Junior Financial Accountant - Available Immediately - Contract, Johannesburg

Our client is a global, multi-cultural company that's all about entertainment. As such, they've evolved into a focused, dynamic community that thrives on all things sporty, providing services to internationally renowned sports betting brand that has a huge presence in the Premier League and other top-tier leagues around the world.
Their expertise lies in marketing, customer service, and technology. They deliver products digitally (online and mobile) and market through the line (TV, print, outdoors, digital, etc).

They are looking for sports enthusiasts who are also especially fanatical about soccer – if that's you, they'd love to meet.

Key Responsibilities:

Payment Verification, creditors, and cash books:

• Thorough review and verification of creditors controllers' journals before processing is done in the financial system, this includes prepayments
• Thorough review and verification of creditors' payment packs before submission to Financial Accountant for final release submission
• Request bank rates on foreign currency payments and check against relevant exchange rate sites. Negotiate with the bank and once an acceptable rate is received, send for approval by FM to proceed with instruction of loading by the creditors' controllers
• Daily check on banks to ensure that rejections are picked up on time and escalated to the creditors' controllers
• Ensure that payment packs on Capex payments are accurately compiled (with all information and breakdowns) and sent to the relevant management accountant for amortization
• Daily updating of cash books and reconciling bank balances to Navision
• Monthly capturing of credit cards and collecting and filing of all supporting documents relating to transactions
• Verifying creditors' bank accounts and details
• Correct capturing of creditor invoices and reconciling to creditor statements
• Matching of open creditor invoices to payments

Intercompany invoice processing:

• Accurate capturing of Intercompany invoices
• Ensure Intercompany balances after capturing by ensuring that a statement of account is received from Intercompany
• Investigate and resolve where the imbalance is identified
• Once the invoice is processed and the balance confirmed, send an invoice to creditors controllers for payment
• Send payment pack including POP to relevant Management Accountants for matching purposes

Petty Cash Verification:

• Thorough review and verification of creditors controllers' petty cash journals before processing is done in the financial system
• Check that the Petty Cash on hand and Petty Cash bank account balances and follow up on any variances
• Thorough review and verification of creditors controllers' petty cash summary and ensure all documentation is saved in the relevant folder
• Once in balance, ensure that Petty Cash on hand and Petty Cash bank accounts are reconciled in the financial system monthly
• Ensure that petty cash funds are reviewed and topped up as needed

Month End:

• Review of monthly supplier list from creditors controllers and accrue for all un-received invoices/costs
• Reach out to the business to ensure that all ad hoc invoices/costs for the month have been submitted to finance and accrue where necessary
• Ensure that all prepayments have been expensed/allocated accurately in the financial system
• Reconcile monthly prepayments
• Assistance with Opex and Marketing reviews
• Ensuring that all costs are correctly allocated to departments, brands, and regions
• Assisting with invoicing of monthly intercompany recharge costs. Includes schedules and processing of invoices correctly to Navision.
• Capturing of new assets purchased and updating asset register

Adhoc

• Audits - Assist with preparation of quarterly and annual audit files for management review
• Assist with communication with banks regarding general queries, SARB registrations, and applications
• Assistance with archiving all financial information
• Assistance with testing of processes and procedures
• Assistance with projects to improve processes and procedures
• Other ad hoc duties may be required from time to time

Skills and Experience Required:

• Finance related Diploma or Studying towards Financial qualification
• 3-5 Years' experience in a similar role
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite – Intermediate/Advanced Excel Skills
• Strong Reconciliation/auditing of statements and payments
• Excellent administrative skills with attention to detail, methodical and disciplined
• Confidentiality, tact, and discretion
• Innovative and solution-driven - Strong ability to resolve escalated queries, independently
• Excellent time management and deadline-driven
•  Uses own initiative and works well under pressure
• Adapt well to change
• Strong team player