Job Description
Motus Aftermarket Parts is searching for a Branch Administrator to join the branch in Wadeville. The purpose of this role is to acquire a good general understanding of all standard accounting and administrative functions performed at the branch, supervising and controlling the branch administrative and accounting team to ensure that all branch assets are safeguarded and correctly accounted for.
Position Overview
Specific Role Responsibilities
The accurate and complete receipting of all cash, COD, and credit sales.
The safeguarding of all cash and the daily banking of all proceeds received from customers. This includes ensuring that all daily receipts of cash, cheques, electronic transfers, and credit card payments are completely and accurately recorded and fully banked daily. All receipts, without exception, must be banked on the next business day and must never be carried over to the following day.
The supervision and maintenance of the branch creditor's ledger, including the checking and capturing of creditor invoices for accuracy and validity, and the timeous authorization and approval of all creditor payments.
Ensure that all sundry (non-trading stock) purchases are correctly authorized, fully received, and timeously paid.
The management of the branch debtor's ledger, including the timeous receipt of customer payments, accurate and timely updating of all debtor and COD accounts, recovery of overdue amounts, control of customer credit limits, opening of new accounts, appropriate issuing of letters of demand, and handing over of outstanding debts to attorneys when appropriate. You must always be aware of the importance of maintaining cordial and professional relationships with the company's customers.
The immediate recording and follow-up of all RD and unpaid cheques.
Accounting for and safeguarding petty cash.
The consistent supervision, maintenance, and enforcement of all branch's internal controls. It is the administrator's responsibility to ensure that they are aware of and understand all the company's standard internal control processes and ensure that the branch consistently and correctly applies these procedures in all areas of business including sales, warehousing, and distribution.
Ensure that strict and appropriate divisions of duties between persons controlling and recording the company's assets are maintained, particularly ensuring the separation of duties between the receiving and recording of all cash receipts.
The application of all head office accounting requirements, including the achievement of group reporting deadlines.
Building relationships with the branch accounting and administration team, including training of your staff to ensure that they are adequately equipped to perform the functions expected of them.
Ensure that your team is adequately staffed to enable the branch to perform at the levels expected of them.
The ordering, recording, and safeguarding of all stationery including company cheques and invoices.
Maintain a professional working relationship with the local office of the Motor Vehicle Bargaining Council (MIBCO) while ensuring that all monthly staff contributions to MIBCO are paid timeously and accurately.
As a member of the branch management team, you will be expected to work closely with the branch manager and support his efforts to maximize the branch's performance.
Perform regular test checks on all internal control processes to ensure that they are operating optimally and be prepared to perform various ad hoc tasks, including investigations into breaches of controls when necessary.
Build an efficient and professional working relationship with Alert head office, ensuring that you investigate and resolve all queries timeously and professionally.
Continual review of branch general ledger accounts and monthly review of expenses and investigation of variances and unusual items.
Preparation of the branch annual budget and review of actual branch performance against budget.
Review and maintenance of all branch control accounts.
Calculation and preparation of all month-end accrual journals.
Various ad hoc investigations and accounting tasks.
Debtors Function
Maintaining debtors' accounts to ensure that they are timeously and accurately updated.
Monitoring movements in accounts and investigating all unusual items.
Reconciliation of Alert statements and debtor payments.
Accurately calculating settlement discounts where applicable.
Matching payments correctly to debtor's accounts.
The raising and capturing of adjusting journals in debtor's accounts.
Daily liaison with customers regarding outstanding payments or queries.
Timely completion of Debtor Input Sheet and other documents needed for daily DSS.
Timely follow-ups on all queries regarding debtors' accounts.
Qualifications and Experience
Matric.
Financial Degree or currently studying in the financial field - Essential.
5 years experience in a similar field.
Extensive and appropriate bookkeeping and administrative experience in a corporate environment that includes a branch or divisional network.
A strong accounting background with a full grasp of all fundamental accounting concepts.
Extensive working knowledge and hands-on experience in all aspects of accounting and administration, including all accounting functions up to trial balance.
A full understanding of the workings of all general ledger control accounts and the ability and experience to administer and reconcile them.
Must have experience as a cashier, in debtors and creditors functions.
Skills and Personal Attributes
A good understanding and working knowledge of both the debtors and creditors ledger.
Extremely organized and disciplined approach to daily accounting tasks and administration.
The ability to supervise subordinates and delegate tasks where necessary to ensure the achievement of tight monthly deadlines.
Ability to liaise with banks and the confidence to resolve problems with banking staff.
Comfortable with computerized ledgers and a solid working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
Able to work under pressure.
Must be willing to work in a team as well as on your own.
An honest and trustworthy individual willing & able to work with large amounts of cash each day.
Ability to liaise and work with admin staff in different branches around the country.
Clear ITC & Criminal record.
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