Assistant Accountant/ Junior Accountant

Germiston, Gauteng

POSITION: Assistant Accountant/ Junior Accountant
LOCATION: Germiston

Duties and responsibilities:

Preparation of Relevant Financial Reports and Analyses
Weekly; bi-monthly and half-year-old dashboards; recons and reports
Preparation of Relevant Reports and Analyses
Assist with analysis and reconciliations for central and retail
Ensure that the unallocated cash balance is maintained at an acceptable level and can be sufficiently justified by supporting documents
Preparations of relevant journals and invoicing
Preparation of relevant submissions including turnover submissions
Backup for certain finance functions when primaries are on leave
Assist with site reviews and visits
Preparation of relevant SOPs and manuals and overall control
Ad hoc tasks relating to the department

Projects

Key role in various projects and analysis, as each project is completed, a new project will be assigned

Project one

Working together with Consultant MAK in reconciling a backlog of unallocated cash (POS receipts and receipts from commercial customers) for debtors’ team and retail managers to take corrective action
Ensure that the unallocated cash balance is maintained at an acceptable level and can be sufficiently justified by supporting documents
Ensure that corrective processing is done is valid, accurate and in line with Financial Reporting requirements
Assist in taking corrective action on the unallocated cash

Project 2

Working together with the Finance Team – host to host project and facilitate master data management

Requirements:

Computer Literacy:

Own transport is not essential
- Initially no travel, then after 6 months travel to branches twice a month (Uber if no car)
- Will be reimbursed for travel to branches