Johannesburg: Accountant posted by Route Management

About the Role

Route Management is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Accountant to join our team in Johannesburg. As an Accountant, you will be responsible for providing quantitative information on performance, financial position, solvency, liquidity, and cash flows of our business. You will work closely with various departments to ensure accurate and effective financial management.

Key Responsibilities

• A primary focus on the handling, preparing, computing, managing, researching, and analysing all accounting data.
• Ensuring that an accurate and effective yearly budget is done by anticipating income and expenditure.
• Checking on depot operations to ensure timely and correct invoicing of job packs.
• Analysis of trial balances weekly to ensure authorised expenditure and make necessary corrections.
• Investigating open sales orders and manuals to determine reasons.
• Making sure all credit notes are done and confirmed with relevant documentation.
• Ensuring daily labour postings.
• Ensuring order numbers for all open jobs at workshops on the WIP valuation report.
• Checking that completed jobs are invoiced as soon as they are completed.
• Ensuring that stock takes take place on scheduled dates and follow correct procedures.
• Ensuring that stores function effectively by following correct procedures when receiving and issuing stock.
• Investigating store variances and taking them up with responsible employees.
• Managing minimum and maximum stock levels accordingly.
• Investigating slow-moving stock to write off, move, or return it.
• Implementing systems, policies, and procedures and providing an independent, objective, and constructive view.
• Engaging in continuous knowledge development in relation to sector rules, regulations, best practices, tools, techniques, and performance standards.

Requirements

• Completed Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Completed SAICA / SAIPA Articles
• Excellent computer knowledge (Excel, Word, and related financial software)
• Drivers license and own vehicle.
• Must be willing to travel
• Good communication skills and fully bilingual
• Ability to work under pressure
• Accuracy and always on point
• Highly committed and always willing to go an extra mile when required
• Ability to solve problems and queries that may occur

Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (if not already stated)

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary will be discussed during the interview process.