Accountant

Job Description

Red Ember Recruitment is seeking on behalf of our client an experienced and detail-oriented Accountant to join their finance team in Plattekloof.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring accurate, complete and timely financial reporting, with a strong focus on month-end accounting, reconciliation, tax and audit support, stock and cash-related financial controls, and management reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Month-End Close

Prepare accurate monthly management accounts, income statements and balance sheet schedules.

Process journals, accruals and provisions in line with month-end deadlines.

Review general ledger transactions for completeness, accuracy and correct classification.

Maintain supporting working papers for key financial reporting balances.

Support the preparation of annual financial statements and related schedules.

Reconciliations & Balance Sheet Control

Prepare and review monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including creditors, stock, cash-book and VAT control accounts.

Investigate reconciling items and resolve exceptions.

Ensure reconciliations are properly supported and completed within agreed deadlines.

Monitor the accuracy and integrity of financial transactions and account allocations.

Maintain audit-ready reconciliation files.

Tax, Statutory & Audit Support

Prepare VAT reconciliations, submissions and payment packs for review.

Assist with income tax, provisional tax and deferred tax calculations and schedules.

Support SARS, external audit and statutory audit requests.

Ensure tax and statutory records are complete, accurate and submitted on time.

Track audit queries through to resolution.

Stock, Inventory & Cost Controls

Process and reconcile stock-related transactions.

Support stock take procedures and analyse stock results.

Investigate stock variances and provide explanations for management review.

Maintain controls over inventory accounting, cost allocations and related journals.

Assist operational teams with stock reporting.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Management Analysis

Assist with the annual budget process and periodic forecast updates.

Prepare cost and revenue analysis to support management decision-making.

Import approved budgets into the accounting system and validate accuracy.

Prepare cash flow inputs and other management schedules....