Junior Accountant

Junior Accountant

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Location: Durban, Kwa Zulu-Natal
? Employment Type: Permanent
? Reporting to: Head of Finance

Manuchar is a global leader in the distribution of raw chemicals, international trade, and logistics, operating in more than 160 locations across Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Latin America, and the Middle East. For over 35 years, we have built our reputation on reliability, partnership, and delivering end-to-end supply chain solutions in emerging markets.

We are looking for a Junior Accountant to join our team and support the day-to-day financial operations of the business. This is an important role for a detail-oriented and commercially minded finance professional who takes pride in financial accuracy, strong controls, and delivering timely and reliable financial information.

As the Junior Accountant, you will support the full spectrum of finance activities across the business, including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Treasury, Inventory Accounting, General Ledger, reconciliations, month-end reporting, and statutory compliance.

Working closely with the Finance team and key stakeholders across the business, you will help ensure that financial records are accurate, complete, compliant, and audit-ready.

This role offers an opportunity to contribute directly to the financial integrity of the business while supporting continuous improvement in finance processes, systems, and controls.

• Record and process daily financial transactions accurately and timeously.

• Maintain the General Ledger and subsidiary ledgers.

• Prepare and post journal entries and accounting adjustments.

• Process invoices, receipts, payments, and other financial transactions.

• Maintain complete and accurate supporting documentation.

• Ensure accounting entries comply with company policies and applicable accounting standards.

• Perform regular reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.

• Manage the full Accounts Receivable function.

• Prepare and issue customer invoices.

• Capture and allocate customer receipts.

• Perform customer account reconciliations.

• Monitor outstanding debtor balances and follow up on overdue accounts.

• Support credit control activities.

• Resolve customer account queries and discrepancies.

• Ensure debtor balances are accurate, recoverable, and maintained within agreed payment terms.

• Manage the full Accounts Payable cycle.

• Verify supplier invoices for accuracy, completeness, and appropriate approvals.

• Capture supplier invoices and process payments.

• Perform supplier account reconciliations.

• Investigate and resolve invoice and payment discrepancies.

• Respond to supplier queries.

• Ensure supplier accounts are accurate and up to date.

• Process daily banking transactions.

• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly bank reconciliations.

• Reconcile cash, credit card, and other financial accounts.

• Monitor cash flow requirements and support payment planning.

• Complete treasury-related activities accurately and timeously.

• Investigate and resolve reconciling items.

• Maintain accurate inventory accounting records.

• Perform inventory reconciliations.

• Monitor inventory quantities and costs.

• Ensure inventory transactions reconcile to the General Ledger.

• Apply inventory accounting policies consistently.

• Assist with assessing inventory impairment where required.

• Prepare monthly Management Accounts.

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations.

• Perform variance analysis and investigate movements.

• Prepare quarterly and annual financial reporting information.

• Produce ad hoc financial reports and analysis for management.

• Assist with budgeting and forecasting activities.

• Complete month-end close activities within agreed deadlines.

• Prepare accruals, prepayments, provisions, and adjusting journal entries.

• Support the year-end financial close process.

• Prepare VAT calculations and supporting schedules.

• Assist with statutory submissions and compliance requirements.

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, company policies, and internal controls.

• Maintain accurate documentation for internal and external audits.

• Support audit processes and respond to finance-related queries.

• Identify and elevate financial control weaknesses, compliance risks, and material discrepancies.

• Capture and maintain accounting transactions within the ERP/accounting system.

• Maintain…