Assistant Accountant at Thebe Investment Management

Duties and responsibilities

The Assistant Accountant will be expected to carry out the following duties:

• Preparing financial documents such as invoices, bills, and accounts payable and receivable
• Completing purchase orders
• Managing payroll inputs
• Completing financial reports on a regular basis and providing information to the finance team
• Assisting with budgets
• Completing bank reconciliations
• Entering financial information into appropriate software programs
• Managing company ledgers
• Processing business expenses
• Coordinating internal and external audits
• Verifying balances in account books and rectifying discrepancies
• Verifying bank deposits
• Managing day-to-day transactions
• Recording office expenditures and ensuring these expenses are within the set budget
• Assisting the finance department and senior accounting staff members with various tasks, including preparing budgets, records, and statements
• Posting daily receipts
• Preparing annual budgets
• Completing the year-end analysis
• Reporting on debtors and creditors
• Handling accruals and prepayments
• Managing monthly budgeting tasks
• Encoding accounting entries for data processing
• Sorting financial documents and posting them to the proper accounts
• Reviewing computer reports for accuracy and meticulously tracing errors back to their source
• Resolving errors in financial reports and correcting faulty reporting methods

Qualifications

• Minimum Accounting Degree, ZICA/ACCA level 2
• Extensive knowledge of SAGE Pastel accounting
• Good presentation skills
• Able to work under great pressure and must be highly flexible
• Minimum 2 years working experience
• Experience in construction added advantage

Skills

• Data Entry
• Excellent Skills with Microsoft Office
• Detail Oriented and Organised
• Competent IT Skills
• Strong Bookkeeping Skills
• Understanding of Budgetary Principles;
• Strong Written and Oral Communication Skills

Working conditions

Must be flexible enough to work weekends or off days when called in.