Transactional Accountant- 6 month FTC

We are Kocho

Kocho recognise that technology on its own does not deliver change and offers technology adoption services alongside excellent technical consulting to enable our clients to achieve their business goals on their journey to Become Greater.

Our head office is in the heart of London’s West End and provides a comfortable working environment with flexible collaboration spaces that encourage our people to Become Greater with the aim to Do What’s Right.

Kocho is an equal opportunities employer. We make recruitment decisions based on qualifications, skill set and experiences. We consider all suitable candidates regardless of their age, sex, gender reassignment, race, religious beliefs, or lack thereof, marital status, disability or sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. This is mindset aligns with our company values as we understand that we are Better Together.

The Role:

This position sits within our Transactional Finance Team, reporting to the SA Financial Controller and working closely with our Management Accountants based in the UK to ensure that books and records are closed in a timely and accurate manor for both South Africa and all UK entities.

This role will have responsibility for ensuring all customer invoices and supplier payables are processed in a prompt and accurate way, with all necessary journal entries posted into Sage Intacct at the time of processing.

You will also support the controls of the business by taking ownership of both UK and SA employee expenses; ensuring approvals are aligned with company policy, data is captured in full, and monthly data imports from our expense system into Sage Intact are accurate and on time to ensure an efficient month end close.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for AP ledger. Processing supplier bills and posting all associated double-entry, e.g. prepayments, accruals and allocations
• Responsible for AR ledger. Processing customer invoices and posting all associated double-entry, e.g. revenue recognition journals
• Running month end billing checks to ensure no customer invoicing has been missed, and all recurring supplier invoices have been received or accrued
• Ensuring project accounting is adhered to, matching respective costs and revenues. This includes performing regular reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and ensuring any necessary changes are made in the source system
• Ensuring revenue and COS are recognised in line with contract terms and policies
• Support with automation efforts and improvement of processes to increase financial control and reduce month end timelines

Minimum Requirements:

• Desire to complete AAT and commence ACA/ACCA/CIMA thereafter
• 3+ years of experience in financial operations and or management reporting
• Solid understanding of the workflows of a finance department
• Advanced excel skills (i.e. vlookup, index match, pivot tables etc.)
• Confident and assured communicator, able to communicate effectively both within finance and with stakeholders in other departments
• Able to be proactive and apply a hands-on approach to solving problems
• Excellent attention to detail with a no-nonsense approach to errors
• Team player – work closely with colleagues within department and across other functions
• Ability to work to tight deadlines with the perseverance to not leave an issue unresolved
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment experiencing rapid change