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Port Elizabeth: Senior Accountant posted by Headhunters

Senior Accountant

Posted on 2025-03-30

Employer Headhunters
Salary 0
Category Finance Accounting
Location Eastern Cape  /  Port Elizabeth

Job Summary

Requirements:

  • Matric with Accounting at a Higher Grade. 
  • BCom degree or equivalent degree with Accounting III and taxation. 
  • Completed SAIPA articles or SAICA articles
  • 6+ years of experience in an accounting practice.
  • Experience using Pastel, Microsoft Office, CaseWare and Xero. 
  • Strong Accounting, Taxation and Auditing knowledge.
  • Ability to supervise junior and intermediate accountants and provide leadership. 

Responsibilities, but not limited to:

  • Supervise and initiating the processing of client information receipts, sales invoices, purchase invoices.
  • Perform bank reconciliations.
  • Processing and reconciling of Petty Cash and cash control accounts.
  • Keeping of a fixed asset register.
  • Process journal entries e.g., new instalment sale agreements, interest on borrowings, provisions, accruals of income and expenses, bad debts etc.
  • Distinguish between finance and operating leases.
  • Foreign exchange transactions.
  • Reconcile debtors and creditors statements.
  • Analyse the resulting trial balance for mistakes / deviations and be able to discuss the results with the client.
  • Analytical review of AFS – GP%, Inventory days, Creditors days, Debtors days.
  • Accounting records to be maintained. 
  • Ability to record books from insufficient records.
  • Formulate accounting policies.
  • Identifying provisions and contingent liabilities
  • Calculate the tax liability for sole proprietors, individuals, close corporations and trusts, small business corporations, farmers, body corporates and partnerships.
  • Tax planning – e.g., fringe benefits and allowances.
  • Completion of statutory returns e.g., UIF/SDL/PAYE/VAT.
  • Calculation of PAYE/UIF/SDL levies and VAT.
  • Complete a tax return for individuals, close corporations, trusts and body corporates.
  • Compliance with the firm’s System of Quality Management, policies and procedures. 
  • Set-up up accounting systems for clients.
  • Training of client staff in using the software (Pastel). 

Kindly note that should you not receive a response within two weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful. 
Senior Accountant position available in Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth. This job position was posted by Headhunters. The job has been posted as a char8000 ad on 2025-03-30 at 01:00:18 in the Finance Accounting category

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