Accountant
Oza Capital and Services · Komatipoort
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Role Purpose: To own the day-to-day accounting and month-end process for Oza Holdings maintaining accurate records, clean reconciliations, and reliable financial data for review by the Senior Accountant within a high-volume coal trading and logistics environment. Duties & Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities: General ledger & month-end - Prepare and post journals, accruals, and prepayments for the company. - Perform monthly bank, balance sheet, and control account reconciliations. - Maintain the fixed asset register, including logistics assets (vehicles, equipment). - Prepare entity month-end packs for Senior Accountant review.
Inventory & cost of sales - Reconcile stock ledgers to the general ledger and investigate variances. - Verify landed costs (freight, duties, clearing) on imported goods. - Support stock counts and process count adjustments.
Creditors & imports - Process and reconcile supplier accounts, including foreign suppliers. - Account for foreign exchange differences on import transactions. - Match purchase orders, GRNs, and invoices (3-way matching).
Debtors - Process customer invoices, allocate receipts, and reconcile debtor accounts. - Support the collections process.
Tax & compliance - Prepare VAT reconciliations and returns for Senior Accountant review (SARS eFiling). - Provide supporting inputs for provisional and income tax to the Senior Accountant. - Maintain audit and tax supporting documentation; assist with audit queries for the company
Qualifications Minimum - BCom Accounting or equivalent. Preferred - Completed SAICA / SAIPA articles or studying toward a professional designation.
Experience - 3 Minimum years' accounting experience, including ownership of a month-end process preferred - Experience in trading, logistics, distribution, or mining. - Exposure to multi-currency and import transactions.
Technical skills - Working knowledge of IFRS / IFRS for SMEs and inventory / cost accounting. - VAT and general SARS compliance. - Proficiency in {Sage / Pastel / SAP / Syspro} and strong Excel skills.