Key purpose:

The main purpose of the role is to act as a custodian for the companys fixed assets by ensuring that standard accounting practices are followed to record and keep track of all transactions relating to the company's fixed assets.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To ensure good corporate governance, in terms of internal control implementation and ensuring operating effectiveness of controls
• To provide accurate financial information to the business
• Bank (Local & Foreign)
• Daily reconciliation of Banks
• Daily allocation of deposits and payments
• Liaise with regions on unallocated deposits
• Intercompany Debtors
• Create Invoices & Credit notes
• Follow up on collections
• Attend to all queries / Liase with territories
• Obtain monthly confirmations
• Loan Accounts
• Process Debtors & Creditors clearing journals
• Attend to all queries / Liaise with regions
• Balance and obtain monthly confirmation
• Monthly General Ledger Reconciliations
• Petty cash
• Manage float & reconcile to subledger
• Attend to internal/external audit requests
• Attending to ad-hoc requests from the Finance Managers and the business

Qualifications and experience:

• Formal accounting qualification would be an advantage
• At least five years experience in an accounting environment
• Good people management skills
• Business development skills and knowledge sound business and financial acumen
• Exposure to business planning and budgeting processes
• Sound business communication skills
• Sound MS Office knowledge
• Sound SAP knowledge
• Stress Tolerance and Resilience
• Problem Solving
• Teamwork
• Ethical Behaviour
• Verbal and Written Communication (Including listening)