Group Senior Bookkeeper

Elevate your career by joining a dynamic organization committed to excellence across multiple sectors, including manufacturing, security, and transport. Our client, a well-established company in Gauteng, is seeking a seasoned Group Senior Bookkeeper to uphold their financial integrity and support strategic decision-making in a fast-paced environment.

Duties:

• Manage full bookkeeping functions to trial balance for multiple legal entities
• Process daily and monthly cashbooks, journals, creditors, and debtors using Sage
• Perform bank reconciliations across all group bank accounts
• Reconcile creditor statements, prepare payment packs, and support debtors processing including invoicing, age analysis, and collections
• Handle intercompany loan account processing, reconciliation, and elimination schedules
• Maintain fixed asset register, including additions, disposals, and depreciation
• Control petty cash, fuel, and expense claims
• Compile monthly management accounts per entity and on a consolidated basis
• Prepare income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, and variance analyses with commentary
• Conduct departmental and cost centre reporting and ad hoc financial analysis
• Prepare VAT201 returns, reconcile VAT, verify input/output tax, and resolve SARS VAT queries
• Assist with provisional tax calculations, IRP6 submissions, income tax computations, and reconciliations of EMP submissions
• Prepare year-end audit packs and liaise with external auditors
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, statutory compliance, and data security standards

Requirements:

• Matric with Mathematics or Accounting
• Proven experience in compiling management accounts to trial balance and beyond
• Demonstrable experience with VAT calculations, reconciliations, and VAT201 submissions
• Proficiency in bookkeeping with Sage and Excel
• Strong management reporting skills
• Ability to work with financial reporting and management accounts

Familiarity with the following:

• Financial reconciliation processes
• Management accounts preparation
• SARS eFiling processes
• Fixed asset management

Benefits:

• Salary: R40,000 - R45,000 per month (Cost to Company)
• Opportunities for professional growth in a multi-industry setting
• Supportive and dynamic work environment

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