Senior Bookkeeper

_**Position:
Senior Bookkeeper**_
- **Location:
Woodmead, Gauteng**_
- **Start date:
January 2023**_
- **Company Benefits:
Provident Fund (after 3-months) and Medical Aid (50% / 50%)**_
**QUALIFICATIONS &
EXPERIENCE**
- Matric.
- BCom Accounting Degree / Financial Management Degree.
- Minimum experience:
3+ years in a similar role.
**SKILLS REQUIRED**
- Sage Evolution (must have).
- Advance Excel (must have).
- Cashbook experience (must have).
- Stock experience (must have).
- Completed articles (advantageous).
- Experience in Retail and/or Telecommunications sector (advantageous).
- Payroll experience (advantageous).
- Ability to work independent in fast past environment (must have).
- Ability and work experience on working with multiple companies (must have).
- Fast learner.
- Problem solving skills.
- Good communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
- Strategic and analytical skills.
- Ability to meet strick deadlines.
- Willing to work overtime when required.
**DUTIES &
KNOWLEDGE**
Basic duties include but are not limited to full debtors’, creditors and bookkeeper functions as defined below (in no particular order):
- Client and vendor payment approvals and allocations - Customer collections including the control of any automated collection system such as the bank’s ACB module.
- Banking status and reconciliations.
- Ensuring SARS, Bank and any other documentation required is completed in order to efficiently run the business (e.G. Bank guarantees).
- Credit Applications - Sales and stock reporting and analysis and reconciliations.
- Ensuring client and vendor queries are efficiently resolved.
- Resolving legacy queries.
- Payroll submissions to Payroll department and calculation of commission.
- Stock reconciliations and stock takes (Physical count and/or Capture on Pastel Evolution).
- Cashbook reconciliations.
- Journal entries and reconciliations.
- General ledger reconciliations.
- Fixed Asset control.
- Creating and processing of Purchase Orders, Stock receipts, Picking Slips, Invoices, Returns and other documents required.
- Ensuring all supporting documents are received and saved on the vertical server for record keeping.
- Electronic Banking Administration and Foreign payments.
- Document Administration.
- Policies and Procedures Administration and implementation.
- Electronic Database Administration.
- Monthly full stock takes.
- Daily stock cycle counts.
- Trial Balance and management accounts reporting.
- Statutory returns reconciled and submitted.
- Ensuring data integrity of the company’s accounting system.
- Ensuring subordinates are tasked correctly and accurately and reporting on such activities.
- Ensuring all personnel that are assigned duties fulfil them accurately and quickly with form timelines given.
- Other duties and responsibilities will be added on according to the needs of the company when required.
- Taking ownership of the companies assigned to you and ensuring proper management of accounts.
- Daily processing of all cashbooks.
- Daily processing of all documentation according to company requirements.
- Daily cash-ups of control of retail transactions.
- Debtors and creditors reconciliations.
- Manage debtors’ collections.
- Creditors payments.
- Timorous completion of all reconciliations and payments.
- Negotiating and booking of rates on forward exchange contracts.
- Notify suppliers of FEC’s booked.
- Controlling all company documentation according to specified system.
- Ensure all monthly and weekly deadlines are met.
- Prepare management accounts on a monthly basis by the 9th of each month.
- Finalize month end figures for financials.
- Prepare and maintain trial balance and balance sheets.
- Prepare control and maintain asset register.
- Analyse information regarding income and expenses from financials.
- Report variances of financials and do the necessary to rectify them.
- Ensure timorous payments of creditors.
- Controlling and verifying the GP %.
- Calculate commissions for sales representatives.
- Calculate rebates.
- Manage stock takes and verify variances.
- Should have knowledge of ethical accounting practices and ensure they are adhered to.
- Should have good oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to efficiently lead, delegate and motivate subordinates.
- Ability to work fast and accurate in high past environment.
- Ability to work on multiple companies.
- Understanding of Branch accounting for retail stores.
- Ad hock duties required by management from time to time.
- This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties as assigned._
**Salary**:
R25,000.00 - R30,000.00 per month
**Education**:
- Diploma (required)
**Experience**:
- Bookkeeping:
3 years (required)