Job Title Graduate Finance Trainee
Reporting to Group Management Accountant & Assistant Management Accountant
Package ZAR – 8k – 10k pm
Located – Darwin Recruitment, Mayfair on the Lake, Park Lane, uMhlanga (Please note this role will be based on site, 5 days a week)
Core Responsibilities
*This list is not exhaustive and where applicable additional duties may be added where the company deem necessary and reasonable.
Darwin Recruitment Job Description
Darwin is a growing, dynamic, €50m turnover, STEM workforce solutions company. Headquartered in London (Billericay, UK), we have subsidiaries across Europe, America and South Africa.
At Darwin, you will learn and grow in a fast-paced, supportive environment that will take your career to the next level. We are seeking a smart graduate who can demonstrate teamwork, results orientation, a growth mindset, disciplined execution, and a winning attitude, to join our growing team!
The opportunity available is focused on supporting the Finance Team and can be split into 3 main categories. Whilst we expect base knowledge understanding and a relevant degree applicable to the role, full training will be provided for each process you conduct:
Assisting Management Accounts
- Assist in the creation of the monthly revenue reconciliations
- Assist in the monthly accrual and prepayment journals.
- Assist preparation of entity VAT returns for review and filing.
- Assist in the preparation of and collection of audit materials.
- Assist in the preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.
- Various ad-hoc/operational tasks
Cash Management
- Complete the reconciliation of the various group bank accounts on a daily basis
- Process all receipts and payments accurately and allocate to correct debtor/creditor accounts.
- Process intra group transfers.
- Process foreign currency conversions.
- Process draw down of funds from funding providers.
- Prepare funding reports for use by the Board.
- Investigate any cash related queries raised by Finance or other departments.
- Applying Credit Insurance coverage for new Clients
Accounts Payable
- Responsible for the upload of supplier invoices onto the Accounts system.
- Allocate to the correct creditor and general ledgers, ready for manager approval.
- Process supplier payment runs including preparation of BACS files.
- Will be main point of contact for suppliers to question invoice status.
- Process employee expenses and credit cards.
Contracts & Invoicing
- Provide cover for the Staffing Operations team
- Production of Contracts and collection of Contractor Compliance
- Sales invoice creation and posting
Criteria and Qualifications
- Graduate Degree in Business/Finance/Accounting/Economics or similar experience
- Highly responsive with excellent attention to detail
- Well organized, customer service-oriented and open minded
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, and manage workloads to meet deadlines in a challenging and fast-paced environment
- Fantastic communication and interpersonal skills
Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Danny Arnold