Financial Accountant

• Company: Preparation of, and reporting on financial statements, management accounts, annual business plans, budgets and annual financial statements (“AFS”) & reports.
  
• Property owner clients: Preparation of, and reporting on annual business plans & budgets.
  
• Overseeing the administration and financial systems, procedures and controls.
  

• Management oversight of – MDA financial accounting and administrative duties and functions
  
• Receipting tenants’ trust deposits and payments
  
• Facilitate Third Party Fund Administration (TPFA) investments
  
• Rent reconciliation and journaling
  
• Facilitate landlords’ expense and utilities payments; e.g. municipal accounts & SARS
  

• Tenant and property owner trust payments and receipts
  
• Municipal utility accounts due by tenants
  
• Legal expenses and fees recovered from bad debtor tenants
  
• Supplier expenses and fees for landlords’ account
  
• VAT payable by landlords as reflected in cashflow and rent roll statements
  
• Business account receipts, payments and invoices
  

• Reconciliation landlords’ accounts to ensure accurate representation of outstanding balances
  
• Resolution of any queries or issues with debtor aging reports
  
• Facilitate promise-to-pay arrangements with debtors
  
• Handover of bad debtors to attorneys for collections
  
• Reporting to landlords
  

• Administration and record keeping of all property related processes regarding the portfolio
  
• Assisting with data processing as and when required
  
• Trust account & business account payments
  
• Payroll management
  

• SARS and related taxation – Payments, including but not limited to UIF, COIDA, PAYE, CGT, Company tax, VAT, dividend withholding tax, income tax etc
  
• Compliance & risk management
  
• Accounting standards
  
• Liaising with the SARS, CIPC, PPRA (e.g. trust interest calculations) & Company’s auditors, including audits, preparation & signing-off of the AFS.
  

• Company & client insurance requirements
  

• Company policies, Risk Management Compliance Programme (“RMCP”) & protocols
  
• Statutory & regulatory compliance, including but not limited to, the Property Practitioners Act, COIDA, FICA, POPIA, PAIA, Amended Property Sector Code
  

• Engage, liaise and maintain good relationships with property owner clients, tenants, local municipalities, contractors/suppliers, the Company’s banks, attorneys, accountants & auditors, SARS and other stakeholders, where required
  
• Management of employees
  

Requirements