Cluster Assistant Accounting Manager M/F

	Cluster Assistant Accounting Manager M/F

General informations

  With the group’s expertise of more than 50 years of experience and a continuous presence on the African continent, Africa Global Logistics South Africa provides end-to-end solutions with in-depth knowledge of the legal and cultural diversities specific to each country. Our powerful integrated global network and sustainable solutions enable innovative and flexible designs in their execution.

AGL South Africa is your gateway throughout Africa, facilitating freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing and distribution activities for many multinational companies.

Job description

Mission Description                      

Job Purpose:
To maintain accurate and effective accounting processes in accordance with established policies and regulatory requirements, ensuring the integrity of financial information.

Job Function:
• Release of payments
• EWS & Common costs
• Management of all Socopao and Botswana
• Receive all 3rd party invoices and statements on time, distribution thereof to operations for approval, Expense and Operational Invoices
• Capturing of invoices,(Alis, /Sun & Pegasus) reconciling and payments on creditors account
• Compile remittances for all payments and send them to suppliers
• Signing off all reconciliations
• Working closely with suppliers/debtors and operations to resolve queries
• Accounting review & report action
• Loading of daily & monthly exchange rates (Alis & Sun), Opening of new period
• Creation of creditors & staff accounts in Sun
• Reviewing of prepared provisions & accruals
• Reviewing of prepared P&L with comments on variances
• Reviewing and capturing assets, as well as reconciling differences.
• Preparation of Budgets
• Reviewing recons for petty cash, ordering top up and reconcile petty cash journals and accounts
• Submission of returns to various authorities and payment thereof
• Liaison with auditors to ensure smooth year end and finalization of financial statements
• Adhoc assistance where required on AGL SA by managers
• BEE report/reporting SED with Barnie
• Reporting HQ for client gifts, per HQ requirements

 

Profile

Socopao - specifics
• Allocation and receipting of all funds into client's accounts
• Recon on Prefunding
• Reconciling of ship-owners for balance outstanding
• Printing the Submarine bills & arranging of collection
• Checking additional commission is correct and that the process was respected
• Preparing and ordering of all CTM for all types of vessels
• Performing month end process/validation
• Perform weekly GM report to ensure Sun and Alis is in balance
• Perform D/A, VAT and CF recons
• Perform various reports such as, KPI report, Statistic, monthly client outstanding
• Liaise with the auditors
• Different sales codes. Report & balance to TB



Botswana specifics

• Preparation of all month end procedures (GL, P&L, and balance sheet accounts)
• Common costs
• Finalise gross margin
• Preparation of budgets
• Preparation of audit working papers and schedules
• Attending to all audit queries

South Africa specifics

• Assets (reviewing journals and ensuring FAR balances back to P&L totals)
• Provisional revaluation
• Preparation of audit working papers and schedules
• Attending to all audit queries
• Any other adhoc assistance where required
• Month end checks & balancing – done by 2nd or 3rd working day of the month
• Re-invoicing expenses rentals etc.

Pemba Terminal Holdings & AGL Aviation Services

• Capturing and payment of invoices
• Monthly provisions
• Preparation and calculations of loan provisions and billing to PTS
• Invoicing to PTS
• Monthly Revaluation
• Preparation of Budgets
• Prep of audit requirements
• Dealing with audit queries




Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
• Bcom (Accounting) degree or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years relevant experience
• Management/supervisory experience
• Experience dealing with external auditors
• Proficient knowledge of Excel - complex functions, graphs, and pivot charts
• Proactive and organized
• Capacity to deliver under pressure
• Able to challenge the status quo and drive through changes