10 Jun Bookkeeping Manager
Know Your Numbers, Grow Your Business
Position of Bookkeeping Manager
You will need the following qualities and skills to succeed in this position:
- It is imperative that you are organised, efficient and accurate
- Be proficient in bookkeeping with at least 6 years’ experience – of which at least 2 MUST be with an Accounting Practice
- You must have experience in managing junior staff
- Have working experience in Pastel Partner, Xero, Sage Online, Quickbooks Online
- Be of a good/sunny disposition as you will be dealing with clients daily, and we are ALL about the people
- Be a team player and take initiative when the situation calls for it.
- Have excellent telephone and email etiquette
The detailed Job Spec is as follows:
- Management and administration of the bookkeeping department, including electronic files, pastel files & passwords, etc.
- Management and review of junior bookkeepers. Both in actual work functions and administratively (e.g. Quarterly performance reviews, training objectives, etc)
- Assisting with queries, giving direction and training to junior staff
- Auditing junior bookkeepers working papers and audit file preparation
- Compiling and managing the monthly work programs for Junior Staff
- On and off-site processing of your own clients’ accounting information (cashbooks, journals, VAT etc.) on various accounting and other software packages
- Processing monthly depreciation, accruals, and other journals so that books are reported on a CTC basis
- Monitor client inventory and fixed assets registers
- Keep detailed working papers
- Preparation, analysis, and interpretation of monthly management accounts
- To prepare budgets and cash flows for clients when required
- VAT & provisional tax calculations
- Preparation of audit packs for auditors
- Completion & submissions of individuals (IT12) income tax returns
- Completion & submissions of company (IT14) and Trust income tax returns
- Completion and submission of certain statutory returns
- Submissions of various documents to SARS and other bodies
- Liaising with clients, SARS and various other bodies
- To create required SOP’s (systems of procedure) and maintain current SOP’s
- Implementation and adherence to required record and timekeeping systems
- General administration
- Filing
- Other related reasonable tasks that will arise from time to time
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting |