Accountant - Edenvale (Longmeadow)

• We are seeking a highly energetic Accountant to join our team. The candidate will be required to work with large amounts of numerical data in a retail environment and handle multiple tasks with deadlines.
• Additionally, you will need to provide transparent and complete reports to management. You should have a firm grasp of accounting, taxation and financial practices and regulations and possess strong verbal and written communication skills.

Accountant Responsibilities

• Financial recording and record-keeping and reporting, including preparation of management and statutory information for internal and external stakeholder use and interpretation.
• Compliance with relevant statutory and other legislation.
• Implementing the principles of transparency and good corporate governance as they apply to the financial function.
• Establish and maintain accounting procedures.
• Creditors management.
• Develop and maintain budgeting database.
• Financial audit preparation and coordinate the audit process.
• Drafting of financial statements on CaseWare.
• Interact with external auditors in completing audits.

Responsible for the following departments activities

• Credit Control
• Generation of cost variance reporting and analysis of findings
• Supplier applications review and submit for approval.
• Tax calculations and submissions on E-Filing. Income Tax, Provisional Tax, VAT
• Managing Nedfleet Cards Increases, queries etc
• Review and approve monthly creditors reconciliations.
• Review and approve daily COD payments.
• Review and approve monthly GL reconciliations.
• STATS SA Submissions.

Requirements

• BCom or Bcompt + Articles and 2 years commercial experience preferred
• Strong analytical, communication, and computer skills.
• Understanding of mathematics and accounting and financial processes.
• Attention to detail.