Branch Accountant

1.
Contribute towards the achievement of profit targets through accurate and effective accounting

• Ensure accurate and timeous allocation and treatment for VAT
• Ensure that all expenses are accounted/provided for on a monthly basis.
• Ensure that costing within the group is accurate and in line with budgeted Cost of Sales.
• Ensure 100% accuracy on all final costings and billings to insurance Companies.
• Ensure all parts purchased are recovered from insurance.
• Ensure that all payments are signed off are for legitimate reasons, have the requisite supporting documentation.

2. Ensure maintenance of governance and compliance within the Group.

Maintain:

• Adequate accounting records.
• Accurate content and integrity of management accounts.
• Accurate content and integrity for all other financial information.
• A system of internal control.
• Proper delegation of responsibilities.
• Fraud prevention and detection measures.
• Comprehensive management of fixed assets.

3.
Effective use of processes and systems.

• Ensure accuracy of general ledger entries.
• Review creditors and debtors age analysis on a constant basis.
• Ensure timeous collection of all debtors.
• Perform monthly VAT reasonability tests by reconciling Vat payments to the Company’s profit. Identify, report. Investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Monthly reporting to Group FM with proper variance analysis.

4.
Accurate and timeous completion of monthly reconciliations

• Review all reconciliations done by the bookkeepers, creditors clerks and debtors clerks ensuring outstanding items are cleared within required time frames.
• Scrutinise the balance sheet and report variations.

5.
Ensure relevant reporting is accurately completed and timeously submitted

• Ensure accuracy of all financial reports.
• Ensure timeous reporting of reports and statistics.
• Prepare reports and financial packs for reporting.
• Ensure focus is to variance and exception reporting.
• Completion and presentation of annual budgets.