Group Financial Accountant

Recruiter:

LMP RECRUIT

Job Ref:

Date posted:

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Annual cost to company package

SUMMARY:
Taking responsibility for the full Financial Accounting function

POSITION INFO:

Minimum requirements

B Com Accounting/Management Accounting Degree
Minimum 5 years experience as a Financial Accountant
Experience required within the Steel / Engineering / Hardware / Retail industries will be beneficial
Experience working with a multi-network of Branches / sites across the country
Ability to handle pressure and volumes
Syspro knowledge will be an advantage

Duties will include

Responsible for the trial balance, income statement and balance sheet
Reconciling balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis
Processing and recordkeeping of all adjustment journals
Preparation and reporting on monthly management accounts to Management
Performing month end and year-end on SYSPRO
Expense provisions management
Nedfleet management
Monthly VAT calculation, reconciliation, submission and payment
Process monthly journal entries to correct allocations, raise appropriate accruals and provisions and record expenses not processed from the cash book or purchase order systems
Review diesel consumption from branches with bowsers and process expenses monthly
Summarise and process Nedfleet expenses per branch monthly
Reconcile and process staff loans per branch monthly to balance back to payroll
Calculate and process insurance recoveries to profit and loss
Calculate monthly distribution recoveries for relative branches and process reallocation journals to the correct GL account
Management of obsolete stock and revaluation provisions, calculate monthly utilisations and process reallocation journals
Creditors
Fixed Assets
Cash flow and forecasts
Annual Audit and Budgeting

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