Managment Accountant

SUMMARY:
One of the biggest property companies in Johannesburg is looking for a Management Accountant to join their team on a 3-month fixed-term contract, immediately available candidates would be ideal.
 
The purpose of this role is to be responsible for overseeing and directing accounting functions including general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, fixed asset and cost accounting. Prepares periodic reports, reviews and reconciles data and participates in the development of specialized financial data. Oversees and prepares entries and adjustments to company records, files and statements. Assists with financial and variance analyses and budget preparation. Provides managers with information necessary for decision-making. Directs, train, supervises and appraises accounting personnel.

POSITION INFO:
Qualifications:

• Completed B. Com degree in accounting.
• Technical knowledge of accounting concepts, practices, procedures, and financial reports
• 3 to 5 years of relevant management accounting experience

• Ability to assist and supervise others.
• Well-organised and attentive to detail
• Able to meet deadlines and manage projects.
• Proficient in computer operations
• Strong analytical skills

• Ensures that accounting functions and duties are accurately and promptly completed.
• Prepares journal entries and balances work in more- complicated accounting areas.
• Researches and resolves accounting errors and discrepancies.
• Assists with budget preparations and formulation of 1.3 and year projections and financial analyses. Monitors costs and expenses
• Undertakes quarterly and periodic reviews and assesses and adjusts forecast by financial results.
• Manage financial income, including management and admin fees on rental recoveries commissions on new or renewed leases and interest earnings.
• Manage financial expenditure, including running costs and staff expenses,admin costs, VAT and RSC levies taxation
• Prepares regular reports and statements for management.
• Review source documents and record daily transactions. Balances and posts daily write-ups and journals
• Computes figures and prepares recurring accounts statements.
• Posts several transactions to the appropriate general accounts.
• Reconciles general ledger accounts as assigned.
• Performs miscellaneous filling /sorting of checks, journals, daily write-up etc
• Completes required records and reports and maintains files. Creates expenses reports as assigned.
• Ensures that accounting functions are completed by established procedures and applicable regulations.
• Control of various financial functions including balance sheets, creditors and allocation of funds received ex debtors check and authorize payments from accounts.
• Manage and control various bookkeeping duties and functions, including.
• Regular and timeous rent rolls and rental statements
• Disbursement statements
• Bank reconciliations.
• Ensuring all invoices for the period have been authorised and captured in the creditor module.
• Creditors reconciliations
• Debtors reconciliations, invoicing, receipting
• Reconciling general ledger to debtors ledger, balance sheet and income statement, loan balances company accounts
• Preparing trial balances from source documents
• Preparing balance sheets and income statements
• Preparing balance sheets and income statements
• Preparing notes to the reports