Accountant

About the position

Well known FMCG company based in Centurion requires the expertise of a Financial Accountant who has accounting experience within a manufacturing environment.  Finance / Accounting Diploma or Degree is essential.  Individuals who apply should speak basic Afrikaans.
Experience & Qualification:

• Matric and Finance / Accounting Diploma or Degree
• Minimum of 3 - 4 years accounting experience
• Individuals who apply must live in or around the Centurion area

Financial Management:

• Maintain financial accounting processes and procedures
• Implement and maintain sound internal controls
• Oversee the management accounting and internal control processes and procedures
• Identify financial accounting risks and develop and implement mitigating strategies
• Attend to audit queries.
• Assist with inter-group companies' accounting duties and assist with other duties as per management's request.

Budgeting:

• Manage and control the annual planning and budgeting process
• Interface and train users regularly regarding budget control and variance reports.

Financial Administration :

• Prepare statutory returns (i.e. VAT, PAYE, SDL and UIF)
• Verify the General Ledger, accruals and control accounts
• Review local reconciliations before payments can be made
• Review Creditors monthly/ creditors’ day
• Load payments
• Prepare journal file and financial month-end pack
• Review alignment of contractual payment conditions with budgets and forecasts
• Manage cost control workflow and update cashflow
• Ensure that work measurements are correctly accrued and accredited
• Fixed asset management including managing the depreciation and amortization schedules and journals.

Financial Reporting :

• Report on variances between budgets, commitments and expenditure
• Long-term loan account management and reporting responsibilities.

Desired Skills:

• management accounting
• statutory returns
• manufacturing industry experience
• pastel
• general ledger
• cashflow management
• budgets

Employer & Job Benefits:

• Basic salary + medical aid
• provident fund
• performance bonus