Overview
Accounting Clerk Jobs in Johannesburg Metropolitan Area at Browns Jewellers
Title: Accounting Clerk
Company: Browns Jewellers
Location: Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
The successful resource will play a crucial role in managing the daily cash, electronic, debit & credit transactions, ensuring accurate record-keeping, and reconciling cash, bank and credit/debit transaction inflows and outflows from South Africa, UK and Dubai based stores.
1. Cash Transactions (Physical Cash)
Cash receipts: Handling cash from retail sales, refunds, or other cash inflows.
Cash disbursements: Managing payments made in cash, such as petty cash disbursements or cash payments to suppliers, customers or clients.
2. Bank Transactions (Electronic & Non-Cash)
Bank deposits: Depositing cash or cheques into the company’s bank account and ensuring they are recorded correctly in the cash book.
Bank transfers: Recording incoming and outgoing electronic bank transfers in the cash book.
Cheque handling: Recording cheques received from customers or payments made via cheque.
3. Credit/Debit Card Transactions
Card payments: Recording payments made by credit or debit card (e.g., sales or refunds) that flow through the business’s payment system into its bank account.
Processing refunds: Ensuring any refunds made via card payments are properly reflected in the cash book and reconciled with the bank statement.
4. Reconciliation of Accounts
Bank reconciliation: Ensuring that the cash book balances with the company’s bank accounts by comparing recorded transactions to the actual bank statements.
Assist in month-end and year-end financial closing related to cash and bank accounts.
Handling discrepancies: Investigating and resolving differences between the cash book and bank records, such as missed deposits, unrecorded payments, or processing errors.
6. Intercompany Transfers
Transfers between accounts: Recording internal transfers between different bank accounts or retail locations to ensure they are accurately reflected in the cash book.
7. Receipts and Payments
Record and reconcile all forms of payment, ensuring cash, cheques, bank transfers, and card transactions are accurately logged and reported in the cash book and General Ledger
Requirements for consideration
Completed tertiary qualification NQF 5(Certificate) minimum but NQF 6 (Diploma) Preferable
Minimum 5 years’ experience in a dedicated Cashbook role but no more than 10 years total work experience
Experience dealing with multicurrency accounts essential
