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Group Accountant

Location:	Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Job Type:	Permanent
Posted:	10th Dec 2009
Closing Date:	7th Jan 2010
Posted By:	Prickly Pear Potential
Details:
Group Accountant Our client, a National Pharmaceutical Concern who is based in Johannesburg is currently seeking a Group Accountant to perform the following : - Accurate and timeous reporting - Forecasting - Maintenance of National Group as well as Botswana entity - Ensure relevant legislature - VAT, Internal and External Audits - Timeous forecasting of cash requirements - Identify cost savings and assessing reasonableness of expenses associated with the entities - Ensure confidentiality of company information and safekeeping thereof. - Ensure self/peers/business is kept up to date with changes in legislature, business environment and entity aspects. - Ensure accurate and timely processing of monthly journals. - Ensure processing of AP and AR invoices and the cashbooks are done accurately and timeously. - Ensure accurate and timely payment of all Group services sundry creditors. - Ensure accurate and timely preparation of the relevant entities pack, as well as preparing accurate and timely schedules for the group pack - Timely preparation of reasonable flashes, where and if required. - Submitting accurate balance sheet recons on due date, investigating and resolving long outstanding reconciling items. - Assisting relevant Department Heads is compiling their budgets. Ensure accurate and timely capturing of budgets. - Assisting in completion of certain ad hoc accounting function which may be required from time to time e.g. cost analysis, etc. - Assisting with various requests from Finance Executive. - Assist in the preparation of cash flows and managing/coordinating cash flows. - Act as financial manager for the Export operations, in advising and assisting with regard to financial aspects when required. - Ensure accurate and timely processing of monthly statutory returns and payments. - Being alert to expenses being incurred, querying unusual expenses or unusually high expenses and alerting the relevant persons. - Being alert to any potential cost savings and consistencies between entities. - Being alert to expenses in relation to budgets. - Cheque signatory. - Checking reconciliations and supporting documentation for completeness and accuracy prior to signing off cheques and releasing EFT’s. - Ensuring confidential information does not get disclosed to unauthorized persons. - Keeping up to date with accounting standards, business trends, tax, etc. Empowering self in order to keep business and interacting with entire finance team, teamwork, etc. REQUIREMENTS: - CA (SA) Qualification - Min 1-3 yrs experience in a similar position - Management accounting experience - Statutory reporting experience - Trial balance and reconciliation experience - Excellent knowledge of accounting principles - Knowledge of foreign currency transactions accounting - VAT Act

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