Senior Bookkeeper

Our well-established client based in Kuilsriver, Cape Town, is one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of paint and coatings in South Africa.

They are currently seeking a snr Bookkeeper to join their finance team. Working on-site, reporting to the financial accountant, your role will entail the following:

- Update sales spreadsheet & post sales journals
- Post Bad debt journals
- Post standard journals - Update journals yearly in March
- Calculate various commissions and send to relevant parties
- Reconcile all companies Stock and post relevant Journals
- Check and sign off all bank recons
- Check and post all petty cash transactions and sign off all petty cash recons
- Check and post all credit card and debit card transactions
- Check and post all Accruals. Do accrual reconciliation on all companies.
- Check and sign off creditor recons for payment run 30th and 6th of month
- Check and sign off all final creditor age analysis
- Prepare costing spreadsheet on stock imports
- Check all Creditor Omnix vs Stock Compuchem recons and sign off
- Prepare all final creditor Journals
- Reconcile all debtors general ledger with subledger and post journals
- Reconcile Fixed assets monthly and post journals
- Asset Additions and Disposals to be checked monthly
- Prepare monthly VAT recons and complete on SARS E-Filing
- Check all foreign payments - Check invoices and banking details
- Check all cashbook payments - Check invoices
- Payment approvals on Absa Business Integrator
- Check new beneficiaries being loaded - do necessary fraud prevention checks
- Check Debtor credit apps and opening of cash accounts
- Check all debtor journals and sign off
- Assist with Stock take and make sure all reports are filled
- Post stock take journals after Management gave go ahead
- Complete EMP201 on SARS E-Filling and make sure it gets paid
- Download monthly SARS SOA for VAT and EMP
- Check income statements - ALL companies
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts - ALL companies
- Prepare monthly management file - ALL companies
- Prepare various IT14SD recons
- Prepare Audit file - ALL companies
- Check bank balances daily - Make sure funds are moved to Money market account
- Update Monthly overhead spreadsheet
- Branch 29 Invoicing
- Post relevant transport journals
- Petty Cash
- VAT Audit - monthly all companies
- Send list of all Zero rated sales invoice monthly and make sure you get all export documents - ALL Companies
- Check foreign debtor statements
- Reconcile intercompany loan accounts and post journals
- Post loan account interest
- Make sure sundry invoices are raised relating loan accounts
- Post Royalty journals and Reconcile monthly
- Pay Royalties as per payment schedules
- Prepare withholding tax calc, complete WRT01 Form and submit on SARS E-Filing / Do payment and communicate to relevant parties
- Reconcile CFC bank account and post journals
- Update import and export spreadsheets
- Update Year on Year analysis
- Ensure VAT, EMP & COIDA is paid on time

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Accounting qualification plus 10 years bookkeeping experience
- 08 & own transport
- Advanced Excel user (Pivot tables & V lookups)
- Ability to speak and understand Afrikaans
- Ability to work within complex environment (more than 1 company)
- Attention to detail and willing to do manual recons and filing as well

**Salary**: R25 000,00 - R30 000,00 per month

Application Question(s):

- Do you live close to Kuilsriver?
- What is your required salary?
- What is your availability?

**Education**:

- Certificate (preferred)

**Experience**:

- bookkeeping: 10 years (preferred)
- Excel: 10 years (preferred)

**Language**:

- Afrikaans (required)