Tekkie Town is seeking to employ a strong and experienced Bookkeeper for a 10 month contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for various bookkeeping and finance administration related duties.
Our ideal candidate must be self-motivated, positive, and passionate about performance, a resilient individual who can think laterally and who has strong analytical and proven accounting abilities.
- Ensure accurate and timely recording of transactions or accruals for month end reporting.
- Processing monthly journals, accruals and provisions.
- Process vendor invoices, remittances and payments.
- Monthly supplier reconciliations
- Customer invoicing & reconciliation
- Bank reconciliations
- Monthly reconciliation of General Ledger accounts
- Fixed asset register maintenance and journals.
- Intercompany invoicing and balancing.
- Submission and payment of VAT and import VAT.
- Generating reports as required for monthly financial reporting
- Accurate filing and record keeping.
- Assistance with Finance Team administration as required from time to time.
- Support to internal and external auditors as required.
- Matric (National Senior Certificate) with Mathematics and Accounting
- Relevant Accounting or Bookkeeping certificate/diploma essential
- 3 years or more experience of accounting/bookkeeping
- Experience within a Retail environment advantageous
- Strong Excel/ data handling abilities
- Proficiency in the latest Microsoft packages (Word & Advanced Excel) is essential.
- Experience in Google Suite (Sheets) advantageous.
- A strong logical thinking and analytical ability with excellent numerical skills and the ability to be accurate and pay attention to detail.
- Good understanding of accounting principles and terminology
- Shows aptitude for problem-solving
- Strong data processing accuracy and speed
- Effective follow up and administration of finance procedures and documents
- Excellent planning, organizing and time management skills.
- Ability to multi-task and to deal with complexities, use initiative to solve problems.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate were required.
