Cape Town City Centre: Debtors Accountant

Requirements A tertiary qualification in relevant field required: Accounting or Finance A minimum of 5 years’ experience in accounting, bookkeeping finance, or financial analysis. Strong proficiency in financial systems and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Responsibilities Accurate reporting on debtors’ book for month end process and meeting tight month-end deadlines Manage and process customer receipts, client settlements and refunds and ensure these are accurately and timeously reconciled Effective and proactive management of all debtor queries, adhering to predefined SLA turnaround times Daily bank reconciliations and cashbook processing Sound knowledge of accounting principles applied in recognizing transactions and thorough understanding the flows from other system into the Finance ERP system, to enable errors and issues to be identified and corrected timeously Work closely with the collections, risk, developer teams and the Call Centre department by taking ownership and pro-actively resolving internal and external issues timeously Process customer write-offs, recoveries and external debt collector receipts timeously and accurately General ledger and balance sheet reconciliations Process general journal entries and ad hoc invoicing as required Conduct ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as needed Any adhoc tasks required to assist Financial Manager