Project Accountant Woodmead, Johannesburg

Our Client in Woodmead is looking for an experienced Project Accountant to join their team.

The position is a CONTRACT and requires someone available immediately

Responsibility for the Financial Project Cycle and Project Management of
all events, including the efficient application of the Project Accounting
System

Project Accounting
• Project Registration. Maintain upkeep between Great
Plains/projects and NBR.
• Budget Loading with supporting documents ensuring all aspects
are covered. Ensure budgets are not exceeded with special
attention to the transfer of funds with budget.
• Checking accuracy of all new budgets to final draft
• Timeous and accurate billing of client invoices
• Overdue Projects - query and escalation process - Co. and
Hospitality and Closure of projects - Co. and Hospitality -
Investigate, resolve, and provide valid reasons why an event is
open 30 days after an event date. Follow the escalation process
using Great Plains & Crystal. Save reports in month and folder
and do a comparison on a weekly basis.
• Monitoring of open PO’S and projects to ensure they remain
self-funding (over 45 day reports)
• Monitor, resolve and follow escalation process for overdue
projects.
• Follow up to ensure client recons are produced timeous,
accurate and submitted for sign off.
• Recognise income on projects with stipulated Gross Profit
according to signed budget. Responsible for recognising
revenue for the company and Co. Continuous
measurement of Actual vs Forecaste
• Record Keeping - Co. and Hospitality - Client Budgets,
Purchase Orders, Invoices and Correspondence are
electronically filed by client by Event.
• Provisions - Responsible for provisions and actual
ammortisation of suite rental for each event as well as Co.
savings on Aide Memoires etc.
• Updating monthly general ledger recons and closing off projects
• Co. Report - To be updated, maintained and ready by the 5th
of every month

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE FULL JOB SPEC