Finance Assistant

**Duties & Responsibility**
- Capturing debtor’s and credit invoices and credit/debit notes, ensuring all transactions are properly recorded.
- Submitting payment remittances and follow up on outstanding and/or overdue receivables.
- Recording and capturing transaction onto the accounting system and ensuring the proper maintenance of the systems in order to ensure complete and accurate records.
- Communicate (both verbally and written always) with debtors and creditors with regards to overdue accounts or accounts payment
- Debtors, Creditors and Cashbook Reconciliation.
- File debtor and creditors documents, legal agreements, invoices, etc. and maintaining supplier information.
- Ensure invoices are VAT compliant and that they are approved prior to payment.
- Perform administrative duties to ensure deadlines and collection targets are met.
- Maintain communication with the team regarding outstanding debt, in ensuring payment.
- Prepare and send monthly creditors and debtor’s invoices and statements and follow up on debtor payments and creditors payments.
- Resolving cashbook queries timeously.
- Matching and allocating accounts receivables and accounts payable receipts and payments.
- Open and maintain diesel and wash bay accounts with suppliers.
- Adding suppliers, subs and customers to our database and that supporting documents are sent.
- Taking minutes during team meetings and submitting weekly reports as required.
- Capturing supplier invoices on Pastel.

**Desired Experience & Qualification**
- Grade 12 (Matric), with Mathematics and Accounting essential
- Higher Certificate/Diploma in Accounting/Bookkeeping/Finance or related.
- Knowledge of all the relevant Finance Legislation.
- Competent with Microsoft Office and knowledge of accounting systems.
- 2 - 5 years related experience, with extensive knowledge of debtors process and debt collecting.
- Clear Credit and Criminal Record.
- Must be willing to work overtime.
- Customer service orientated individual and must be able to pay attention to detail.
- Must be living in or around Amanzimtoti
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to engage at all levels.
- Must have good contactable references

**Job Type**: Temporary
Contract length: 3 months

**Salary**: R6 500,00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Question(s):

- Are you currently in Debt?

**Education**:

- Certificate (required)

**Experience**:

- Logistics: 3 years (required)

Application Deadline: 2024/03/15