Senior Bookkeeper

My client, based in the Northern Suburbs in Cape Town, is seeking a Senior Bookkeeper who will be responsible for a portfolio of clients and have a dual capacity of complying with both the Bookkeeping and Tax departments. The suitable candidate will have either an undergraduate or a postgraduate qualification in finance/accounting, and completed articles (either SAICA or SAIPA).

Responsibilities:

• Accounting and payroll matters; Easyfile or eFiling; Complex reconciliation; Complex journal entries; General accounting
• Bi-annual EMP501 recons: twice per year (bi-annually)
• Budget reporting: Prepare monthly budgets in line with the management policy and distribute them to management
• Comply with tax department policy & bookkeeping department policy and ensure that it is kept up to date
• Correspondence with SARS: Send letters to SARS or handle certain matters electronically (e.g. TCC pins), telephonically (e.g. SARS queries) or at a branch of SARS (e.g. VAT registrations)
• Debtor reporting: Debt recovery should take place preferably on a weekly basis, but not less than twice per month
• Invoicing: Invoices allocated (Xero, SimplePay and Swift CSV disbursements) on a monthly basis
• Monthly clients: Attend to bookkeeping, VAT calculations and returns, payroll, EMP201 calculations and returns, WCA/RMA/FEM returns, SARS queries and all other duties
• Overtime approvals and leave approvals
• Training of trainees (SAIPA): Assist with ongoing training of the SAIPA trainees within the bookkeeping environment

Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in finance/accounting, or a postgraduate qualification in finance/accounting Completed articles (either SAICA or SAIPA)
• Bookkeeping experience
• Familiar with the following software / programmes: GreatSoft; Pastel; Xero; SimplePay; Pastel Payroll; CaseWare; and eFiling

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