Senior Cashbook Assistant - VKB Finance, Head Office Reitz

Introduction to the VKB Group

The VKB Group is an agricultural company, providing support to farmers and producing straight-from-the farm-foods for consumers. Apart from the various consumer brands, the VKB Group is also represented by its regional brands: VKB, GWK and NTK. Our roots are firmly planted in agriculture with farming at our core, continuously growing and evolving throughout the years.

Starting with providing everything needed on the farm to produce food, we now also operate in all areas of the food supply chain: processing, logistics, and national and global market channels.

This “house of brands” we’ve established with the support of our farmer shareholders is the foundation for building the agribusiness of the future.

Job Description

The ideal team player will be responsible for the daily upload, sorting, and allocation of bank statement lines, as well as managing branch closure and drop safe reconciliations. This role also involves administering daily Adhoc and batch payments, overseeing head office petty cash, safeguarding cashbook documents for audit purposes, and ensuring the accuracy of control account reconciliations. Additionally, the Cashbook Administrator will work closely with both internal and external clients to resolve any discrepancies and support month-end and adhoc duties as needed.

Requirements

• Grade 12/NQF4 with Accounting or Maths as subjects
• Previous experience within a similar role in Financial Administration
• Computer literate in MS Office (on an intermediate level)
• Ability to work on MS Excel on an advanced level

Duties And Responsibilities

• Upload, sort and allocation of bank statement lines on a daily basis.
• Daily Branch Closures and Drop safe Reconciliations.
• Collection and confirmation of accuracy of daily branch closure documents.
• Responsible for administration and loading of daily Adhoc and batch payments.
• Continuous liaison with internal and external clients.
• Handling of Head office petty cash.
• Safeguarding and uploading of all cashbook related documents needed for audit purposes.
• Collection and confirmation of accuracy of all Control Account reconciliations.
• Related Adhoc and month-end duties, as requested.

Skills Required

• Effective
• Organised and focused on planning
• Ability to prioritise
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to meet deadlines
• Good telephone and email etiquette
• Team player & team leader
• Personal resilience
• Able to handle conflict
• Self motivated
• Problem solving
• Ability to communicate in Afrikaans and English