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Senior Accountant Ballito

Senior Accountant Ballito

Sharon Nurock Recruitment c.c.Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

Reference : DUR -SN-6

Our client, a nationwide firm of Chartered Accountants & Auditors, seeks your senior accounting experience to prepare and maintain a checklist of all clients under your portfolio, with services to be performed for each client.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Person :

  • B.Com Degree or Accounting Diploma.
  • SAICA / SAIPA Articles a definite advantage.
  • Min 3 to 4 years bookkeeping experience in an Accounting Firm.

The Job :

Reporting to the Partner :

  • Client management, visit clients premises and troubleshoot.
  • Prepare and review monthly management reports for clients.
  • Supervise and review work of Junior Bookkeepers, ensuring that the clients' accounts are reconciled timeously (monthly) and accurately.
  • Month end and year end journal entries and reconciliations.
  • Update accounting records from source documents.
  • Review trial balances and general ledger to identify misallocations and inconsistent accounting treatment.
  • Create and set up a new general ledger file, with chart of accounts.
  • Reconcile payroll on a monthly basis.
  • Prepare EMP201's, EMP501's, and Workmen's Compensation calculations.
  • Review / prepare monthly VAT201's.
  • Prepare accounting records from source documents to final reconciled trial balance.
  • Facilitate monthly meetings between client and Partners if required by client.
  • Research and pass on information from applicable legislation, good practice, and interpretation notes to Bookkeepers / Partners.
  • Identify areas for training and communicate with Supervisor, assist in preparing training material, coordinate and facilitate training.
  • Assist in the billing of monthly jobs in conjunction with Supervisor / Partner.
  • Give on-the-job training to Junior & Intermediate Accounts, with professional and technical skills.
  • Ensure all client deliverables are met.

    • Competencies and Skills Required :

  • Meeting monthly and annual client fee budgets.
  • Advanced Excel / Word / Xero / Sage online / Pastel / Quickbooks / GreatSoft Accounting.
  • SARS e-Filing.
  • In-depth knowledge of general accounting bookkeeping theories and practices.
  • Ability to multitask and work against short deadlines.
  • Exemplary personal integrity and respect for confidentiality.
  • Self-motivated and proactive individual.
  • Ability to work with minimum direction, using own initiative in assessing priorities.
  • Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team when appropriate.
  • Ability to sustain output quality under pressure to achieve key deadlines.
  • Effective time management.
  • Prioritizing and forward planning practices.
  • Leadership and supervisory skills.

    • Package & Remuneration

    R per annum (cost to company)

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