Senior Accountant – Key Responsibilities
Debtors & Cash Management
- Oversee the full debtor function, including invoicing, returns, reconciliations, and ensuring accurate payment allocations in the accounting system.
- Prepare and distribute monthly customer statements and follow up on overdue accounts, resolving payment discrepancies promptly.
- Prepare debtor ageing reports and assist with month-end financial close.
- Perform debtor cash flow forecasting and calculate provision for doubtful debts based on above Debtor ageing analysis . Related Journal entries after approval received
- Perform monthly reconciliation of hospitality sales transactions between the operational software (Platinum) to financial software (Sage Evolution).
Third-Party Billing
- Prepare monthly third-party storage and service calculations and oversee invoicing thereof.
- Oversee invoicing of sale of assets and related asset write off Journals
Assets & Balance Sheet Oversight
- Maintain and reconcile all asset registers, including depreciation and amortisation calculations and journal processing.
- Reconcile balance sheet line items and maintain supporting schedules.
- Prepare monthly intercompany invoices and prepare intercompany payment processing for approval.
Supplier Payment review
- Review weekly payment packs prior to release to the bank, ensuring accuracy and completeness.VAT, SAWIS , Inventory & Compliance
- Assist with VAT submissions and related compliance tasks.
- Support inventory valuations and reconciliation processes.
- Assist with preparation of Sales information for SAWIS submissions
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and statutory requirements.
Financial Analysis & Reporting
- Prepare variance analyses on income Statement items to ensure accurate and complete processing.
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting processes and monitor actual vs. budget performance.
Audit, Month-End & Year-End Support
- Assist with audit preparation and liaise with auditors as required.
- Prepare supporting schedules for month-end and year-end reporting.
Process Improvement & Team Leadership
- Identify opportunities to streamline finance processes, improve reconciliations, and enhance internal controls.
- Provide guidance and mentoring to assistant Accountants
- Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, sales, and HR teams on finance-related queries.
- Support ad hoc analysis, projects, and reporting requests from the finance team or management.