Accounting Clerk

The ideal candidate will be required to provide clerical support to their Junior Accountants and Senior Accountant.

Requirements:

• Matric essential
• Bookkeeping qualifications acceptable
• Degree or Diploma in Accounting advantageous, but not essential
• Understanding of bookkeeping principles from source ledgers
• Process driven
• Attention to detail, accuracy
• Communication skills, understanding of the English language is essential, ability to take an instruction and execute, ability to also feedback to jnr’s and snr’s confidently
• Team player, this role requires a teamwork as the role will support other roles
• Computer literate, excel proficiency, word, calendar, knows how to use a computer
• Software proficient, easy learner of new software applications
• Basic understanding of the concept of VAT and how to apply it in a general sense

Key Responsibilities:

• Reconcile cashbooks, format excel bank statements and import into accounting system.
• Reconcile bank transactions, perform bank reconciliation to bank statements
  Accounts payable, capture purchase invoices into accounting system using various 3rd party purchase invoice administration software
• Reconcile creditor payments, reconcile creditor accounts to creditor statements
  Expense reimbursements, capture employee expense reimbursements via multiple software platforms (Xero & Dext), prepare expense reports for payments
• Accounts receivable, book sales invoices into accounting system, reconcile debtor payments, reconcile debtor accounts
• Quotes, prepare quotes based on information provided
• Purchase orders, prepare purchase orders based on information provided
• Bank payments, prepare creditor payment batches for clients
• Assist jnr and snr accountants with adhoc administration (filing on dropbox, prepare letters, calls to the tax offices etc)

Location: Sandton-JHB