Bookkeeper

We have a Bookkeeper position available in the Silverton area to maintain the company's financial records, including purchases, sales, receipts and payments.

Requirements:

• Certificate / Diploma in Finance
• 3 years' bookkeeping experience
• Knowledge of Sage accounting package

Other requirements:

• A solid understanding of accounting principles, including foreign exchange transactions
• Excellent communication skills.
• Problem solving skills and initiative.
• Logical and systematic approach to work.
• Positive attitude towards continued learning.
• Ability to balance the demands of the work with personal commitments.
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritise.
• Team player with professional character and strong sense of integrity.
• Relevant IT Skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work overtime when needed.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepare quotes for customers with focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Load customer orders on production register and provide documentation to the relevant parties.
• Do all customer invoicing with focus on accuracy.
• Reconcile and distribute debtors’ statements.
• Process supplier invoices
• Reconcile creditors’ statements
• Prepare payment requisition forms and present to financial manager for payment.
• Capture bank statements weekly on SAGE for cashbook allocations.
• Follow up and obtain company card expense slips from card holders.
• Obtain company card expense analysis forms from card holders and file for auditing purposes.
• Liaise with card holders on incomplete supporting documents.
• Receive, review and follow up on claims received from other employees and present to financial manager for payment.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review general ledger for correctness.
• Update fixed asset register.
• Ad hoc functions that may arise from time to time.
• Maintain filing of finance related documents
• Identify areas of improvement to meet business needs.
• Working in conjunction with financial manager to implement improvement processes, to minimize human error

KPI's:

• Weekly reconciliation of processed invoices.
• Weekly collation of requisition forms.
• Weekly and monthly cashbook allocations.
• Weekly submission of expense slips.
• Monthly collation and filing of expense analysis forms.
• Weekly and monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Records of actioned corrective actions.
• Participation in educational opportunities.
• Quarterly records of innovative solutions tested and implemented

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted