Senior Accountant Ballito

Sharon Nurock Recruitment c.c. • Other • Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa • $200 - $300 / year • 1m ago

Reference: DUR002832-SN-6

Our client, a nationwide firm of Chartered Accountants & Auditors, seeks your senior accounting experience to prepare and maintain a checklist of all clients under your portfolio, with services to be performed for each client.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Person:

B.Com Degree or Accounting Diploma.
SAICA/SAIPA Articles a definite advantage.
Min 3 to 4 years bookkeeping experience in an Accounting Firm.

The Job:

Reporting to the Partner:

Client management, visit clients premises and troubleshoot.
Prepare and review monthly management reports for clients.
Supervise and review work of Junior Bookkeepers, ensuring that the clients' accounts are reconciled timeously (monthly) and accurately.
Month end and year end journal entries and reconciliations.
Update accounting records from source documents.
Review trial balances and general ledger to identify misallocations and inconsistent accounting treatment.
Create and set up a new general ledger file, with chart of accounts.
Reconcile payroll on a monthly basis.
Prepare EMP201's, EMP501's, and Workmen's Compensation calculations.
Review/prepare monthly VAT201's.
Prepare accounting records from source documents to final reconciled trial balance.
Facilitate monthly meetings between client and Partners if required by client.
Research and pass on information from applicable legislation, good practice, and interpretation notes to Bookkeepers/Partners.
Identify areas for training and communicate with Supervisor, assist in preparing training material, coordinate and facilitate training.
Assist in the billing of monthly jobs in conjunction with Supervisor/Partner.
Give on-the-job training to Junior & Intermediate Accounts, with professional and technical skills.
Ensure all client deliverables are met.

Competencies and Skills Required:

Meeting monthly and annual client fee budgets.
Advanced Excel/Word / Xero/Sage online / Pastel / Quickbooks / GreatSoft Accounting.
SARS e-Filing.
In-depth knowledge of general accounting bookkeeping theories and practices.
Ability to multitask and work against short deadlines.
Exemplary personal integrity and respect for confidentiality.
Self-motivated and proactive individual.
Ability to work with minimum direction, using own initiative in assessing priorities.
Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team when appropriate.
Ability to sustain output quality under pressure to achieve key deadlines.
Effective time management.
Prioritizing and forward planning practices.
Leadership and supervisory skills.