Overview:
The overall purpose of the job is to handle accounts and finance roles inclusively, month-end financial reporting, preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, managing financial journals, financial reporting and analysis whilst adhering to all applicable policies, procedures and requirements, both company and legislative.
Key Job Functions:
General Ledger & Month-End Financial Reporting
- Assist with management account preparation
- Assist the Financial Accountant with month-end reporting
- Ensure timely preparation of balance sheet reconciliations
- Ensure correct close of shipping files
- Process financial journals as per procedure
- Analyse general ledger accounts and provide explanations for variances
- Review cost centres for allocation correctness
Communication & customer service
- Communicate in a clear, concise and professional manner, upholding the company’s reputation at all times, whether written or verbal communication.
- Adhere to all communication requirements as stipulated by management.
- All communication received is to be responded to within 15 minutes.
General administration
- company and legislative requirements – physical and/or electronic.
- Retrieve filed and archived documents when required.
Follow and uphold Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) policies
- Assist with the safety of all colleagues, clients, suppliers or any other party in your work area.
- Ensure that you know and adhere to all SHEQ policies and requirements.
Follow and uphold all Company policies and procedures
- Ensure that all colleagues, clients, suppliers or any other party in your work area adheres to all SHEQ policies and requirements.
- Report any breach of SHEQ policy or requirement or incident to the SHEQ officer and your manager
- Report any recommendations for improving SHEQ policies.
- Ensure that you know and adhere to all Company policies and procedures.
- Ensure that all colleagues in your work area adhere to all Company policies and procedures.
- Report any breach of Company policy or procedure to your manager or the Human Resources manager.
Others
- Promote excellent customer service;
- Perform all financial and administrative activities essential to sustaining revenue and client satisfaction;
- Assist management in identifying growth opportunities.
- Establish and maintain relationships with clients and suppliers;
- Promote Just in Time and Zero Defect principles;
- Negotiate rates and services with suppliers where applicable;
- Perform any other reasonable task that may be assigned by Management or requested by the client.
- Carry out the duties of colleagues as requested by Management whilst the colleagues are on leave or during peak periods.
Education
- Degree in Accounting & Finance or related field
Experience
- Similar experience within an accounting department
Skills
- High level of computer literacy – MS Office
- High numerical accuracy
- SAP accounting software
- Basic IFRS and SARS compliance knowledge
- Reconciliations
- Excellent verbal & written communication
- Excellent analytical skills
Join Steinweg to ensure our services exceed client expectations. Apply now to become part of our dynamic team!
Interested?
Please send your CV to BridgeTz.Recruitment@za.steinweg.com