Hiring - Trainee Accountant

Requirements: 1 to 3 years’ minimum experience in Bookkeeping and SARS compliance. Qualities required: • Basic accounting knowledge • Organisation skills. • Attention to details. • Integrity and Transparency. • Communication skills. • Problem-solving skills. • Knowledge of Excel, Sage , Pastel, XERO, Quickbooks, or other applications • Time Management Skills. • A way with numbers. • Produce work with a high level of accuracy Duties will include but not limited to: • Bookkeeping: Recording financial transactions such as invoices, receipts, and payments accurately and timely. • Data entry: Entering financial data into Sage Business Cloud and/or other accounting programs and working schedules used in our company, reconciling accounts, and preparing financial reports. • Administrative: Saving all supporting documents from clients on to the server • Accounts payables: Preparation of reconciliations of suppliers and service providers, including supplier age analysis, ensuring that invoices are received and processed on time and adhere to all VAT requirements. • Accounts receivables: Preparation of customer invoices and reconciliation of customer accounts and debtors’ age analysis with receipt of payments. Preparation of customer schedules for clients where required. • Bank reconciliations: ensuring that bank statements match the company’s accounting records and identify any discrepancies, resolving same before each month-end. • VAT: Preparation of bi-monthly vat working schedules, VAT201 assessments and any audit document preparation/submission to SARS. • Payroll: Preparation of monthly payroll and EMP201 schedules for review and sign-off by client to submit to SARS timely. • Drafting: Compiling annual financial statements on Draftworx in accordance to the company’s Audit Procedures Checklist and Policy • Tax: Preparation of individual and corporate tax assessments, be it provisional or final assessments, for review by client and management, for timely submission to SARS Must be able to multitask to handle average 20 companies’ books to Trial Balance and multiple individual tax clients. Full function i.e. process cash books & reconcile banks, process and reconcile suppliers & customers, reconcile balance sheet accounts, reconcile VAT reports and File VAT 201 returns. Salary & Wage and stock adjustment journals. Software Experience preferable for: Pastel accounting, Sage One Business accounting online, Xero, QuickBooks on-line, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word & Excel The position requires significant client interface, being able to communicate in English & Afrikaans