Financial Assistant Full Time Permanent

Financial Assistant – Cape Town

A Financial Assistant position is available in Cape Town, Northern Suburbs, Western Cape, South Africa.

Financial Assistant required in Cape Town Northern Suburbs.

3+ Years’ experience within a similar role with Matric Accounting or Higher Diploma in Finance.

Knowledge of VAT Accounting, Invoice reconciliations, Creditor payments, Accounts Payable reporting and Accounts Analysis is required.

Preference to experience in JD Edwards and solid Word and Excel skills.

Responsibilities:

• Processing of creditor invoices into accounting system
• Processing and effecting of payments to creditors
• Capturing and generating of Customer Invoices into accounting system
• Reconciliation of creditor and debtor statements
• Preparing and capturing of journal entries from source documents into the accounting system
• Dealing with internal and external queries relating to area of responsibility

Requirements:

• Matric (with Accounting as subject) or Higher diploma in Finance
• Minimum of 3-4 years’ relevant experience within a similar role
• Experience within financial services company would be beneficial
• Knowledge of an asset management environment is advantageous
• Knowledge of an accounting system (JD Edwards) would be beneficial
• Knowledge of VAT accounting
• Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
• Experience with the following:
• Reconcile invoices and statements
• Creditor payments
• Stakeholder query management
• Accounts payable reporting
• Accounts analysis
• Interpersonal savvy
• Decision quality
• Action orientated
• Optimises work processes

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