Junior BookkeeperJunior Bookkeeper

Key Achievements:

• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for Leading Brands regions, with a focus on Trade Debtors Inter-Clearing. • Prepare rolling weekly Head Office Accounts Payable reconciliations and support the monthly clearance of AP risk items. • Prepare weekly design-cost ledger status reports and FIS inputs for review with regional teams. • Create sales quotes, sales orders and purchase orders based on approved regional requests; monitor open purchase orders and follow up on invoice receipting. • Check sales invoicing accuracy and support the resolution of franchisee development-fee queries. • Prepare support schedules for management accounts, general ledger transaction details, income statement reports and budget-versus-actual variance analysis. • Prepare and post journals; support general ledger account setup applications, capital expenditure requests and asset disposal approvals. • Reconcile petty cash, fleet-card transactions and franchise division cashbooks; maintain the fixed asset register and asset movement records. • Support financial budgets, profit forecasts, annual asset verification, year-end audit files and internal audit requests

Key Achievements:

• Captured customer payments, requested remittance advice and distributed weekly and monthly customer statements. • Reconciled customer accounts and followed up on payment allocations, overdue balances and invoice queries. • Resolved customer invoice queries within the team’s 24-hour target and maintained accurate customer master data. • Prepared weekly outstanding-balance reports, month-end information packs and updates on collection actions. • Uploaded debit orders for approval, balanced general ledger entries relating to imports and supported account opening and maintenance. • Worked with internal and external auditors when required and followed finance controls, procedures and reporting deadlines.

Key Achievements:

• Coordinated project finance documentation, supplier orders, payment documents and project financial progress schedules. • Prepared project reconciliations before store openings and maintained project handover files for franchisees. • Supported project budgets and purchase orders in line with approved costing, and followed up to ensure suppliers were paid within agreed terms. • Coordinated with franchisees, suppliers and project managers on finance progress, deliveries and outstanding documentation. • Tracked stock dispatch to franchise outlets and helped finalise project financials within 30 days of delivery

Key Achievements:

• Coordinated vehicle and driver allocation, daily delivery routes, schedules and delivery documentation. • Monitored route execution and escalated delays, breakdowns and delivery issues to relevant teams. • Checked vehicle availability, roadworthiness and service status; monitored driver attendance, licensing and working-hour compliance. • Tracked on-time-in-full delivery performance and coordinated resolution of shortages, damages and returns with customer service and warehouse teams. • Maintained distribution records including proof of delivery, trip sheets, fuel slips, tolls and debrief paperwork. • Monitored route productivity, overtime, fuel consumption and fleet utilisation, and prepared daily, weekly and monthly