Financial Accountant

Village N Life is a leading Tourism and Hospitality company based in beautiful Camps Bay.  If you thrive on a company culture that focuses on career development through staff incentives, this is the company for you.

An opportunity exists for a Financial Accountant to join our dynamic team at our Group Head office in Camps Bay. 

Scope of the position:

Responsible for the financial control / accounting support (typically in the form of data capturing & processing, cost control and reconciliations) to the assigned business / financial manager.  Assume the primary day-to-day processing and control responsibilities of financial-related activities within the business unit.  Ensures financial practices and information are in line with company policy.

Minimum requirements:

• 2 years Financial Accountant experience
• SAGE Evolution
• Opera knowledge (advantage)
• Intermediate / advanced MS office knowledge
• Nedbank Bank processing (advantageous)

Key accountabilities

• Preparation of Monthly Management accounts and Financial Reporting
• Supplier invoices
• Supplier reconciliations
• Perform monthly supplier reconciliations on all suppliers in age analysis
• Ensure all reconciling items are sorted out within one month
• Follow up with managers and suppliers to sort out reconciling items
• Ensure all suppliers are reconciled before preparing payment
• Payments to suppliers
• All suppliers to be added as beneficiary on Nedbank site
• Create payment requisitions and attached invoices, recon and supplier ledger batch
• Load payments into bank and send to authorised managers to check and release (weekly and monthly payments)
• Once paid, all invoices to be filed correctly
• Remittance advices to be emailed to supplier to ensure accurate allocations
• Ensure aging on supplier age analysis is correct after cash book has been updated
• Ensure suppliers are not double paid and follow up with any debit balances if needed
• Cash Control and Banking
• Payroll
• Stock
• Spot checks on stock counted, to ensure accuracy of count
• Ensure stock receiving system and procedures are followed
• Assist with monthly stock take
• Accounts receivable
• Preparing ad-hoc customer invoices and ensuring the monthly billing cycle is done accurately and timeously
• Assist with the follow-up relating to outstanding debtors as part of the monthly review process
• Fixed Assets
• Assist with performing monthly spot checks on operational asset register list
• Ensure the integrity and maintenance of the Fixed Asset Register

Statutory requirements

• Sound knowledge of VAT processing and the implications thereof
• Ensure all invoices have VAT numbers if registered
• Assist with reconciling VAT payable / receivable on a monthly basis

Controls

• Ensure all ordering processes are followed as per the company financial manual
• Audit, control and process all supplier invoices as per financial manual
• payment controls to be adhered to as per financial manual
• External Audit

Due to the high volumes of applications received, only candidates that meet the minimum requirements will be contacted. 

If you have not heard back from us in 2 weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful