Financial Accountant (Temp)

*Purpose:*   A large manufacturer and wholesaler, designing and manufacturing innovative, long-lasting and environmentally friendly solutions for civil engineering is seeking a *Financial Accountant *who will effectively manage finance staff such as the treasury accountant, creditors controller to ensure continuous improvement, understanding cash management and liaising with the procurement manager including export/ import administrator to determine cash requirements of the company *Key Job Outputs:*   *General & Review Creditor Reconciliations * * Ensure that creditor reconciliations are reviewed weekly and monthly to ensure general ledger allocations and that VAT is correct * Check commission calculations and confirm receipts from the customer * Ensure that the correct exchange rate is applied when commissions payable in ZAR for export sales * Ensure that all commissions are authorised by the commercial executive * Ensure that outstanding items are acted upon and resolved * Provide detailed knowledge of IFRS, SA GAAP and SAP * Manage finance staff * Ensure effective communication of deadlines to the company to ensure that reporting requirements by holding company are met * Provide understanding of general SARS tax rules and deadlines for submissions of taxes * Motivate finance staff to effectively meet deadlines in compliance with IMS and lean manufacturing goals *Debtor Refunds* * Check all documentation in order * Check that reasons for refund are valid   *Sales* * Processing sales invoices for scrap wire, PVC stripping and sundry income such as intercompany commissions, reimbursement of expenses * Assisted the commercial department with SAP queries which include project invoicing/ credit notes/ invoices cancellations/ general queries * Created internal order on SAP for Macres & Macforce projects   *Administration Fixed Assets* * Ensure that requisitions and * Processed and maintained the fixed asset register * Captured all capex additions and items sold or scrapped * Conducted monthly processing of depreciation and reconciliations to the general ledger   *Fixed Assets* * Manage monthly reviews of fixed assets reconciliations to ensure that assets capitalized to the correct asset class and depreciation rates are correct * Liaise with auditors to confirm rates and asset class upfront to avoid yearend adjustments * Ensure that annual reviews are done, regarding estimated useful life of assets and asset verifications   *Freight Cost on Stock* * Ensure that an excel spreadsheet is maintained for all imports to determine the unit price * Update freight costs on SAP purchase orders ensuring that costings are correct   *General Ledger Reconciliations/ Month End Ledger Close * * Ensure annual updates of cost centre allocation for various expenses * Process revaluations/ accruals/ prepayments / taxation and provisions on SAP * Prepare and f