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Accountant: AFS & Reporting
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
October 2016 - Present

Summary of responsibilities
- Analyse and review of income and expenditure recording processes.
- Interact with internal and external auditors to ensure availability of information and supporting documentation as per requirement.
- Prepare monthly management accounts by collecting, analysing, summarising data and investigate variances.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, bi-annually and annual statements by assembling and analysing data.
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, accounting standards and policies and procedures of the institution.
- Update job knowledge by keeping current with financial regulation and acceptable practice, participate in educational opportunities and in professional organisation.
- Respond to financial and audit queries by gathering, analysing, summarising and interpreting data.
- Review and distribute monthly management reports prepared by the accountant to relevant sectional manager within agreed time.
- Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements relating to financial control, financial management and accounting.
- Ensure appropriate external audit arrangements are in place and manage the audit process.
- Ensure that all balance sheet reconciliations are produced on an accurate and timely basis to include bank reconciliations, debtors, creditors and VAT, PAYE, Pension, Medical aid, Net salaries, etc.
- Ensure implementation and adherence to finance policies, procedures and systems across all teams.
- Mentor finance employees and train, where required, as back-ups in the case of emergencies.