Cape Town: Junior Accountant posted by The Key Recruitment Group

Junior Accountant

Our client is a global commodities trading company providing metals, minerals, energy, and soft commodities solutions across the full supply chain.

They are looking for a Junior Accountant to join their team at their offices in Claremont, Cape Town.

Role Responsibilities

• Monitoring of shared accounting mailbox
• Loading and assigning supplier invoices on DocuSign for approval
• E-Filing allocated invoices into the correct folders
• Following up with the relevant people when invoices have not been accurately allocated
• Reviewing of allocated invoices for accuracy
• Sending out Weekly Reports requesting allocation of unallocated invoices
• Follow up on long-standing outstanding invoices that remain unallocated
• Maintaining the master document, listing all supplier and customer invoices
• Managing supplier relationships and communication with them relating to corrections to invoices, managing payment expectations, and follow-up of outstanding items
• Maintaining up-to-date AP ageing and communication of payable invoices with Treasury
• Assisting with month-end processing, bank reconciliations, and journal capturing
• Uploading of invoices to the banking system for payment release
• Sending out proof of payments to suppliers
• Assistance with audit

Requirements

• A candidate with 1-3 years of experience in accounting and a diploma in accounting or similar
• If you have experience/knowledge of the mining sector, it will be advantageous but not essential
• Competent in MS Office Excel, Outlook, Word
• Knowledge of working with Sage Intacct is advantageous