General Assistant Accountant

1 week ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Recruitment Matters Full time

Our client is looking for a General Assistant Accountant to join their team.
- Completing financial reports on a regular basis and providing the necessary information throughout the company.
- Managing company ledgers and verifying balances by keeping balance sheet recons up to date, resolving accounting inaccuracies, clearing accounts monitoring & clearing, monitoring sub-modules to ledger recons (datarapt & data integrity)
- Advising of encoding of accounting entries. (GL Allocations)
- Reviewing ERP system reports for accuracy and meticulously tracing errors back to their source and the correction thereof
- Coordinating internal and external audits, audit prep, additional audit recons, assisting with audit queries.
- Leadership and management of the Finance Administrator and Clerks including drafting of KPA’s. Promote a team working environment supportive of the values.
- Adhoc Finance Team Projects: Identify, Design and Implement the various project plans.
- Assisting the finance department and FM & Finance Exec with various tasks, including preparing budgets, reports and other related finance functions.
- Completing the monthly & year-end analysis for internal reporting, reporting to Head Office ((prep & execute monthly management accounts and relating schedules & recons)
- Processing monthly journals and preparing schedules. e.g. depreciation, asset disposals and prepayment releases

Key Skills
- High personal standards and a hard worker
- Ability to work effectively with a team
- Strong attention to detail
- Application of expert knowledge
- Strong numerical and analytical skills (large/complex recons)
- Strong Communication Skills
- Strong Problem-Solving Ability
- Ability to effectively plan and organize
- Job Role: General Assistant Accountant
- Industry: Accountancy / Finance
- Salary: Negotiable

**Required Skills**:
5 Years of Experience

**Qualifications**:

- National Diploma in Accounting/Finance or similar
- 5 years of experience (experience in FMCG will be preferable)
- Advanced level of MS Word, Outlook, Excel
- Good working knowledge of Accounting ERP/Syspro experience will be beneficial
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Organized and meticulous working method with strong attention to detail
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Able to work as part of a team and on own

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Experience**:

- Accounting in an FMCG environment: 5 years (required)

License/Certification:

- National Diploma in Accounting/Finance or similar (required)


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