reporting of financial data against budgets and/or set targets
- Assist Financial Manager with root cause analysis, action plan compilation and tracking and controlling of all non-conformance in the prescribed format.
- Compile month-end audit file including supporting documentation and ensure sign-off on the completeness and accuracy thereof.
- To ensure that there is compliance to IFRS, statutory legislation and company policy and procedures.
- Prepare reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, substantiated by proper documentation.
- Reconcile all sub-ledgers to general ledger.
- Ensure that all general ledger journal entries are properly authorised, substantiated by proper documentation, proper descriptions and posted to the correct GL account in the correct period.
- Reviewing and managing of creditor accounts and payments in accordance with the agreed terms and company policies. Purchasing management and approvals.
- Daily and monthly Cashbook reconciliation with cash flow management.
- Daily and monthly Petty cash reconciliation and all transactions are accounted for.
- Perform weekly inter-company reconciliation and prepare monthly balancing confirmation.
- Managing Fixed Assets Register, including preparation of capital expenditure documentation.