Senior Accountant

About the position

Are you an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Accountant ready to take ownership of high-level financial operations?
This is your opportunity to join a dynamic environment where your analytical mindset, leadership skills, and in-depth financial knowledge will play a key role in shaping strategic decisions.
If you thrive on managing complex financial systems, delivering accurate reporting, and contributing to business growth through sound fiscal management, then this is the role for you.
Minimum requirements:

• Completed SAIPA Articles (Preferred).
• B.Com degree. Honours degree will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years’ post-articles experience required.
• Proficiency in accounting software.
• Financial management experience.
• Strong aptitude for mathematics and accounting.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Computer literacy.
• In-depth knowledge of corporate finance and accounting principles, laws, and best practices.
• Solid knowledge of financial analysis and IFRS.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Monthly calculations, reconciliations and submission of the Value Added Tax.
• Preparation of annual and monthly cash flow and normal budgets.
• Oversee reconciliation of inter-company loans.
• Preparation of monthly management statements.
• Cost projections and cost analysis.
• Growth projections and analysis.
• Discussions, presentations and analysing of the monthly management statements with the Directors.
• Discussion and comparisons between the annual budget vs actual expenditure.
• Oversee capturing and processing of all financial documents and accounting related information for all relevant companies.
• Calculation and submission of the provisional tax returns.
• Calculation and submission of the annual income tax returns.
• Preparation of auditor files on an annual basis.
• Preparation of annual financial statements for the auditors.
• Set targets for and supervise all accounting and finance personnel (Department).
• Directing financial planning and strategy.
• Analysing and reporting on financial performance.
• Overseeing audit and tax functions.
• Developing and implementing accounting policies.
• Preparing forecasts and comprehensive budgets.
• Reviewing departmental budgets.
• Assessing, managing, and minimising risk.
• Analysing complex financial data.
• Managing internal controls.
• Ensure adherence to financial laws and guidelines.
• Management of IT systems and all IT-related functions within the company.
• Capture and balance current accounts for all companies (daily).
• Capture and balance credit card accounts for all companies (monthly).
• Capture and balance fleet card accounts for all companies (monthly).
• General filing.
• Assisting Directors with special requests.
• Preparation of formal company documents (all companies).
• Assisting auditors with requests.
• Monthly VAT calculations.
• All AVO/ISA journals (all companies).
• Balancing loan accounts (all companies).
• Inventory correction journals (manufacturing).
• Updating and correcting AVO/ISA sheets.
• Journals for interest on loan accounts.
• Assistance on project budgets and spending.
• Assisting with budgets.
• Identify risks and report on all identified risks.
• To perform any other task necessary for the conduct of the employer’s business, as the employer may from time to time.

Desired Skills:

• Accountant
• SAIPA
• Intercompany accounts
• trial balance
• provisional tax