Accountant

Flash; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Cape Town is seeking a finance professional with 3-5 years of experience. Responsibilities include ensuring timely invoicing and payments, overseeing accounting processes, and performing reconciliations. The ideal candidate should have formal accounting training, advanced Excel skills, and experience with financial software like Sage. This role offers a dynamic and deadline-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in finance.
• Knowledge of accounting principles.
• Experience in information monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customers receive invoices and statements on time.
• Oversee creditor and debtor aging to keep accounts up to date.
• Follow up on debtor payments and resolve queries timeously.
• Perform various commission and other calculations for month-end processing.
• Work with large volumes of data in Excel for reconciliations.
• Process cash book and month-end revenue and expenses.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare accounts up to trial balance for month-end reporting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Good communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Self-management

Team collaboration

Education

Formal training in accounting

Tools

Sage

MS Excel

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure customers receive invoices and statements on time and that payments are received timeously.
• Overseeing the creditor and debtor aging and ensuring accounts are kept up to date.
• Follow up on Debtor payments and resolve all queries timeously.
• Performing various commission and other calculations for month‑end processing.
• Work with large volumes of data in Excel for performing reconciliations and processing accounts.
• Processing of cash book, month‑end virtual stock, revenue, expenses, and balance sheet accounts.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations (all balance sheet accounts) on a monthly basis.
• Processing month‑end journals and preparing accounts up to Trial balance for month end reporting.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 3‑5 years' experience in finance.
• Formal training in accounting.
• Knowledge of MS Excel (Advanced).

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE / TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Financial software experience – Sage preferred.
• Knowledge of accounting principles.
• Information Monitoring experience.

PETENCIES / ATTRIBUTES

• Attention to detail in financial tasks.
• Must be able to work under pressure.
• Be able to self‑manage.
• Deadline / goal driven.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to change.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Team collaborator.

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