Accountant

Job Position: Accountant
Ref: 4700
Location: PE/Gqeberha
Salary: R35 000 to R40 000 per month CTC commensurate with qualification and experience

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Qualifications / Requirements:
Must have some CIPC experience – company registrations etc
GreatSoft experience highly advantageous
SAIPA registered / B.Com / B.Com (Honours) preferable
Good technical knowledge
Strong communication skills with staff management experience
Key Performance Areas:
Manage Bookkeepers, training and assisting in queries
Monitoring to ensure that requirements of Bookkeepers are met
Mentoring and counselling Bookkeepers which includes monthly ratings
Attend to daily queries at store level
Maintenance and management of the information saved on the electronic storage drives for staff and client information
Daily / weekly tasks:
Checking that Bookkeepers have done their banking checks
Authorizing store expenditure after scrutinizing supporting documentation (valid business expenses, VAT requirements)
Release payments on electronic banking
Address client queries, staff queries and other internal group queries and requests for information
Ensure Bookkeepers meet their daily and weekly requirements
Monthly tasks:
Check salaries, incentives and locum salaries
Performing/checking incentive calculations for staff at stores
Ensure all salary related items, EMP’s, etc are completed by Bookkeepers, and then second released
Address any salary related queries that come in from stores or clients
Inputting and completion of monthly consolidation for the required stores
Obtaining and checking loan amortizations for loans, car finance, etc
Review store processing done by the Bookkeepers, raising review notes, ensuring these are cleared
Review management accounts after review of the Bookkeeper files, and then send management accounts to Owners once reviewed, dealing with queries on management accounts
Prepare for and run training sessions for staff (Bookkeepers) and clients where required
New staff training taking them through A-Z of the bookkeeping process
Check the PAYE/VAT recons done by the Bookkeepers
Resolve queries with SARS and ensure SARS communications are picked up by Bookkeepers and addressed
Obtaining, reviewing and saving the month ends for stores from the point-of –sale for correctness, looking for errors
For applicable stores, complete drawdown lists for fund injection
Administrators on bank profiles, responsible for adding, removing or editing staff’s access and rights
Pastel roll-overs, error resolution, access to staff, etc
E-filing administrators for adding, deleting and editing staff profiles
Order stationery requirements for all staff
Back-to-work interviews for staff that have been off sick
Set Bookkeeper deadlines in order for staff to have direction and a plan to meet deadlines
Manage the post process with staff to ensure that all post received on behalf of clients is opened and addressed
Yearly tasks:
Manage the process with clients for staff increases once a year / distributing the guidelines, etc
Set turnover targets for stores for their next financial year / discussing these targets with clients
Detailed involvement in the full audit process which is done on behalf of clients with the selected audit firms (planning stage, supplying information to Auditors, addressing audit queries, evaluating audit journals, passing these journals, finalization of the audits)
IRP501 reconciliation twice a year – provide HR with information and resolve queries
Pastel renewals and roll-overs
Staff appraisals
Ad-hoc tasks:
Business plans for prospective new franchisees in order for them to get financing
New staff set-up (computers, desks, IT requirements, stationery, etc)
Manage the new store process
Check provisional tax calculations from the Auditors
Complete IT14SD reconciliations if required from SARS when Auditors submit the tax return
Obtain from the Auditors audit certificates for TV licenses, turnovers required by Landlords, etc
Updating, developing, maintaining internal templates, procedures, etc