About the position
Take your finance career international with a project that drives cultural connection across continents. Is this you? You're a detail-driven finance professional who thrives on structure, accuracy, and accountability. With a strong grasp of accounting principles and a passion for efficiency, you enjoy ensuring transparency and compliance in every financial process. You're proactive, analytical, and comfortable working across systems like SAP and Excel. Fluent in English and open to learning German, you combine precision with curiosity and the ability to navigate multicultural collaboration. What you'll be doing (and why you'll enjoy it) You'll take charge of financial administration, controlling, and reporting across all project locations for a major EU-funded cultural initiative. Your responsibilities will include managing accounts payable and receivable, general ledger and asset accounting, processing financial transactions in SAP, and reconciling outstanding items. You'll oversee budgets, prepare financial reports and forecasts, support audits, and ensure compliance with German and EU financial regulations. You'll also help refine internal administrative processes, support HR tasks such as onboarding and payroll cost updates, and contribute to process digitalisation and efficiency improvements. Where you'll be doing it You'll join an internationally renowned cultural institute, offices are based in Parktown, Gauteng. This is a new division starting up due to the new projects. You'll be part of a passionate organisation committed to meaningful cultural exchange and impact. It's an in office role with a one day work from home after probation. Hours are 9am to 6pm and Friday's ending at 14:30. What you'll need You'll bring a completed commercial qualification or degree in finance or accounting, with at least 2-4 years' professional accounting experience. You'll have sound Excel skills and ideally SAP experience. You'll have a structured and reliable working style, and a keen eye for accuracy. Excellent English is required, proficiency in German would be ideal but if not, then you'll need to have a willingness to learn German which the company will pay for. What you'll get A fixed-term contract until July 2028, opportunities for international collaboration, German language training support and a role with real purpose at the intersection of culture, education, and global partnership. How to apply Please apply directly on the job portal. We do respond to everyone! Just give us a few days to work through your application.
Desired Skills:
- Debtors
- Creditors
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts receivable
- Reconciliations
- SAP
- Reports
- Forecasting
- Budgets
Desired Work Experience:
- 2 to 5 years
Desired Qualification Level:
- Degree
