Bookkeeper

7 months ago

Somerset West, South Africa Chimerical Technology Full time

Chimerical Technology is a process engineering company specialized in the design, fabrication and operation of industrial membrane and advanced ion exchange plants for water, fertilizers and other mining operations.

**Position**: Bookkeeper

**Location**: Somerset West, Cape Town (Office based)

**Reporting to**: Operations Manager

**Job Summary**:The Bookkeeper will keep records of financial transactions of the company. Verifies, allocates and posts details of business transactions to subsidiary accounts in the journals or accounting system from documents, such as sale slips, invoices, and receipts. Summarize details in separate ledgers or accounting system and transfers data to general ledger. Reconciles and balances accounts. Will compile reports to show statistics, such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivables, profit and loss, and other items pertinent to the operation of the company. Completing financial records to trial balance. Responsible for VAT Return submissions. Payroll and other HR related administrative duties.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Review monthly expenditures, and compile management report for submission to the Operations Manager.
- Reconcile monthly bank statements against invoices received (creditors) and payments made an action any anomalies appropriately.
- Ensure that all Creditors’ payments are supported by relevant documents.
- Review the monthly creditors ageing list for any anomalies.
- Reconcile monthly bank statements against invoices issued (debtors) and payments received.
- Review the monthly Debtors’ list for long outstanding invoices.
- Record income received, and code all transactions to the appropriate accounts.
- Assist with the annual audit (both internal and external) of the company.
- Attending to all general accounting, reconciliations, and financials.
- Compiling weekly budget and spend reports for projects.
- Compiling monthly cashflow reports and forecasting.
- Creating policies and processes that align with the company’s future growth.
- Maintaining cashflow projections/forecasting.
- Maintaining income & expenses, balance sheets and trial balances.
- Create and maintain general ledger.
- Identifying possible financial risks or losses.
- Identify possible cost savings and eliminate financials risks in all areas.
- Ensuring monthly VAT returns are compiled and submitted.
- Maintaining records in MS Dynamics.
- Identifying improvements in accounting practices, as well as within MS Dynamics.
- Support Project Managers / Project Leads with budgeting and costing.
- Ensure operating costs are kept up to date and accurate.
- Compile profit reports on completion of projects.
- Maintaining VAT compliance and VAT allocations.
- Load payment authorisations.
- Managing supplier accounts.
- Runs monthly payroll including leave balance, expense claims and statutory submissions.

HR amininstrative duties including reviewing of policies and procedures.

COMPULSORY REQUIREMENTS

**Qualifications**:Accounting courses or relevant qualifications

**Experience**:Min 5 years’ experience in bookkeeping with ERP experience.

**Knowledge**:Effective bookkeeping, maintaining of records and accounting understanding.

In-depth knowledge of general accounting theories and practices.

Microsoft Dynamics systems understanding would be advantageous

**Skills**:

- Excellent interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills,demonstrating ability to correspond with colleagues, internal and external customers.
- Ability to give, receive and analyze information in both written and verbal communication.
- Excellent organizational skills, with experience of planning own workload to meet deadlines.
- Experience of producing reliable and accurate work in a dynamic environment.
- Appreciation of the need for tact and diplomacy as appropriate.
- Displays absolute honesty and maintains unquestionable ethical standards in all dealings.
- Is highly numerate and displays expert abilities in general accounting bookkeeping practices.
- Applies sound financial formats.
- Brings about improvements and innovations to the processes to improve the financial operation of the company.
- Uses financial information and logic to draw conclusions and make recommendations.
- Delivers service and completes tasks according to specified and agreed deadlines.
- Deals effectively with pressure; remains focused, optimistic, and persistent, even under adversity.

**Attributes**
- Ability to work in fast-paced, constant changing environment.
- Ability to manage many tasks at once, work against short deadlines and remain calm and focused.
- Able to handle responsibilities independently and achieve results with minimum supervision.
- Is self-motivated and a proactive individual with the ability to work with minimum direction, able to use own initiative in assessing priorities.
- Excellent ability to utilize accounting computer software programs to acquire, analyse and co

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