Accountant

Persona Staff Cc; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency in South Africa seeks an experienced financial professional to manage supplier invoices, payroll, and auditing processes. The ideal candidate must have a relevant tertiary qualification and a minimum of 5 years working experience in a similar role. Strong financial software understanding, team management capabilities, and knowledge of South African financial regulations are essential. This position offers an opportunity to lead and guide the finance department while facilitating financial processes efficiently.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years working experience in a similar role.
• Understanding of South African financial regulations and accounting standards.
• Ability to lead a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices and confirm relevant source documents.
• Weekly reconciliation of stock and freight supplier accounts.
• Compile creditors payment list weekly for the CFO.

Skills

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to manage and guide employees

Understanding of financial statistics

Experience in dealing with foreign currency

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

Financial software

Job description

Reference: CPT H-1

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices
• Confirm all relevant source documents
• Weekly recon of stock / freight supplier accounts for review to the CEO
• Compile the creditors payment list weekly for the CFO
• Ensure the invoices and credit notes are aligned and captured correctly
• Update the excel bank recon sheet daily (Dollar)
• Capture various bank statements and reconcile daily
• Process bank transfers / deals (FEC)
• Process foreign outward payments
• Verify / check the freight and delivery costs
• Verify supplier costs
• Verify customer costs
• Verify any other costs relating to projects
• Requesting and checking budgets
• Create journals / sheets for freight / delivery provisions
• Creating reversing journals S / sheet / working papers
• Summarize all relevant details on the customer control sheet
• Confirm if all the details on the sheet are correct and complete it without duplications
• Submit the documents to the CFO for reviewpile the VAT reportpare the VAT with VAT reports
• Verify transactions
• Requesting ISA statements
• Process relevant journals
• Recon ISA statements to Pastel
• Keep FAR up to date with any additional assets
• Process monthly the depreciation journal to Pastel and reconcile to FAR
• File assets invoices for record keeping purposes and upload it to the cloud‑based system
• Analyze the payroll reports
• Reconcile the salary expenses and control the account with working paper
• Process the payroll journal to Pastel
• Draft new job descriptions / scopes for the finance department
• Posting of new appointments
• Liaise with the recruitment agencies regarding new posts
• Be part of the interview panel for new appointments
• Ordering the Friday staff lunch
• Assisting with year‑end audits and working papers

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification would be advantageous
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in a similar role
• Understanding of financial software
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to manage and guide employees with the financial processes
• Understanding of financial statistics and accounting principles
• Understanding of South African financial regulations, tax laws and accounting standards
• Ability to lead a team
• Experience in dealing with foreign currency and exchange rates

To apply, please send your CV. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Should you not receive feedback within 48 hours, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

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