Accounts Clerk

Role purpose

The role holder is responsible for performing day-to-day accounting activities, maintaining accounting records and performing other related duties in the Finance Department.

The key duties and responsibilities of the role are as follows:

• Post and verify details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed and other transactions.
• Maintain general ledgers including the preparation of accounts analyses and journal entries.
• Reconcile bank accounts, statements, and records, and take corrective action when necessary.
• Compute and record charges of refunds, cost of lost items, service charges, rentals, and similar items.
• Issue invoices, cheques, account statements, reports, and other records.
• Liaise with auditors in the preparation of auditing schedules.
• Issue debtors’ and creditors’ lists and statements.
• Ensure that the Company’s financial regulations are adhered to.
• Perform standard office procedures including processing mail, e-mails, answering customer phone calls, ordering supplies, printing, scanning, and filing.
• File all documents, papers, letters and records for quick and easy access and retrieval; to maintain and update files; to ensure that all outgoing documents are registered, easily traced and tagged.
• Keep oneself updated on developments in Accounting.

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role
• Knowledge of computer applications and accounting software
• Ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions and technical or legal terminology
• Organised and methodical in all work performed
• Must have the ability to perform large amounts of numerical detail work with speed and accuracy.