iKhokha is hiring a

Financial Accountant

uMhlanga, South Africa
Full-Time

Are you a skilled finance professional ready to make an impact? Look no further! 

We're looking for a driven Financial Accountant to join our iKTribe and play a pivotal role in shaping our company's financial success. 

So, what will you do?  

  • Gather financial data to ensure that all financial transactions are valid, accurate and complete on a monthly basis. 
  • Ensure compliance with IFRS and SARS, CIPC and other relevant legislation/regulations. 
  • Accurate financial processing in preparation of monthly Trial Balance. 

In addition to the above, your key responsibilities will be: 

Fixed Asset Register: 

  • Process all additions on a monthly basis. 
  • Run depreciation and amortisation for month end. 
  • Ensure fixed asset register reconciles to GL. 
  • Conduct annual impairment testing on intangible assets 

Cashbook:  

  • Ensure all cashbooks are processed daily/weekly. 
  • Bank reconciliations performed weekly with no variances. 
  • Accuracy of cashbook allocations. 
  • Unallocated payments or receipts resolved timeously 

Value Added Tax: 

  • Calculation of accurate output and input tax values based on value added tax act. 
  • Prepare Vat reconciliation to GL. 
  • Ensure VAT is captured on e-filing and submitted before submission deadline. 
  • Ensure SARS receives payment before deadline. 
  • Prepare necessary documents requested by SARS for Audit 

Payments: 

  • Load supplier payments 
  • Provide proof of payments as required 
  • Review of banking details for payments 
  • Ensure that there is sufficient cash available for payments 
  • Allocate merchant deposits to the correct wallet IDs 

Reconciliation & Journal Entries: 

  • Prepare all balance sheet reconciliations. 
  • Ensure reconciling items are resolved timeously. 
  • Process all monthly journal entries timeously to ensure month end close deadlines are achieved. 

General Ledger Review: 

  • Perform detailed review of all GL accounts to ensure completeness. 
  • Correction of allocations between GL’s. 
  • Review costs against budget to understand variances. 
  • Process/reverse provisions and accruals where necessary 

Budgeting: 

  • Assist in the annual budgeting process. 
  • Ensure all costs are budgeted for accurately. 
  • Assist in balance sheet and working capital budgets 

Annual Audit: 

  • Assist in the annual audit process. 
  • Provide supporting documents requested by external auditors timeously 

Income Tax:  

  • Calculate accurate Income Tax values based on Income Tax Act. 
  • Prepare deferred tax asset/liability and reconcile to GL. 
  • Conduct annual impairment testing on deferred tax asset. 
  • Ensure provisional Income Tax returns are captured on e-Filing and submitted before submission deadline. 
  • Ensure SARS receives payment before deadline. 
  • Prepare necessary documents requested by SARS for audit 

Other Statutory Reporting: 

  • Assist in executing against the company’s B-BBEE strategy with the support of the Finance Operations Manager and 3rd party advisors (i.e., provide supporting reporting and data points to key stakeholders, ratings agencies, etc.). 
  • Assist in timeous EE & WSP reporting on an annual basis (i.e., provide supporting reporting and data points to key stakeholders, Dept. of Labour, SETA etc.). 
  • Assist in annual CIPC submissions processed by 3rd party company secretary 
  • Completed Matric / Grade 12 
  • BCom Accounting Degree/Post Graduate Diploma 
  • Qualified CA (SA) - Non negotiable

Deal Breakers:

  • Completed SAICA articles plus 2 years minimum commercial experience - negotiable 
  • Solid knowledge of accounting regulation standards 
  • Solid knowledge of the South African tax legal framework (i.e., income tax, VAT, PAYE, etc.) 
  • Solid knowledge of other relevant South African legislation and regulations (i.e., Companies Act, B-BBEE, CIPC, etc.)Practical experience in processing SARS submissions, CIPC returns and other submissions to relevant regulatory bodies 
  • Prior experience with MS Dynamics Business Central would be an advantage, but is not required 

Perks of joining the Tribe

  • Work in a high-growth company with tangible results you're accountable for 
  • Enjoy hybrid and in office work models based in DBN.  
  • Competitive remuneration and benefits, including Medical Aid and Group Risk scheme contributions 
  • Be guided by visionary leadership 
  • Seize the opportunity for study leave   
  • Access to on-demand learning and development 
  • Experience a friendly, collaborative culture with a team of all-round-lekker humans (it’s true, we surveyed our Employees and they told us so) 
  • If you find yourself at HQ, coffee on tap and a selection of hot beverages provided by our very own onsite Barista  
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