Bookkeeper

Job Overview

Job Description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

We are looking for a bookkeeper to oversee our company's financial data for our branches. To perform daily accounting tasks such as monthly financial reporting, general ledger entries, and record payments and adjustments.

Main Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities Job Duties / Responsibilities / Tasks:

Full accounting function up to trial balance which includes, but are not limited to:
• Cashbooks, journals, intercompany transactions, accruals, trial balance, fixed asset register, reconciliations.
• Prepare and submit Statutory Returns.
• Prepare monthly audit schedules for balance sheet and selected expense accounts.
Also explain deviations.
• Preparation of year-end accounts and coordination with external auditors.
• Assist in the preparations of budgets.
• Ensure timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, ad hoc & yearend reporting as required by management.
Good understanding of Statutory Legislations
• Statutory Returns Monthly & Recons.
• Timeous capturing of statutory returns.
• Monthly Balancing and Reconciling of Statutory returns to the GL.
Allocate, capture and control sundry expenses
• Prepare sundry creditors for payment, allocate payments, reconcile.
• Accurate reconciliation of petty cash expenditure.
Assets - Register and journals
• Update fixed asset register on a monthly basis.
• Complete monthly depreciation journals.
Monthly Control/Clearing Accounts Balancing/Recon (Debtors/Creditors/Stock/Bank)
Monthly General Journals
• Maintain financial records and prepare general ledger accounts.
• Maintain debit order and SLA file, update and review on a monthly basis.
• Record financial transactions.
• Record general journal entries.
• Effective record keeping of transactions, accounts, special journals and payments.
Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations
Preparation of schedules and audit file for Financials monthly
Assist FM with Year End and Audit requirements
• Assist with audits of the company.
• Conduct general administration functions.
• Filing systems implemented and ensure maintained to ensure documents are easily retrievable.