Assistant Financial Accountant
Listing reference: minte_000224
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 17 April 2024
Position summary
Industry: Scientific, Research & Development
Job category: Financial Management
Location: Randburg
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
Mintek has an exciting career opportunity for an Assistant Financial Accountant. The candidate will be responsible to manage the accuracy of financial data maintained within the general ledger for the compilation of annual financial statements in accordance with legislative requirements and accepted practice. All suitably qualified and experienced candidates are invited to apply.
Job description
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:
Accounts preparation
· Electronically download bank statements daily.
· Upload bank statements into IFS and perform balance check to ensure that upload was successful.
· Process transactions as per the bank statement to the accurate general ledger accounts.
· Control over accuracy and timeous completion of control and suspense account reconciliations.
· Follow up on all outstanding reconciling items on a regular basis and ensure that they are cleared timeously.
Month-end activities
· Control the monthly activities associated with period-end closing on the IFS system.
· Perform reconciliations from source documentation to general ledger.
· Obtain bank statements for all investments.
· Calculate and process all interest income received/accrued for that month.
· Preparation of VAT reconciliation and VAT form for payment.
Reporting
· Assist where necessary in the production of monthly management reports for the information needs of Top management.
· Compile and maintain interest income schedule for all Mintek investments.
Compliance
· Maintain reconciliation files for all balance sheet accounts.
· Processing of year-end transactions the compilation of working papers to substantiate the content of the annual financial statements.
· Compile annual financial statements based on International Financial Reporting Standards for Mintek and its subsidiary.
· Prepare and compile audit file with supporting documentation for all balance sheet accounts.
· Perform consolidation of accounts and compile group AFS accordingly.
· Through the ongoing application of knowledge make recommendations with respect to the development of policy, systems and procedures that promote the general ledger function.
· Assist with year-end audit. Ensure that all documentation is supplied timeously.
Minimum requirements
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Matric and Bcom degree
- 3-4 years in accounting environment and computer literacy
- Ideal: Completed articles
- Minimum of 1-2 years as a Junior Accountant