Bookkeeper

About the Role

Responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records, assist with ad-hoc financial reports and support the overall financial health of the company. Works closely with Group Financial Accountant to ensure financial records are always up to date, accurate and finalized within deadlines.

Location

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Responsibilities

1. Maintain Financial Records
   Record day-to-day financial transactions, including purchases, sales, receipts and payments, using accounting software. Ensure that records are up to date on a weekly basis.
2. Bank Reconciliations
   Reconcile company bank statements and ensure that all transactions are accurately recorded. Bank accounts to be updated on a weekly basis.
3. Accounts Payable Management
   Manage accounts payable by processing invoices, verifying receipts and making payments to vendors in a timely manner. Accounts to be updated weekly. Assist with ad-hoc purchase order generation.
4. Accounts Receivable Management
   Manage accounts receivable by issuing invoices, tracking customer payments and following up on overdue accounts. Ensure invoices are issued timeously in accordance with contracts/orders/agreements, approved by clients and uploaded to applicable vendor system. Pro-actively follow up on scheduled payments. Issue and send out monthly debtor statements.
5. General Ledger Maintenance
   Maintain and update the general ledger by recording financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards. Assist Group Financial Accountant with ensuring TB's are finalized in time for reporting deadlines to be met.
6. Record Retention
   Maintain organized and secure financial records for auditing and regulatory purposes. Ensure all source documents are compliant with relevant laws and regulations. Ensure source documents are easily accessible for rest of finance team and auditors.
7. Orders Received Administration
   Maintain orders received files together with responsible team members in group entities. Work with relevant team member to ensure order received files are always up to date and accurate. Follow up with team members on long outstanding orders not yet invoiced. Assist with order acknowledgements.
8. Fixed Assets
   Allocate purchases of PPE in line with company policy. Notify Group Financial Manager (Assistant) of asset purchases to load on insurance. Register fixed assets on Xero (FAR). Run monthly depreciation/amortization journals. Monthly overall maintenance of FAR (reconciliation between balance sheet and FAR, adjust any disposals etc.). Assist Group Financial Accountant with quarterly FAR reconciliation.
9. Payroll Administration
   Record-keeping of travel claims to be paid out with payroll. Save in designated folder for Group Financial Accountant to access. Compare medical aid debit order deductions on payroll sheet and notify Group Financial Accountant of any changes. Work with outsourced accountants to submit EMP201s and send to Group Financial Accountant and person responsible for loading payments.
10. VAT/GST
    Review VAT reports, VAT reconciliations, prepare VAT pack for review by Group Financial Accountant (VAT report, reconciliations, P&L, BS, VAT404 etc.). Correspond with outsourced accountants for submissions, VAT verifications/audits.
11. Finance Administrative Tasks
    Assist with completion of any forms or applications (Stats SA, Debit order maintenance, credit applications etc.). Ad-hoc duties as requested by Group Financial Manager (Assistant).

Who are we?

About Draslovka:
We are a Czech, family-owned international leader in chemical specialties on a mission to unlock the transformation of many critical industries. We have operations in the Czech Republic, United States, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and India and serve customers around the world.

Blue Cube Systems is a subsidiary of Draslovka and is a South-Africa-based firm that sells, installs and supports real-time mineral analysers for application in mineral beneficiation processes. Blue Cube Systems has installed more than 100 analysers across mines worldwide and has a strong growth profile, especially in Africa and Australia.

We are:

• Experts and innovators in cyanide-based chemistry
• Reimagining what's possible with familiar chemistry
• The largest and most robust network of experts for cyanide support
• World leader in manufacturing excellence
• Committed to safety and efficiently producing qualified products
• A global supplier with a family business approach
• Providing dedicated, personal service to our customers around the world
• Focused on the future of our plant
• Developing products and practices that leave our planet better than it was yesterday
• Empowering our people
• Supporting our people to help them realize their full potential and lead our company forward
• Working across geographies with a conscious ambition to be the best at what we do

Draslovka is a global supplier with a family business approach focused on the future of our planet.

We are an international team driven by a shared goal and guided by our core values:

• We put safety first
• We always do the right thing
• We build strong relationships
• We act like business owners
• We constantly reimagine what's possible

We specialize in the manufacture, distribution, and application of CN-based chemistries. With more than 100 years of experience in CN chemistry and production for chemical synthesis, mining, industrial, and agricultural applications, we have operations in the Czech Republic, the United States, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and India and serve customers around the world. Be part of our team!

Draslovka is an equal-opportunity employer.