Description:
The Faircape Group constitutes a group of companies with interests in a number of activities including Healthcare, Retirement Holdings, Telecommunications, and an ISP, Utility Management and infrastructure installation, Property Management, and related activities.
We are currently looking for a Temporary Management Accountant to join our dynamic team. The successful incumbent will play a key role in providing financial analysis, insights, and recommendations to support decision-making and drive business performance. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to analyse financial data and develop management accounts.
We are committed to driving financial success and achieving strategic objectives. As a leader in the Healthcare Industry, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction.
This is a fantastic opportunity where growth and challenges are guaranteed.
Duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Responsible for generating monthly management accounts for various entities, including balance sheets, income statements, and accompanying schedules
- Ensure accuracy of Management Accounts packs and meet established deadlines
- Analyze Budget Vs Actual variances and communicate findings
- Conduct reconciliations and generate reports for various company accounts pertaining to cash flow
- Provide management and guidance to Cashbook , Payments & Creditors Controller and Credit Controller
- Prepare audit packs and collaborate with auditors on annual financial statements
- Handle submission of statutory returns for VAT
- Review payments for accuracy of allocation and VAT treatment
- Perform regular review of cashbooks, invoicing, and debtors age analysis, assisting in credit control management
- Authorise payments on the banking portal
- Investigate Expense variances and incorporate findings into Income Statement schedules as notes
- Address and follow up on accounts queries promptly
- Manage ad hoc projects, queries, and analyses as needed
- Provide assistance to the Financial Manager
- Evaluate and enhance the system of internal controls and promote more efficient management systems
- Produce precise monthly management accounts within agreed timelines
Qualifications:
Completed tertiary qualification in Accounting
Experience:
- Proven experience as an Accountant
- Moderate to Excellent Excel experience
- Proven experience in commercial / corporate / operational environment
- Experience as an Accountant in an operational environment
- Solid knowledge of financial processes, systems and related laws
- Must have been responsible for managing accounts to balance sheet and income statement
- Must have been responsible for ensuring that accounts are accurate and meaningful, and information contained in the accounts is accurate and relevant.
Skills and Attributes
- Computer literate (experience in Google Drive, Sheets and Docs preferable)
- Numerical Proficiency. Must have a strong aptitude for working with numbers, performing calculations
- Must possess Leadership skills, someone that has the ability to inspire and motivate a team
- Attention to Detail: Meticulousness in reviewing and preparing financial documents, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify financial discrepancies, investigate root causes, and propose solutions to resolve issues effectively.
- Software Proficiency: Familiarity with accounting software such as Xero
- Proven organisational skills
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Able to perform manage deadlines and meet them
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Responsible, accountable and dedicated
Specific Requirements
- Solid and positive references
- Clear health record
- Clear credit record
- No criminal record
We offer barista-produced coffee available all day to all our staff at Claremont.
Normal working hours are Mondays to Fridays from 08h00 until 17h00 with a 45-minute lunch break. The company allows employees, by approval of the direct manager, to work flexi-time between 07h00 and 18h00.
With centrally located and modern offices just across from Cavendish in Claremont, Faircape offers a market-related salary from R 38 000.00 Cost to Company per month. The amount offered will be dependent on qualifications, experience, and other market-related factors.
Please note this is a contract role.
To see more about Faircape and what we have to offer go and look at our informative website - https://faircape.co.za/
If you do not hear from us within two weeks, please deem your application unsuccessful.
Requirements:
- Responsible for generating monthly management accounts for various entities, including balance sheets, income statements, and accompanying schedules
- Ensure accuracy of Management Accounts packs and meet established deadlines
- Analyze Budget Vs Actual variances and communicate findings
- Conduct reconciliations and generate reports for various company accounts pertaining to cash flow
- Provide management and guidance to Cashbook , Payments & Creditors Controller and Credit Controller
- Prepare audit packs and collaborate with auditors on annual financial statements
- Handle submission of statutory returns for VAT
- Review payments for accuracy of allocation and VAT treatment
- Perform regular review of cashbooks, invoicing, and debtors age analysis, assisting in credit control management
- Authorise payments on the banking portal
- Investigate Expense variances and incorporate findings into Income Statement schedules as notes
- Address and follow up on accounts queries promptly
- Manage ad hoc projects, queries, and analyses as needed
- Provide assistance to the Financial Manager
- Evaluate and enhance the system of internal controls and promote more efficient management systems
- Produce precise monthly management accounts within agreed timelines
- Proven experience as an Accountant
- Moderate to Excellent Excel experience
- Proven experience in commercial / corporate / operational environment
- Experience as an Accountant in an operational environment
- Solid knowledge of financial processes, systems and related laws
- Must have been responsible for managing accounts to balance sheet and income statement
- Must have been responsible for ensuring that accounts are accurate and meaningful, and information contained in the accounts is accurate and relevant.
- Computer literate (experience in Google Drive, Sheets and Docs preferable)
- Numerical Proficiency. Must have a strong aptitude for working with numbers, performing calculations
- Must possess Leadership skills, someone that has the ability to inspire and motivate a team
- Attention to Detail: Meticulousness in reviewing and preparing financial documents, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify financial discrepancies, investigate root causes, and propose solutions to resolve issues effectively.
- Software Proficiency: Familiarity with accounting software such as Xero
- Proven organisational skills
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Able to perform manage deadlines and meet them
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Responsible, accountable and dedicated
- Solid and positive references
- Clear health record
- Clear credit record
- No criminal record