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