Assistant Accountant: Joburg Water

Job Type: Permanent

Ref:  POST 24/13 Ref JW389EX/2024

Closing date: July 11, 2024

Salary: R235 464 basic salary per annum

Job Title: Assistant Accountant

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng

Purpose:

To provide administrative support and effective, accurate, and timely financial/accounting service through the facilitation of financial components as designated.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that filing structures and procedures are in place on a monthly basis for audit purposes.
• Archive department paperwork and maintain an audit trail as requested by management.
• Perform document filing and retrieval of audit requirements for Auditor General, Internal Audit, SARS, and management requests.
• Accept and sign control schedules of all reconciliations received from AP, FA, and GL as per target date.
• Ensure matrix is updated with reconciliations performed and follow up on missing reconciliations.
• Ensure EFT Roster is compiled and approved by management by the 1st working day of each month.
• Ensure releases are obtained and effected on the date scheduled.
• Compile monthly matrix of operators utilized for the month.
• Prepare manual journal template with supporting documents as per request by management (these are journals with less than 20 lines).
• Ensure correct project template, correct parameters, and data is utilized.
• Ensure values are correct and file balances to supporting reports.
• Process and park journals allocated and attach all supporting documents for review as per general ledger accounts allocated.
• Draw audit reports of journals from SAP and review and sign off audit trail of journals for completeness on a monthly basis.
• Compile and maintain the intercompany matrix and ensure that outstanding confirmations are received on a weekly basis and as and when requested by management.
• Ensure relevant supporting documents are attached to the reconciliations together with SAP printouts.
• Ensure that all reconciling items are attended to timely.
• Reconciliation of closing balances and sales on SAP to reports received from the prepaid metering department must be performed on the 2nd working day of the month before systems close to resolve all variances.

Essential qualifications and experience:

• Grade 12, studying towards a Diploma or Degree in Accounting
• 1 year relevant experience

Applications:

Please forward your CV and qualifications to:
E-mail: Jw.assistantaccount389@jwater.co.za quoting the relevant reference number and job title in the subject line of your correspondence.

Closing date:

11 July 2024 at 4:00 pm

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