Senior Bookkeeper - Paarl

Accounting Firm based in Paarl is looking for a Senior Bookkeeper to provide bookkeeping services to its clients.

The company endeavour to provide high-quality data readily available for various uses including reporting, decision making and finance applications. The bookkeeping team is integral to providing this service to clients.  The primary purpose for this position is to perform and oversee advanced bookkeeping functions for the clients

You are responsible for recording and maintaining day to day business financial transactions of clients such as sales, invoices, purchases, expenses receipts and payments into general ledgers. The general ledgers are used to produce management reports which include balance sheet, income statement, age receivable, age payable and stock reports.

Duties:

Record day-to-day financial transactions and complete the posting process in accounting software.

Bring the books to the trail balance stage and ensure the trail balance accuracy.

Filing of electronic or hardcopy documents.

Review management reports and issue to clients

Manage VAT reconciliation and submission process

Client management and engagement related to bookkeeping matters.

Manage bookkeeping team administrative and management aspects.

Create, review, and approve audit packs/ financial statement packs.

Various other ad hoc duties as required.

Provide direction to team

Trains, provides work direction, and problem-solving assistance for the Bookkeeping team.

Overseeing the daily operations of Bookkeeping Team.

Assist the Bookkeeper Team Leader with the supervision of the bookkeeping staff, including hiring, scheduling and assigning work, reviewing performance, and recommends salary increases, promotions, transfers, demotions, or terminations.

Requirements:

Matric with mid to high grades in mathematics and accounting.

Completed Certificate or Completed Diploma in accounting or bookkeeping

At least 3 - 4 years bookkeeping experience in an accounting practice environment

Understand advanced workings of a financials and bookkeeping including accounts payable, accounts receivable and stock.

Advanced principles and rules of Value-Added Tax Act

Advanced understanding to review management reports

Intermediate understanding of client relationship management

Advanced understanding of VAT reconciliations and submissions to SARS.

Intermediate understanding of supervision principles

Basic understanding of management principles

Solid understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting principles

Basic understanding of bookkeeping best practices

Bank Reconciliations

Software:

Able to work on a Microsoft operating system

Able to work with Microsoft Office 365 product suite including Excel, Word, Outlook

Accounting software (training to be provided)·                Xero·                Quickbooks·                Sage Online Accounting

• Client specific ERP software (training to be provided)·                Dear Systems
• SARS E-filing (training to be provided)
• Document Management Software (training to be provided)·                Dext (Receiptbank)·                Hubdoc·                Google Drive·                One Drive·                Dropbox·                Practice Management Software·                Process Management Software·                Payroll software (training to be provided)·                Sage Online Payroll·                Payspace·                Simplepay·                SARS Easyfile·                Syft