Junior Bookkeeper / Assistant Accountant

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

A vacancy became available for an Assistant Accountant / Jnr Bookkeeper who would be responsible for supporting the FM in basic bookkeeping / accounting tasks, s.a. debtors, stock taking, cashbook and ads hoc administration tasks. You would be employed by a prestigious institution, which is situated within picturesque mountains and vineyard hills. The successful incumbent will be keen to learn with an obliging character.

KPA’s:

• Full function Bookkeeping
  • assign transactions to specific accounts,
  • record journal entries that credit or debit the specific accounts;
  • posting entries to ledger accounts; and
  • amending entries at the end of each accounting period.
• Strong stock taking abilities,
• Debtors / Creditors recons and follow up.
• VAT recons and payments
• General office admin including dealing with suppliers, delivery companies etc.
• Assist in Payroll entries
• Computer literate

Must have:

• Min of 1+ yrs exp in accounting
• Preferable degreed in the financial field
• Must have – obviously – an affiliation to work with figures.

Preference would be given to someone:

• studying towards/ completion of a tertiary education in accounting/finance
• with a learning attitude
• staying in / close to Le Franschhoek

Soft Skills:

• Must have the emotional intelligence (EQ) to fit in with company’s work ethic, as well as the accounts departments’ culture
• Be a team player
• Reliable, hardworking with a keen interest to learn
• Happy working with numbers. Yep, you guessed it
• Strong organising and time management skills
• Sound attention to detail
• Strong Communication abilities
• Integrity and transparency
• Problem solving skills

Accommodation is excluded

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