Bookkeeper Motus Auctions

Our finance team has an opportunity available for an experienced Bookkeeper who is honest, discreet and trustworthy, and has experience and a track record of resilience in handling high-volume workloads and very tight timelines. The role is based in Spartan, Kempton Park.

**Position Overview**: Recording all financial transactions that take place in the business through the processing of journals (month end, reallocations, charge outs, standard, general & sundry invoices), month end reconciliations, analysis of certain GL accounts, bank and VAT reconciliations.
**Specific Role Responsibilities**:

- Daily/ Month End Journals
- Bank Reconciliations completed daily
- Ensure that all documents for tax and carbon submission is valid and processed
- Fixed Assets processing.
- 100% accuracy in capturing to the General Ledgers.
- Monthly Balance Sheet accounts reconciliations finalized and handed to the accountant when actuals are due.
- Ensure that all General Ledgers reconciling items cleared before month end.
- Submission of Monthly Management Account
- Monthly variance analysis General Ledger vs Budget to be done within the deadlines.
- Daily submission of Cash Flow.
- Assist Debtors and Creditors as required.
- Assist with relevant queries.
- Ensuring that all Branch staff are trained on internal courses as well as on the job training to maximize efficiency and productivity.
- Carrying out performance appraisals as required.

**Qualifications and Experience**:
**Minimum Experience**:

- 3 years relevant Bookkeeping to Trial Balance experience within a similar environment which is very fast-paced and handles significant volumes.

**Minimum Qualification**:

- Grade 12
- Bookkeeping or equivalent qualification - desirable

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Strong Accounting skills.
- MS Office with intermediate level Excel skills as minimum.
- Relevant experience using Pastel - desirable
- Own reliable transport.
- Experience in automative industry - desirable

**Essential to note: Must be willing to work overtime at month-end and as-and-when required.**

**Skills and Personal Attributes**:
**Competencies**:

- Good communication skills
- Interpersonal skills, articulate and well-spoken with internal and external customers on all levels, able to create and maintain stakeholder relationships.
- Bookkeeping
- Numerical Reasoning
- Financial Acumen
- Accounts Investigation skills
- Sound Judgement
- Query Resolution skills
- Conflict Management
- Must be able to handle pressure and exhibit good time management skills, demonstrating a sense of urgency and commitment to meeting deadlines and goals.
- Achieve high levels of accuracy.
- Highly disciplined; driven to strictly adhere to all policies, procedures and deadlines without fail.
- Assertiveness and the ability to collaborate with branches.
- Meticulous attention to detail, personal presentation and punctuality required.
- Problem-solving
- Time management, including the ability to respond to/resolve queries and issues in the minimum amount of time.