Senior Accountant

6 months ago

Port Elizabeth, South Africa PKF South Africa Full time

Key Duties and Responsibilities – Key Performance Indicators:

  • Supervise and initiating the processing of client information receipts, sales invoices, purchase invoices
  • Perform bank reconciliations.
  • Processing and reconciling of Petty Cash and cash control accounts.
  • Keeping of a fixed asset register
  • General journals – e.g. depreciation, provisions, interest, salaries, stock, etc.
  • Process journal entries e.g. new instalment sale agreements, interest on borrowings, provisions, accruals of income and expenses, bad debts ect.
  • Distinguish between finance and operating leases.
  • Foreign exchange transactions
  • Reconcile debtors and creditors statements.
  • Correct accounting treatment on disposal of assets (property, plant & equipment) and investments and the calculation of the taxation on capital gains/losses.
  • Analyse the resulting trial balance for mistakes / deviations and be able to discuss the results with the client.
  • Analytical review of AFS – GP%, Inventory days, Creditors days, Debtors days
  • Ability to record books from insufficient records.

Produce a draft set of financials according to generally accepted accounting practice and a working paper file according to the standards per the training file for sole proprietors, close corporations, trusts, partnerships, small business corporations, farmers and Body Corporates.

  • Prepare the notes to financial statements.
  • Formulate accounting policies.
  • Identifying provisions and contingent liabilities
  • Calculate the tax liability for sole proprietors, individuals, close corporations and trusts, small business corporations, farmers, Body corporates and partnerships.
  • Calculate the taxation on lumpsum payments by retirement.
  • Tax planning – e.g. fringe benefits and allowances
  • Tax avoidance / Non-resident tax
  • Secondary tax on companies
  • Perform vouching tests during an audit of (Pty) Ltd and Body Corporates to verify completeness, existence, accuracy, valuation, ownership and presentation.
  • Calculation of PAYE/UIF/SDL levies and VAT.
  • Completion of statutory returns e.g. UIF/SDL/PAYE/VAT.
  • Liase with client re payment of the above returns.
  • Reconciliations of input/output VAT to annual financial statements and monthly trial balances
  • Compiling and discussing with the client of monthly management accounts.
  • Complete a tax return for individuals, close corporations, trusts and body corporates.
  • Recording and identifying short comings in internal controls
  • Identifying risks and calculate materiality.
  • Statutory checks – member’s certificates, founding statements, association agreements etc.
  • Pre-engagement procedures
  • Acquisition of member’s interest / shareholding
  • Review the monthly files of junior to intermediate accountants.
  • Completion and review of Management representation letters
  • Qualifying the report of an Accounting Officer

Other

  • Concept and characteristics of close corporations / private company / sole proprietor / trusts / clubs / sectional titles
  • Advantages and disadvantages of the above
  • Loans to members of the above
  • Powers of members to bind the above
  • Personal liability of members to CC / company and others
  • Accounting records to be maintained.
  • The duties and rights of an accounting officer
  • Provide assistance to junior and intermediate accountants.
  • Any other duty/work/client that is not the normal run of the mill activity e.g. and is of a more complex nature
  • Provide and develop training to junior and intermediate accountants.
  • Perform basic administrative duties as needed on a day-to-day basis.
  • Review the working papers of junior to intermediate accountants.
  • Able to audit and Body Corporates and perform Independent Reviews

Software

  • Set-up of accounting systems for clients
  • Suitable hardware and software
  • Training of client staff in using the software (Pastel)

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