Job Description

Duties:

• Management

• Managing a team of 8 to 10 accountants and bookkeepers that are providing external services to several clients that have various businesses.
• The businesses are groups of companies that require outsourced back-office services
• The team will need to be monitored and supported by the Senior Account Manager
• The incumbent will be required to liaise with the head-office that provides the ultimate service, and with the clients
• Troubleshooting processing issues
• Systems support and recommendations for system improvements
• Coordinate the team and train team according to the HO requirements
• Recruit team members
• Manage team, performance and KPAs ensure data is correctly processed according to strict requirements
• Accounting support and management of the team to provide following services
• Monthly bookkeeping review and support to bookkeepers (see below )
• Review and correcting monthly management accounts
• Review and management of accounting controls and systems
• Journal adjustments
• Reconciling accounts
• Reconciling inter-group loan accounts
• Customer support
• Monthly working papers
• Annual financial statements
• Cash-flows prepared and reviewed
• Budgets prepared and reviewed to actual
• Commentary on financial statements and management accounts
• Review of controls and procedures
• Accounting IT systems support
• Prepare management accounts
• Tax computations

General Admin

• Respond to internal and external queries

• Timesheets
• Management of team members (bookkeepers)
• Prepare reports

Requirements:

• BCom Degree, SAICA, or similar qualification
• 5 plus years post articles experience in accounting/bookkeeping/managing finance team
• Proficient in the following programs;

• Xero or Sage or Other
• Draftworx/Caseware
• Excel (advanced), Outlook, Word

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