Accountant

Traveltechessentialist; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Protect Group, a fast-growing SaaS group with global reach, seeks an Accountant in Cape Town to join the Finance team. You will manage local and foreign accounts, handle GST/VAT, and oversee accounts payable, month-end activities, and currency reconciliations.

The role requires SAIPA or CIMA qualification with articles completed or current progress toward full qualification, strong English and excellent attention to detail in a dynamic, international environment.

Qualifications

• SAIPA or CIMA qualified with completed articles or current progress towards full qualification.
• Fluent professional English is essential and strong communication skills.
• Experience as an accountant within a finance team beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accounts for local and foreign entities.
• Account for GST/VAT and draft returns.
• Process accounts payable and supplier invoices; prepare payments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Time management

Teamwork

Education

SAIPA or CIMA qualified

Articles completed

Part or fully qualified accountant

Tools

Excel

Cloud accounting system

Job description

Role: Accountant

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Department: Finance

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

Salary: Competitive depending on experience

Working hours: Full time

Reports to: Senior Accountant

Company Overview

Protect Group specialises in enhancing customer experience and generating additional revenue for businesses through their innovative technology solutions. Founded in 2016, the company has rapidly grown to serve over 400 business partners across 75+ countries with a presence in 12 global offices.

Protect Group offers a dynamic, AI-driven widget that integrates easily into online booking and sales platforms, providing customer-experience solutions and additional revenue services. This helps businesses boost customer satisfaction and ancillary revenue without significant upfront costs.

'Protect People' are individuals bursting with talent, ambition, drive and loyalty. You will care passionately about what you do and will be able to play a part in the continued growth of a business that is disrupting global industries and major brands across the transportation, travel, hospitality, events and financial services sectors.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Accountant to join our Finance team, within a fast-paced SaaS Group environment.

Main role responsibilities:

• Maintaining accounts for local and foreign entities
• Accounting for GST/VAT and drafting returns
• Accounts Payable: Processing purchase invoices, preparing payment runs and setting up bank payments
• Maintaining financial data
• Preparation of month end accounts, which involves entity and group related month end adjustments and reconciliations of balance sheet accounts and currency conversions
• Assisting the team in variety of tasks across the group both as regular tasks and ad hoc requests
• Taking ownership of some office administrative tasks
• Expense monitoring and expense accounting
• Assisting in preparing monthly and annual accounts

Candidate skills and requirements:

• SAIPA or CIMA qualified
• Articles completed
• Fluency in professional standard English is essential
• Must have experience working as an accountant
• Must be part or fully qualified accountant
• Must have excellent attention to detail and communication skills
• Must have strong IT skills, with working Excel knowledge, experience with a cloud accounting system will be an advantage
• Must be organised, confident and have a high degree of personal integrity
• Must be self-motivated with a "can do" attitude and good time management skills, comfortable dealing with incomplete information and meeting tight deadlines
• Must be experienced with working in a team as well as using your own initiative
• Dealing with international groups operating with multiple currencies beneficial