Assistant Manager - Accounts Department (SANDTON)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Position : Manager Accounting Department
Reporting to : General Manager Dubai Accounting Department
Area: Sandton

Contribute to the accounting division at the Johannesburg Branch, which comprises three staff members, as well as handle the accounting for the Maputo Branch and two subsidiary companies.

Possess knowledge and take responsibility and accountability for performing the following tasks under the supervision of the General Manager:

Accounting:
• Prepares entries for assets, liabilities, and capital accounts by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other reports.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Designs suitable financial systems.

Tax:
• Perform tax computations and handle queries from SARS.
• Check tax assessments.
• Verify VAT returns.
• Provide tax advisors with requested information for transfer pricing.
• Prepare SARS Country by Country reporting for the branch and subsidiaries annually.

Finance:
• Liaise with bankers regarding annual facilities.
• Ensure compliance with Reserve Bank Regulations and Exchange Control.
• Sell surplus foreign currency.
• Manage cash flow for the Maputo Branch.

Others:
• Prepare reports as required.
• Provide management accounting to relevant persons or parties.
• Perform other ad hoc duties as needed.

Internal Interfaces
• All level of Management
• All employees

External Interfaces
• Ernst & Young Mozambique
• Deloitte Johannesburg & Mozambique
• SARS

Minimum required Qualifications
Degree / Experience
• Appropriate Degree – B.Com.
• Professional qualification or certificate holder such as CA and/or CMA is preferable. Matric or Diploma holders may be studying towards a CA or CMA.
• 3 - 5 years of working experience in Accounting

Specific Knowledge / skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Logical thinking
• Team work spirit (reporting/communication skills)
• Appropriate level of mathematics
• IT skills (Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
Location/travel
• Availability to travel internationally if deemed necessary

Salary scale : R35,000 – R43,000
***The above mentioned is Base Salary amounts which exclude Benefits such as:
• 50% Medical Aid contribution paid by the Company
• 7% Pension Fund Contribution paid by the Company
• Commuting Allowance