Accountant - Johannesburg

 

Recruiter:

WAAYS Talent Sourcing

Job Ref:

Accountant - Johanne..

Date posted:

Monday, May 9, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

24000 monthly


JOB SUMMARY:
The candidate will be responsible to perform a variety of accounting, bookkeeping, tax, and financial tasks. Three years of article experience at an accounting firm

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Purpose of the position:

  • The candidate will be responsible to perform a variety of accounting, bookkeeping, tax, and financial tasks.
  • Obtain all necessary financial information from doctors/surgeries on an annual basis to
  • Compile annual financial statements and tax calculations on CaseWare, Draftworx, and Excel;
  • Prepare routine journal entries and post financial transactions; To provide accurate accounting, reconciling, and clerical.
  • Assistance to the accounting department.
  • Reach monthly deadlines (internal & external).
  • Help and support internal company personnel.
  • Add value to the department.
  • Perform any ad hoc tasks assigned to him/her.

Qualification(s) needed:

  • B. Com Accounting degree or similar

Work experience:

  • Three years of article experience at an accounting firm
  • Competency in Caseware,
  • Pastel and Microsoft Office and SARS e-filing. Knowledge of draft work will be an advantage.

FUNCTIONAL OUTPUT:

1. Obtaining complete information from an assigned portfolio of doctors:

  • Responsible to obtain all information as described in the standard operating procedures to compile annual financial statements, inter alia:
  • Trial balance and General ledger as of year-end
  • Creditors statements as of year-end
  • Obtain an explanation of unfamiliar expenses.
  • Petty cash and bank statements as of year-end
  • Hire-purchase statements
  • Bond statements
  • Debtors / Turnover
  • Property portfolio balances
  • Salaries (obtaining information pertaining to bonuses/increases/cycle of salary year)
  • VAT returns, statements, and reconciliations
  • Ad hoc working papers – this includes light stone reports, deed of sales, etc.

Compilation and planning of financial statements and tax calculations

  • Set up or roll over new CaseWare folder and obtain needed.
  • Import of trial balance, general ledgers, and all other working papers
  • Year-end journals
  • Calculation of depreciation, wear and tear allowances, and deferred tax calculations
  • Reconciliation of debtors and provision for bad debts
  • Reconciliation of bank and petty cash accounts
  • Reconciliation of creditors and provision for creditors
  • Reconciliation of VAT and turnover accounts
  • Reconciliation of payroll
  • Reconciliation of bonds which also includes provision for finance and banking costs
  • Calculation of taxation payable/ (refundable)
  • Getting final financial statements ready for review and sign-off.
  • Calculating provisional tax

3. Management responsibilities

  • Management of payroll, tax, and filing clerks.
  • Assist with any queries in any of the accounting departments.

4. Ad hoc and admin tasks

  • Any ad hoc tasks as assigned by upper management from time to time.

 

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