Senior Bookkeeper

**Purpose**:
Responsible for the general accounting function including preparing journal entries, maintaining balance sheet schedules, ledgers, creditors, and bank reconciliations. Assisting with month-end procedures and supporting the Financial Manager in carrying out the responsibilities of the financial department for Company and its subsidiaries.

**Responsibilities**:
**Creditors**
- Liaise with Suppliers on all payment related issues.
- Reconcile selected defined creditor’s ledger to statements.
- Follow up on all queries i.e.: - Invoice on statements not received or value discrepancies.
- Ensure that all documents are attached to payment documents.
- Prepare and capture monthly supplier payments.
- Assist the Financial Administrator with queries when capturing supplier invoice.
- Ensuring all supplier details (contact and banking details, payment terms, VAT details) are kept up to date. Report changes to the Financial Manager.
- Confirm any new suppliers or changes to supplier banking details with the relevant bank.
- Supply the Financial Manager with the details of all new accounts opened with suppliers.
- Capturing creditor invoices.
- Review the Accounts Payable trial balance(ageing) and GRN trial balance weekly for overdues /negatives/allocations.
- Follow-up old queries on creditor recons and action.
- Prepare and maintain advance payments to suppliers.

**Cash Book**
- Managing the cash books.
- Ensure that all payments and debtors receipts are processed accurately and on time.
- Processing bank charges.
- Preparing weekly and month-end bank reconciliations.
- Fixed Assets
- Back up to Financial Administrator

**Cost reporting**

**Report on costing relating to**:

- Cell phone, 3G, Telephone (Telkom and related)
- Motor Vehicle Nedfleet & prepaid fuel accounts, registration, tracking, fines.
- Any other reports or reconciliations as requested.
- Manage bank charges.
- Utilities
- Compute VAT owed by the Company and prepare returns, ensuring compliance with payment dates, reporting and other tax requirements.
- Prepare and process journal entries after authorisation
- Complete general ledger reconciliations.
- Managing financial queries from departmental heads.
- Assist the financial department with preparation and co-ordination of the audit processes.
- Archiving control.

**Requirements**:

- Matric
- Bookkeeping qualification
- A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a similar role
- Knowledge of finance principles
- Knowledge of finance reporting
- Knowledge of state and local laws regarding accounting, finance, and taxation
- Technical accounting skills
- Previously experience of general accounting
- Proficiency in Syspro and MS Excel
- Manufacturing Industry background advantageous

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: R30,000.00 - R35,000.00 per month

**Education**:

- Diploma (required)
**Experience**:

- general accounting: 3 years (required)
- aintaining balance sheet schedules, ledgers: 3 years (required)
- creditors, and bank reconciliations: 3 years (required)
- Syspro: 1 year (required)