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Secondments

Group Accountant

Secondments

  • Undisclosed
  • Permanent Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 04 Dec 2025 by Secondments
  • Expires in 32 days
  • Job 2628951
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About the position

PURPOSE OF JOB
Maintaining accurate financial and tax reporting while adhering to managing and implementing accounting and reporting controls.

Reporting and Reporting controls

  • Preparation of annual financial statements for various companies
  • Preparation of Group consolidated annual financial statements
  • Preparation and submission of IT14's on e-filing
  • Preparation and submission of provisional tax returns
  • Preparation and submissions of Dividend Tax Returns
  • Reconciliation and submission of VAT and Withholding Tax returns for South African entities as well as foreign entities
  • Compilation of annual budgets and forecasts
  • Monthly review of bank reconciliations
  • Processing of monthly general journal entries and consolidation entries
  • Manage and review trial balances for all reporting entities
  • Consolidation for all reporting entities
  • Reconciliation of general ledger and sub ledgers monthly and the preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Compile/review monthly management accounts for all reporting entities
  • Performing month end and year end accounts system closures
  • Preparation and submission of quarterly reporting packs and working papers for group reporting
  • Liaising with various internal and external auditors
  • Review and authorization of payments on banking system (FNB online)
  • Develop, monitor, review and implement internal accounting and other accounting related policies

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Qualifications

  • Com Honours or bachelor's degree in accounting (B. Com)
  • Articles will be advantageous.

Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in accounting/reporting role.
  • Staff management experience
  • Group reporting, taxation and consolidation experience.

Knowledge

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual should have extensive knowledge of Computer Skills: Microsoft Word; Microsoft Excel, MS Office as well as experience on a well-known accounting package.
  • Cognos experience will be advantageous.
  • Business Central experience will be advantageous
  • Draftworx Experience

IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS

  • Transparency and honesty.
  • Positive Attitude and highly motivated
  • Lead by example.
  • Assertive and effective communication.
  • Sensitive to client and staff requirements and problems.
  • Ability to create a professional office environment
  • Organization and planning skills.

SKILLS ESSENTIAL TO THE POSITION

Business

  • Complete self-motivation and self-starting capabilities.
  • Exceptional business and people skills.
  • Strong team abilities.
  • Total reliability.
  • Time management.
  • Deadline driven.
  • The highest level of client and business confidentiality at all times.
  • Ability to ensure that the standards, disciplines and procedures of the company are strictly maintained
  • Results focused with attention to detail and accuracy
  • Ability to lead people and a level of business maturity commensurate with that of a professional person.

Desired Skills:

  • Excel
  • Word

Desired Work Experience:

  • 5 to 10 years

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Secondments

About the agency

Uniquely positioned to address your skills shortages, Secondments specialises in placing high-quality candidates in permanent, contract, project and interim management positions. We believe in creating synergy with our clients by building sound business relationships which enhance our understanding of their business and needs. Using a managed, controlled recruitment process, we are able to match the staffing needs of their organisations with suitably talented secondees. Our pool of professionals have a range of skills, both generic and specialist. These candidates, all of whom have verified education levels and experience, are available from two weeks to longer periods, depending on client needs. And if we do not have exactly the right fit for the role, we will source the best candidate. We are dedicated to providing a seamless, turnkey solution to ensure our clients get the right person, in terms of skill and integrity, at the right time to fulfil their organisational needs. Notwithstanding the name change due to the acquisition of Ernst & Young’s Advisory Secondments business to Secondments, the business has been in existence since 2003. The business was acquired as a going concern with the full staff complement, including all clients. This change broadens the scope of clients that Secondments can offer services to. Following a successful 13-year working relationship with Ernst & Young (EY), Siphiwe Dondolo, Jayson Theron and Carl Endenburg acquired the global audit and advisory firm’s secondment portfolio. Secondments started trading on 1 April 2015 with the full support of the EY Africa Executive Committee. Secondments works across South Africa, Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We support our clients through a sophisticated talent pool of associates, working regularly with colleagues across international borders. Our candidates can assist in the finance, risk, IT/technology, human resources (HR), management consulting, operations and supply chain fields – across a number of sectors – including: • Financial Services (Banking, Insurance and Private Equity) • Oil and Gas • Construction • Power and Utilities • Public Sector and Government • Health • Mining and Metals • Consumer Products and Retail • Technology, Media and Telecommunications • Automotive Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Secondments is a 51% black-owned Level 2 B-BBEE organisation, one of the few specialist recruitment consultancies that are a true Level 2 B-BBEE provider. Eleven per cent (11%) of our company is now in the hands of a Black Ownership Trust, making a real difference to previously disadvantaged individuals. We opted for this in the belief that it would make a significant impact rather than benefit a select few. We are determined not to pay mere lip service to Black Economic Empowerment (BEE). Our Managing Director (MD), Siphiwe Dondolo, owns 40% of the business and was with EY for 9 years prior to moving over to Secondments as a shareholder and as the MD. OUR SERVICES As Secondments, we are confident we have the right combination of people, methodology, best practices and technologies to ensure we deliver seamless, efficient and effective services. These are based on a solid foundation of integrity, excellence, professionalism, best practice and value – delivered to both clients and candidates. Client services We offer the full- service of strategic talent matching ,namely: Permanent placements Executive Search Contract placements Temporary Employment Services Project Placements Interim management position placements Executive Search Our specialised service offerings have evolved in response to our clients’ unique needs for a strategic,customisable,Executive recruitment service whose delivery is executed with excellence in mind throughout the process. Leveraging off our unique networks within the Executive landscape to tap into passive candidates,our experienced recruitment team and proven track record in the industry we are best positioned to assist our clients to fill key positions in the most timeous, professional and efficient manner. Temporary contract staff work under the supervision and direction of our clients. Secondments manages them from a planning, HR, payroll and industrial relations perspective, however, freeing clients from time-consuming administration.

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