Job Description
An established insurance company is seeking to hire a highly skilled and experienced Senior Bookkeeper to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for an professional with strong bookkeeping experience to grow their career within a reputable organisation. Your:
Formal Education:
- Grade 12 with Accounting
- Certificate or Diploma in Bookkeeping/Accounting or equivalent
Experience:
- 5 to 7 years’ experience in bookkeeping/ accounting function (2 years’ experience as Bookkeeper II)
will enable you to:
Procurement and suppliers:
- Responsible for processing and follow up of primary source documents (supplier invoices, credit notes and payments)
- Have a basic understanding and awareness of the Group’s policies, procedures and Levels of Authority regarding goods and services procured
- Maintains the key relationship with the finance department of suppliers and follows up outstanding issues
- Responsible for filing all supporting documentation
- Assists in other areas where required
General accounting records and reconciliations:
- Prepares cash books and bank reconciliations
- Prepares supplier reconciliations
- Maintains the fixed assets registers including the tagging and location verification of assets
- Processes routine journal entries
- Prepares other reconciliation schedules for routine/simple account balances
- Responsible for ensuring that the primary source documents are correctly reflected in the accounting records
- Assists where requested by the accountant with intercompany transaction schedules and confirmations
- Assists in other areas where required
Management information:
- Assist in preparing management information and budget schedules where requested
Sales function:
- Responsible for processing and follow up of primary source documents (customer invoices, credit notes, statements, and deposits)
- Assists the accountant to collect outstanding customer balances
- Assists in other areas where required
Treasury and financial soundness:
- Reports daily on cash and bank balances
- Plans and co-ordinates the payment release process
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Assists in preparing the weekly and long-term cash flow
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Assists in other areas where required
Taxation:
- Prepares and submits VAT returns
- Prepares and submits EMP returns
- Prepares and submits Income Tax returns for simple entities
- Assists in other areas where required
Audit and year-end:
- Assists with preparation of information within line of duty to management and the auditors
- Assists in other areas where required
Special projects:
- Assists in other areas where required
Strategic and other areas:
- Participates in meetings
- Basic communication required
- Decision-making is limited to timing, speed and quality of subject matter
- Basic knowledge on subject matter is required
- Carries out principles from policies and strategy
- No ability to influence others
- Assists in other areas where required
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