Accountant – Fast-Moving Consumer Goods – West Rand

Accountant – Fast Moving Consumer Goods – West Rand

A large facilities supplier within Fast-Moving Consumer Goods has an urgent position for an Accountant to join the expanding business.

Duties

Prepare an annual budget within the agreed timelines in the format required by the company.
Prepare forecasts each quarter, based on the approved budget, and clearly lay out the expected profitability and position of the company for the financial year.
Maintain staff files by ensuring staff file content is complete.
Ensure new employees have received and signed the appropriate contract of employment and obtain and place other required details on file.
Add new employees to the company’s benefit funds and schemes as and when required.
Prepare the payroll for each payment cycle and reports pertaining to it. Ensure employees are paid in terms of their contract of employment.
Liaise with the company’s brokers in terms of provident and other risk funds.
Prepare, complete and submit all regulatory reports pertaining to human resources. This includes, but are not limited to, employment equity declarations, department of labour requirements etc.
Perform all other duties in terms of human resources of the company, that can be ordinary and reasonably expected.
Prepare and distribute invoices to customers as and when required.
Reconcile quotations, sales orders and final invoice amounts on a frequent basis.
Prepare monthly sales journals to ensure revenue is recognised in terms of the company’s policyand accounting standards.
Facilitate all export documentation, which includes the administration, reviewing and reporting of Letters of Credit and liaison with bankers to ensure foreign currency is received.
Reconciliation of and preparation of journals in terms of inter alia customer deposits, amounts received in advance and other general balance sheet accounts.
VAT reconciliations, submissions and facilitation of revenue authority reviews and audits as and when required.
Debtor management
Financial accounting Cashflow
Facilitate and ensure all statutory returns required by the laws of the country are prepared,
submitted and followed up on. This includes, but are not limited to returns pertaining to taxes
levied by SARS, Department of Labour etc.
Annual audit
Prepare the required documentation and schedules as required by the company’s appointed external auditor.
Insurance Maintain accurate, complete and valid financial records in terms of all assets, liabilities, income and expenditure. Perform accurate reconciliations between the financial information system and other records.
Capture invoices complying to the the VAT act, received from suppliers and service providers, into the company accounting records.
Ensure all invoices received from suppliers and service providers are received for inventory/services
ordered by the company through its purchase order system and that all purchases orders are
properly authorised.
Reconcile supplier statements to the accounting records and clear reconciling items on a frequent
basis.
Prepare monthly journals in terms of the company’s policy and accounting standards.
Frequent reconciliation of the petty cash on hand and appropriate safeguarding of any cash held on
the premises.
Perform other reconciliations as and when required by the company.
Creditor management

Requirements

B.Com degree in finance
Afrikaans and English fluency

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