Junior Financial Accountant

Description

• Responsible to assist with all day-to-day financial accounting activities to support and assist the financial accountants with regards to planning and execution of all financial accounting activities of the department

Duties

• General Accounting Duties:
• Assist with the review and processing of all accounting transactions on the accounting systems, e.g., SAP, in accordance with company rules, regulations, accounting principles and policies
• Assist with the adherence to all set deadlines and procedures related to the processing of all accounting transactions
• Assist with the execution of all payment activities in the department
• Responsible for effective and efficient preparation and processing of the monthly payroll
• Responsible for the effective and efficient upload and maintenance of lease contracts and recurring batches on the SAP system in accordance with company rules, regulations, procedures, and policies and within set deadlines
• Reconciliations:
• Responsible for effective and efficient preparation and reviewing of all reconciliations related to debtors, creditors, cheque accounts and general ledgers in accordance with company rules, regulations, accounting principles, policies and within set deadlines
• Assist with the resolving of outstanding queries and balances related to reconciliations and to ensure that remedial action is taken
• Assist with the managing of the quality and turnaround times of all reconciliations
• Administration:
• Assist with the completion and updating of all operational checklists in the department and within set deadlines
• Assist in completing and updating all templates used for processing vendor payments and journals to ensure accurate allocations and consistency in the use of templates
• Provide administrative support to the financial accountants in relation to internal and external audits
• Attend and timeously resolve Manage Engine calls as assigned
• Report all near misses and losses on MetricStream
• Identify process improvement areas and make relevant recommendations to management for improving operational excellence in the department
• Customer Service:
• Ensure that both internal and external customers are treated in a helpful, professional, and friendly manner
• Ensure that all day-to-day customer queries are handled in a timeous manner and feedback provided to clients and management
• Other:
• Responsible for carrying out any lawful ad hoc instructions as assigned by line management

Requisites

• Qualifications:
• B Comm Degree in Accounting or equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution
• Experience - 5 to 7 years relevant experience in the financial industry, preferably in a financial sector
• Experience in the banking sector will be an added advantage

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted