An Accountant

ENVIRONMENT:

A Financial Emigration Specialist in Hermanus is looking for an Accountant in their Hermanus Offices. This role encompasses full responsibility for the company’s financial management, statutory compliance, and governance. This includes executing accounting functions on Xero, preparing monthly and annual financial statements, managing budgets, monitoring performance, and liaising with auditors. The role oversees expense management, taxation, and regulatory filings. It further extends to statutory administration, such as Skills Development reporting and WCA submissions.

DUTIES:

Financial Control

• Execution of all accounting functions on Xero Accounting General ledger reconciliations.
• Compilation of the month-end file.
• Preparation of Financial Statements: Monthly management financial statements.
• Annual financial statements.
• Budgeting and Reporting: Monitor actuals against budgets.
• Provide monthly variance analysis and performance metrics.
• Input into annual budget and forecasts.
• Audit and Compliance: Prepare audit file for internal and external audit
• Liaise with internal and external auditors.
• Address audit findings and implement corrective measures.
• Procurement and Expense Management: Maintain asset registers.
• Oversee expense tracking and ensure policy adherence.
• Maintain vendor register
• Taxation and Regulatory Filings: VAT, PAYE, and Income Tax compliance.
• Facilitate objections and appeals with tax authorities as needed.
• Banking and Payments: Load company local and foreign payments and oversee banking relationships.
• Load client local payments
• Load beneficiary to create SARS credit push payments
• Other statutory administration and reporting: Skills Development administration and reporting to the relevant SETA (ATR & WSP)
• Client risk ratings: First line adjudication of client risk ratings
• Compliance: Comply with all company standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies, guidelines, and
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• Comply with all applicable regulations and legislation from regulators.

Key Relationships

Internal

• Finance, Risk and Compliance team for support and accountability.
• CFO for guidance and strategic direction.
• Heads of Departments for alignment of financial and risk management practices.
• Team Leads for compliance adherence.
• Liaise with subject matter experts to ensure systems and processes are continuously improved to increase efficiency and data integrity.

External

• Service providers and partners.
• Auditors for financial and compliance reviews.
  
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