Assistant Financial Accountant

The **assistant** **financial accountant’s** main responsibility will be to ensure that all accounting functions are appropriately made and documented. Providing financial information by maintaining and reconciling accounts and preparing reports with a strong attention to detail.

**Reporting to**:
Financial Accountant

**Responsibilities **_**(including but not limited to) - Assisting the Financial Accountant in**:_
- Prepare all debit and credit journals for approval by Financial Director
- Manage the Diesel allocation and reconciliations and Fleet cards
- Manage the stores and auditing of stock to ensure adequate stock control
- Compilation of month end report
- Preparation of month-end reports
- Submission of value added tax and employee tax
- Balance sheet reconciliation
- Management of the hostel and hostel administration duties and procurement of consumables
- To attend daily, weekly, monthly, annual meetings
- To ensure that all FSMS documents are completed and recorded according to the procedure
- To adhere to all company rules, policies, procedures and core values
- It may be required from to perform other work for which you are either qualified or capable of doing within the company from time to time
- Must be capable and willing to work overtime when required

**Required skills and knowledge**
- Minimum requirement BCom Finance degree or equivalent
- Must have 5 years proven financial accounting experience
- Be computer literate with extensive experience in Microsoft software
- Excellent command of the English (written and verbal)
- Attention to detail, excellent organizational and planning skills
- Data capturing skills

**Required characteristics**
- Strong accounting knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to build effective relationships
- Ability to interact at various levels within the organisation
- Able to make quick decisions
- A good organizer; you should be able to plan and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
- Able to motivate people
- Numerate
- Able to solve problems
- Must be able to communicate across all levels
- Multi-tasking and working under pressure
- Verbal and written communication skills
- An analytical mind
- Leadership skills
- Self and people management

**Typical Working Conditions**
- Interpersonal relationships_
- Have a medium level of social contact
- Are fully responsible for the work done by others
- Work as part of the administration team
- Physical working conditions_
- Mainly work indoors
- Monthly stock taking events (including cattle)
- Work performance_
- Accuracy to be sure that all details are done
- Errors could cause monitory loss
- Repeat the same mental tasks
- Planning of own tasks, priorities, and goals

Work in a moderately presurised environment especially during month and year end

**Salary**: R20,000.00 - R25,000.00 per month

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 3 years (required)