Senior Bookkeeper

SUMMARY:
Our client, a property group based in Southern Suburbs Cape Town, is seeking a Senior Bookkeeper to join their fast-paced and growing Finance team.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

• Importing bank statements and reconciling banks.
• Scrutinising bank statements daily and investigating abnormal transactions.
• Reviewing creditor invoices posted by creditors clerks
• Processing sales invoices and ad hoc debtor invoicing.
• Preparing monthly management accounts for all companies in the group.
• Accounting for loan account transactions.
• Fixed asset register maintenance.
• Review monthly petty cash reconciliation and cash counts.
• Ensuring all petty cash expenditure is authorised by department manager/director prior to the issuance of petty cash and that valid slips and proof of expenditure is obtained.
• Inventory and WIP reconciliations.
• Raising TDE provisions and inventory on the system.
• Provisions and accruals postings.
• Balance sheet and income statement reconciliations.
• VAT submissions for all entities.
• Income tax and provisional tax calculations and submissions for all entities.
• Handling SARS queries on VAT and income tax.
• Accounting for investments and fair value adjustments.
• Assisting with audit preparations.

• Qualification in Accounting or Bookkeeping
• Strong Excel and Xero skills
• Experience in multiple entity environment
• Experience in the property industry advantageous