Description:
VACANCY – FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT
Title: Financial Accountant
Place of work: Pretoria, Lynnwood
Reporting to: CFO
Financial Accountant
Our client in the FinTech space is recruiting for an Accountant to join their dynamic team. In this
role, you will be responsible for key corporate accounting functions, including Debtor
Management, Cashbook Processing, and General Accounting tasks. You will ensure optimal in
account reconciliations and the preparation of statutory returns for our group of companies.
Reporting to the CFO, the Accountant will take responsibility for the following:
Invoicing and customer account maintenance:
Debtor Management:
• Invoicing, Customer Statements, customer queries and maintaining customer
accounts.
• Client invoices raised as and when required against the correct revenue account and
in the correct entity.
• Client statements distributed on time and to correct recipients.
• Follow up on client queries.
• Process approved credit notes as and when required.
• Complete questionnaires and application forms for new clients.
• Authenticate the data received for customer billing and ensure all information is
accurate.
• Account for VAT accurately.
• Invoice summary to Business Unit.
• Perform accurate reconciliations within timelines.
• Perform Month-end procedures and ensure invoicing reports are balancing before
closing off period.
• Assist in process of automating the revenue / customer cycle.
• Annual escalation letters.
• Balance invoice control to Xero.
• Getting the withholding tax certificates and doing calculation.
Corporate Accounting Functions for the Group
Oversee all accounting functions:
• Ensure daily cashbook reconciliations are up to date.
• Update Fixed Asset Register on a monthly basis.
• Capture correct journal entries in accounting records for reporting purposes. (AFS).
• Provision for Bad debt journals- monthly.
• Intercompany Loan account recon.
• Commissions and provisions.
• Prepayments & Prepaid income.
Review monthly recons and accounting files:
• Prepare/Review trial balance for monthly reporting.
• Balance intercompany loan accounts.
• Consolidation of six company’s ledgers for reporting purposes.
VAT Recons Controls and statutory Requirements:
• Ensure compliance to all Statutory requirements.
• VAT.
• Employment Taxes (EMP201 to SARS, UI19 to UIF).
• Dividend withholding taxes.
• Up to date Tax Clearance Certificates.
• Tax registration of new employees.
PI and D&O liability. Insurance Reporting:
• Prepare annual budget with CFO.
• Monthly update of budget/forecast.
• Reporting of monthly variances between actual and forecasted income and
expenses.
• Facilitate annual financial audit and ensure the group of companies receives an
unmodified audit report.
Other:
• Various statutory returns (IRP5, Compensation commissioner, BEE).
• Updating Currency exposure.
• Any additional tasks as needed to support the finance team and the broader
business
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
• BCom Financial Accounting Degree
• SAIPA articles completed
• 3+ years post articles experience