Overview
Bookkeeper/Accountant (Manufacturing) Jobs in Port Elizabeth at Ostrata
Job Specification: Bookkeeper/Accountant (Manufacturing)
Position: Bookkeeper / Accountant
Industry: Automotive Manufacturing
Reporting to: Financial Manager
Accounting System: SYSPRO (Essential)
Role Summary: The Bookkeeper / Accountant will support the finance function within an automotive manufacturing environment, with responsibility for cashbook processing, creditors, debtors, inventory-related accounting, reconciliations and month-end support.
The role requires strong hands-on SYSPRO experience and a reasonable accounting knowledge.
Key Responsibilities
1. Cashbook & Bank
- Prepare payment runs and load payments on bank for approval.
- Daily Processing: Download and capture daily bank statements into the SYSPRO Cashbook module.
- Reconciliations: Perform full bank reconciliations for all company accounts, ensuring all "open items" are cleared promptly.
2. Accounts Payable (Creditors)
- Capture supplier invoices and match against Purchase Orders and Goods Received Notes (GRN).
- Reconciliations: Prepare monthly creditor reconciliations to ensure all supplier statements align with the age analysis.
- Payment Runs: Prepare weekly/monthly electronic fund transfer (EFT) batches for approval for group companies.
3. Accounts Receivable (Debtors)
- Allocations: Accurately allocate incoming payments against specific invoices.
- Interaction with customers debtor departments
4. Inventory & Stock Control
- Assisting with the verification of cycle counts
- Stock movement checks and processing.
- Costing: Assist the Financial Manager in reviewing Bill of Materials (BOM) and identifying fluctuations in raw material costs.
- Obsolescence: Identify and report on slow-moving or obsolete stock.
5. General Ledger & Compliance
- Journals: Capture month-end journals, including depreciation, accruals, interest and prepayments.
- VAT: Prepare the VAT 201 calculations and ensure all transactions are VAT compliant.
- Maintaining the Fixed Asset Register, including ensuring all assets are tagged.
- Audit Preparation: Assist the Financial Manager in preparing the audit file for external audits.
6. Other
- Prepare reports and schedules as required.
Technical Requirements & Qualifications
- Education: A Bachelor’s degree or National Diploma in Accounting/Finance.
- SYSPRO Expertise: Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience. You must be comfortable with the Cashbook, Creditors, Debtor and Inventory modules.
- Accounting: Strong understanding of basic accounting principles.
- Industry Experience: Previous experience in a manufacturing environment is non-negotiable. (Automotive preferred)
- Excel Skills: Advanced proficiency to handle complex stock reports.
Behavioural Competencies
- High attention to detail.
- Process-Oriented: An understanding of the internal control environment (e.g. knowing why a GRN must match an invoice).
- Take initiative.
Pay: R15 000,00 – R25 000,00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Which SYSPRO modules have you worked on:
Education:
- Diploma (Required)
Experience:
- Manufacturing Environment within a finance department: 3 years (Required)
- hands-on working on SYSPRO: 3 years (Required)
Location:
- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape (Required)
Work Location: In person
Title: Bookkeeper/Accountant (Manufacturing)
Company: Ostrata
Location: Port Elizabeth
