Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join the Port Elizabeth firm.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and initiate the processing of client information receipts, sales invoices, purchase invoices.
• Perform bank reconciliations.
• Process and reconcile Petty Cash and cash control accounts.
• Maintain a fixed asset register.
• Record general journals – e.g., depreciation, provisions, interest, salaries, stock, etc.
• Process journal entries e.g., new instalment sale agreements, interest on borrowings, provisions, accruals of income and expenses, bad debts, etc.
• Distinguish between finance and operating leases.
• Handle foreign exchange transactions.
• Reconcile debtors and creditors statements.
• Ensure correct accounting treatment on disposal of assets (property, plant & equipment) and investments, including the calculation of taxation on capital gains / losses.
• Analyse the resulting trial balance for mistakes / deviations and discuss the results with the client.
• Conduct an analytical review of AFS – GP%, Inventory days, Creditors days, Debtors days.
• Record books from insufficient records.
• Produce a draft set of financials according to generally accepted accounting practice and maintain a working paper file according to the standards per the training file for sole proprietors, close corporations, trusts, partnerships, small business corporations, farmers, and Body Corporates.

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