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Qualification- Matric / Senior Certificate
- Minimum: Bookkeeping Diploma (or equivalent)
- Pastel essential
- Experience: 10+ years’ bookkeeping to balance sheet, at middle-management level.
- Software:
- Revelations and Sage payroll advantageous. Strong Excel skills.
- Payroll & Tax Knowledge: Sound working knowledge of South African payroll, PAYE, UIF, SDL, COIDA and VAT requirements
- Communication:
Good verbal and written communication skills and a pleasant, professional manner. - Technology:
Our owners are very IT-driven - Experience with AI tools or broader IT skills is advantageous,
- but not essential
- Language:
Bilingual: English & Afrikaans (written and spoken); mainly English. - Attributes:
- High integrity and discretion, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple
- deadlines.
- Deadlines:
Month-end, year-end and statutory deadlines may occasionally require extended hours. - Confidentiality:
This role handles sensitive financial and payroll information. Appointment is subject to - satisfactory reference, credit and criminal record checks.
- Bookkeeping & Financial Accounting (Primary Focus)
- Full Bookkeeping to Balance Sheet:
- Maintain complete, accurate and up-to-date books for Head Office and all branches, including journals, accruals and month-end closing
- Reconciliations: Perform bank, debtors, creditors and general ledger control account reconciliations timeously and accurately
- VAT:
Prepare VAT reconciliations and submit VAT201 returns accurately and on time. - Year-End Preparation:
Prepare the year-end file up to balance sheet for the external accountants, who compile the annual financial statements and income tax returns, and provide supporting schedules and - information as required
- Debtors & Creditors
- Debtors Management: Oversee a debtors book of approx. R240 million per annum, including allocations,
- statements, age analysis, credit control, collections and account queries
- Creditors Management:
- Manage creditors of approx. R24 million per annum: verify and capture supplier invoices, reconcile supplier statements, and prepare payment runs for director approval
- Forex Payments:
- Process foreign currency payments to international suppliers and record forex transactions and exchange differences correctly
- Imports Support:
- Develop a working understanding of the import process (shipping, customs and landed
- costs) in order to assist the team when necessary.
- Payroll & Statutory Compliance
- Commission Statements:
- Produce staff commission statements after the 20th of each month
- Payroll Inputs:
Send all payroll information to the outsourced payroll administrator (Sage HR) in good time for approx. 50 staff - Salary Payments:
- On receipt of the final payroll, load salaries onto the bank for release by the owner.
- Statutory Payroll Returns:
- Check the EMP201, UIF and EMP501/IRP5 submissions done by the payroll provider
- Payroll Capability:
- Able to run the full payroll in-house should the need ever arise.
- COIDA:
- Complete and submit the annual COIDA Return of Earnings and maintain the company’s Letter of
- Good Standing with the Compensation Fund.
- Regulatory Liaison: Provide information to the external accountants for CIPC annual returns and
- provisional tax, and keep track of all statutory deadlines.
- Management Reporting
- Management Accounts:
Prepare accurate monthly management accounts for the owners/directors. - Cash Flow Forecasting: Prepare and maintain cash flow forecasts and monitor cash position.
- Ad-hoc Reporting:
Provide financial analysis and reports to support the directors’ decision-making - Head Office Administration
- Admin Coordination:
- Work with the Head Office admin team of 4, ensuring financial paperwork is accurate and on time
- Internal Controls:
- Maintain sound financial controls and procedures, and ensure branch paperwork and
- transactions are received correctly and on time
- Director Support:
A trusted, confidential point of contact for the directors on financial matters.
Objective Personnel
1977
Clearwater Office Park, Block E, Cnr Atlas & Park Roads, Parkhaven Ext 3
2-10
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About
Objective Personnel is a professional recruitment partner and placement agency that has been making it’s mark on the industry for over 40 years. The company boasts a highly stream-lined service that offers its clients the freedom to focus on running their businesses while Objective Personnel deals with recruitment. Objective Personnel is well suited to filling any vacancy, from entry level to the CEO, and everything in between. If your business has employment opportunities that need filling, Objective Personnel will help you fill them with competent and qualified screened candidates. Situated near Johannesburg, Objective Personnel focuses on the whole of South Africa.
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