Assistant Financial Accountant

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Synergy Jobs (Pty) Ltd Full time

**Position**: Assistant Financial Accountant
**Location**: Cape Town
**Salary**: R580K per annum

The company is a leading African asset manager for generations, we have been at the forefront of helping people and institutions achieve their investment goals.
It is this heritage of investing in local and global markets that makes us truly understand the importance of investing for a future that matters.
That’s why we relentlessly pursue investment excellence for our clients, while also being responsible stewards of the assets, we manage.
To deliver on our vision and mission, we invest in professionals with exceptional talent, passion and ethics and help them unlock their potential in an environment where teams can galvanise and prosper over time.

**Role overview**

A vacancy has arisen for a highly skilled and detail-orientated Assistant Financial Accountant to join our dynamic finance team who will be responsible for managing and executing various financial tasks, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency in all financial operations.
- Process accounting entries accurately into the accounting system
- Preparing and reviewing of journals
- Process both local and foreign payments
- Preparing and reviewing of bank reconciliations
- Ensure recovery invoices are prepared based on agreements.
- Prepare accurate creditors, debtors, and bank reconciliations.
- Respond to creditors’ queries.
- Prepare monthly internal reporting.
- Compliance with tax, legislative and statutory requirements
- Maintenance of accounting records for debtors, creditors, ledgers,cashbook, and reconciliations
- Assist in maintaining sound internal controls within finance area.
- Prepare and submit the company’s tax return.
- Prepare monthly Vat return.
- Provide information for BEE reporting purposes.
- Assist with audit deliveries and liaise with auditors where necessary.
- Provides input into and support for process and control requirements to ensure highest financial reporting standards and controls are maintained.
- Assists with budgets and forecasts of entities.
- Compares costs with budgets and provides explanations for variances for monthly reports.
- Assists with ad hoc queries to support the financial manager and financial accountant in their responsibilities.
- Other general administrative duties as and when necessary Participate and assist in ad hoc project work.
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**Skills, Qualifications and Experience required.**
- Accounting diploma or degree (Diploma and studying towards a degree will also be considered)
- Three to four years related experience in financial and accounting environment of a similar role.
- Sound basic financial and accounting skills
- Experience with online banking systems would be advantageous.
- Strong Excel skills
- Efficient in MS Office
- Knowledge and experience in Great Plains will be an added advantage.

**Competencies**
- Proactive orientation
- Extremely organized
- Attention to detail.
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure.
- Ensure productivity and meets deadlines.
- Effective communication and interpersonal

**Reporting to**: Senior Financial Accountant

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