Junior Accountant

Location: Midrand, Johannesburg

Business Unit: Finance Division

Reports to: Financial Controller

Position Description:
The accountant assumes full responsibility for the accounting function across all divisions.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Accounting
• Timeous and accurate billing of client invoices
• Contract maintenance / invoicing schedule
• Project accounting back up
• Recognise income and expenses in the correct period
• Record Keeping - Client Budgets, Purchase Orders, Invoices and Correspondence are electronically filed by client by Event.
• Provisions
• Updating monthly general ledger recons and closing off projects • Month end recons
• Project accounting for a small division.

Debtors
• Generating invoices
• Generating cost estimates
• Invoicing as per contracts
• Debtors management
• Debtors Weekly Report
• Uploading Invoices on Client Portals
• Liase with the operations divisions on bad debts
• Liase with legal with all legal matters
• Filling out Supplier Creation Forms for those clients that require them and submitting them with supporting documents.

Creditors
• Capturing supplier invoices
• Matching invoices to POs
• Preparing payment packs General
• Query resolution with clients, internal divisions, and suppliers
• Record keeping of client budgets, purchase orders, invoice and correspondence are electronically filed by client by event.
Skills required
• Team player – work constructively within a team to bring out the best traits of all.
• Good communication skills with staff at all levels are prerequisites to be successful in this position.
• Ability to work according to deadlines and under pressure.
• Independent, confident, self-motivated and professional.
• Good time management skills
• Trustworthy, diplomatic, tactful, and discreet.
• Responsible, reliable, and accountable.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Education and experience
• Minimum 3-5 years working experience.
• A post-matric qualification in Finance
• Excel skills, good time management in a pressurized environment and numeric accuracy
• Good communication skills with staff at all levels are prerequisites to be successful in this critical position.
• Ability to understand and interpret breakdown of cost, VAT calculations and deposit payments. • Applicants need solid hands-on experience with large customer accounts and working within a pressurized streamlined environment.
• Ability to work according to deadlines and under pressure.