Senior Finance Specialist

Reference: 10308 SJ
Consultant: Sone Johnson 

Job Description:  

• Accounts Receivable (Debtors)
• Responsible for entire Debtors function (local and foreign debtors)
• Accurate invoicing, verification of information, receipts, discounts, return orders and reconciliations.
• Ensure outstanding items on debtors’ reconciliations are cleared timeously.
• Inform the Financial Manager if this cannot be achieved due to lack of internal assistance.
• Ensure that credit terms are adhered to.
• Assist with customer credit assessments.
• Ensure that customer payment terms are correctly captured in the system.
• Customer account management, including following up on amounts past due with relevant parties to ensure timely collection of amounts owed.
• Control Framework.
• Document, maintain and updating of all internal control documents for internal and external General Ledger Maintenance and Reconciliations
• Assistance in the rendering of the entire General Ledger function including upkeep of the general ledger (journals, reconciliations, follow-up, clearing of all balance sheet accounts).
• Claiming export rebates
• Calculating and submitting of documents to external party to ensure timeous claims for export rebates.
• Client Relations
• Establishing and maintaining strong professional relationships with clients (internal and external) and key stakeholders through effective communication and engagement.
• Business and Audit Risk Management assistance
• Identify and report any possible business and audit risk exposure to the Finance Manager.
• Legal Compliance
• Ensure compliance with all the applicable rules, regulations and laws in respect of the company, its business operations and corporate governance responsibility when performing professional Bookkeeping.
• Assist with banking functions (reviewing payments, beneficiaries and uploading payments where required).
• Uploading of documents required for foreign inward receipts
• Forecasting
• Prepare and assists with various forecasting information as and when required (whether ad hoc or on a regular basis).
• Value Added Tax administration
• Ensure that output VAT is declared according to legislation.
• General IT Support Administration
• Fixed Assets Acquisitions
• Performing Fixed Asset requisition calculations to support the decisions of buying new assets.
• Income Tax
• Assist Financial Manager with corporate income taxes.
• Month-end reporting
• Perform month-end OneStream reporting.
• Audit (internal & external)
• Assist with and provide support to internal and external auditors when required.
• Wages (weekly & monthly)
• Complete weekly and monthly wages working papers and submit to outsourced service provider.
• Review and approve reports received from outsourced service provider.
• Ad hoc responsibilities
• Vendors – Review and upload of new vendors.
• Month end – allocated month end responsibilities.

Qualifications: 

• BCom degree in Accounting (or similar appropriate professional qualification).
• Completed articles at a Medium to Large audit firm.
• Knowledge of a manufacturing environment will be beneficial.
• Subsequent relevant work experience in a related position.
• Experience with Microsoft Navision will be beneficial.

How to Apply: 

• Email your comprehensive CV to exceedhr@exceed.co.za. 
• If you are already registered, please forward your CV and the relevant reference number to the consultant with whom you are currently registered in order to avoid duplicity on our system. 
• We reserve the right to only conduct interviews with candidates of choice. 
• Applicants who have not received feedback within 30 days from the closing date must please accept their application as unsuccessful. 

 

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