Accountant

2 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa GG Financial Recruitment Full time
Medium sized growing company based in Kenilworth Cape Town is looking for an Accounts Manager/Accountant to manage a group of books for the logistics industry. Career growth Opportunities.

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, assertive and more extroverted person for the role of Account Manager. We need to the candidate to be highly competent and self-reliant.
The role requires the candidate to wear multiple hats in that:
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It is client-facing, requiring the ability to engage, debate and work with and manage clients and their expectations
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It requires the candidate to fully understand accounting principles and be able to perform clients monthly accounting work as well as prepare year-end Annual Financial Statements in Caseware
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It requires the candidate to be highly conscientious, organized and efficient in terms of the administrative work that is also inherent in the role.
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It requires the candidate to be analytically minded and be able to analyze a set of monthly accounts and provide feedback to management as well as to clients.
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It requires the candidate to have sound knowledge of business principles and be able to communicate, advise and, at times, enforce such business principles.
Note the businesses with which the Account Manager will be working are not complicated and the monthly transactions fairly simple.
To give an idea of monthly responsibilities:
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Monthly invoicing for services rendered
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Running payroll and ensuring all employees are paid
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Monthly and bi-monthly PAYE and VAT submissions
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Preparing monthly cashbooks
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Producing monthly management accounts, reports, budget vs actuals etc and providing feedback to management on the analysis done.
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Monthly Cashflow management and analyses
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Other business admin incl. insurance claims handling and submissions, national bargaining council registrations,
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Daily communication with clients via whatsapp
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Fielding queries from clients and addressing them timeously
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Travelling with the team to meetings with clients for face-to-face feedback on their business. On to two nights per quarter.
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Developing and teaching clients business acumen including sound business principles
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Ensuring clients follow sound business principles.
Annual Responsibilities: 
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Annual IRP5 submissions and recons
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Annual WCA submissions
- Annual Financial Statement Preparation
*Added bonus if candidate has a sound knowledge of taxation and is able to do income tax and provisional tax calculations and submissions. (No need to be a tax practitioner as candidate would be working under a registered tax practitioner)
Candidate to have requisite experience with:
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Pastel Accounting Software
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Caseware
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Pastel Payroll
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Excel and ability to work with data â including pivot tables, v lookupâs etc

Other requirements:
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Minimum SAIPA qualified otherwise demonstrable experience and track record in accounting
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Ability to travel and spend a night away from home from time to time. one to two nights per quarter.
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Ability to work daily from our offices in Kenilworth, Cape Town
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While we observe normal work hours, the role will at times require you to work and field calls from clients after hours or on weekend, if it is an emergency
General:
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We are a close-knit team who have a good office dynamic going.
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The office is a relaxed work environment â we are not clock watchers.
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There is no formal dress code for the office.
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Candidates need to be friendly, easy to work with and not be temperamental in terms of their attitude.
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There is scope for growth and we will look to promote internally as we grow. The role may, in the future, involve having someone work under you and reporting into you â this would be your person to manage.
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Be curious and willing to wear many hats. There is a lot to learn here.

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