Junior Accountant

Our client is looking for someone to provide support to the Financial Accountants and record and

review financial transactions to ensure completeness, accuracy and timely submission of information

used to support the business in their financial decision making and ensure statutory compliance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

 Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records and financial statements, to assess accuracy,

completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.

 Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences.

 Prepare adjusting journal entries and establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper

accounts.

Financial Accounting

 Support others by carrying out financial monitoring tasks. Check cash book batches and

reconciliations to ensure that transactions are allocated accurately and submit timeously to the

accountants on a weekly basis. Prepare monthly balance sheet and income statement journals,

reconciliations and schedules and ensure that all supporting documentation is attached in the

month end file for review by the Financial Accountant.

Management accounting and financial management

 Deliver standard operational or administrative processes, interpret instructions and make

choices (from defined options) to get the job done. Check accounts payable and receivable

batches on a daily basis to ensure that transactions are allocated accurately in terms of

amounts, VAT, description and account. Control and review the age analysis of the accounts

payable on a monthly basis to ensure that it is within the agreed terms and conditions of the

suppliers agreements.

Operational Compliance

 Develop working knowledge of the organization’s policies and procedures and of regulatory

codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work. Adhere to mandatory procedures to ensure

own work is undertaken to the required standards. Obtain authorization from a supervisor or

manager for any exceptions from mandatory procedure.

Data Collection & Analysis

 Extract relevant data from information provided by others, and input it into spreadsheets or

standard formats.

Customer Management

 Assist with general customer queries and difficult customers. Liaise with auditors, external

business partners and internal customers on a daily basis to provide accurate information and

respond and resolve enquiries to a satisfactory outcome.

Data Management

 Record financial transactions on a daily basis into the applicable business systems to ensure the

accuracy and completeness thereof.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Financial Accounting

 Classify, measure and record corporate transactions with the use financial accounting principles.

 Basic knowledge of VAT, A good understanding of general accounting principles

Policy and Regulation

 Interpret and apply knowledge of laws, regulations and policies in area of expertise to achieve

compliance.

 IFRS, VAT, TAX, Insurance regulation policy; Solvency requirement liquidity;

 Governance Companies Act.

Computer skills

 Support business processes and understand and effectively use standard office equipment and

standard software and process packages.

 Office suite software- Intermediary Experience in SAGE X3.

EDUCATION

 Matric/Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); BCom degree in

 Accounting or similar - SAICA accredited university (Essential)

EXPERIENCE

 2 years experience in a similar role (Essential)

 Experience within the financial services industry (Advantageous)/