Bookkeeper

Our client in the FMCG sector, based in Port Elizabeth, is currently looking to employ an experienced Bookkeeper.

An awesome career opportunity awaits.

Requirements:

• 5-7 years' experience in a bookkeeping position.
• Relevant Degree/Diploma.
• Experienced in Books to Balance Sheet.
• Good knowledge of MS Excel.
• Experienced in Pastel Evolution.
• Must be able to work independently and work well under pressure.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Highly organized.
• Able to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities and expectations but not limited to:

Sales:

• Complete weekly, monthly sales report.
• Ensure collection of few debtors sales (Mainly internal and related companies).
• Ensure debtors are credit worthy.

Suppliers:

• Review Creditors clerks’ supplier’s recons.
• Load creditors and/or sundry payments on bank and/or check creditors payments and release payments.
• Ensure creditors gets paid timeously to utilize discount.

Cash Book and Banking:

• Process the cashbook payments and receipts accurately in Pastel Evolution.
• Reconcile cashbook to bank statement daily.
• Control cheque books, internal discount cards and loan vouchers.
• Ensure enough cash in bank for debit orders, payments and transfer excess cash to investment account.
• Weekly cash forecast of creditors that must get paid.
• Check/oversee staff performing parts of above mention functions.

Payroll:

• Prepare the small internal staff payroll.
• Ensure hours, loan deductions, overtime, expenses, are recorded correctly.
• Manage record keeping filing of labour issues.
• Calculate department managers incentives accurately and with general managers approval.
• Submit Emp201’s monthly and Emp501’s twice a year.
• Check the larger outsourced staff payroll hours to the time keeping system.
• Check the outsourced payroll deductions are correct.
• Liaise with outsourced HR on any corrections or errors, timeously.
• Manage the admin of any graduate or learnership programs.
• Check that ETI for month have been calculated correctly.
• Report any issues to the GM.
• Prepare labour report monthly.
• Check and oversee/train staff performing parts of these above-mentioned functions.

Audits, Stock Counts and Monthly Management accounts:

• Assist in the evenings with stock counts twice a year, if required.
• Audit stock count top values next day to ensure system records stock accurately.
• Prepare Pastel set of books to trail balance each month and prepare Management Account(s) and vat returns for Senior Management to review.
• Reconcile all accounts by month end and meet deadlines for Management Accounts deadlines.
• Assist auditors on yearly audit.
• Reconcile and balance related parties loan accounts.
• On the monthly basis forward a completed and verified trial balance to group accountant to prepare the management account.

Ad hoc Duties:

• Complete Insurance claims.
• Help other branches out when bookkeeper is on leave.

Please note should you not receive a response within two weeks of applying please consider your application unsuccessful.