Assistant Financial Controller

The Accountancy Recruitment Group Ltd; Noordwes; Hybrid; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic SME in South Africa is searching for a qualified Assistant Financial Controller to join their team. This role offers excellent progression within a fast-paced, professional, and vibrant business environment. You will be responsible for preparing management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, and commercial reporting while building strong relationships across the organization. With opportunities to fast track into an FC role within 12 months, this position also provides flexible working arrangements to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive environment for career progression

Qualifications

• Qualified or finalist in CIMA, ACCA, or ACA.
• Strong management accounting understanding and month-end skills.
• Confident when collaborating with non-finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Prepare full management accounts.
• Conduct budgeting and forecasting.
• Provide commercial analysis and reporting.
• Support business partnering across various departments.

Skills

Core accounting skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Commercial awareness

Interpersonal skills

Education

Qualified or finalist (CIMA / ACCA / ACA)

Job description

Are you recently qualified (or part qual and expecting to qualify in 2026 / 2027) and looking to join a business that can give you the toolkit to allow you to progress to FD level over the next 5 years?

This is a profitable, fast-paced SME approaching £20m turnover. A modern, professional and vibrant business with a welcoming atmosphere. Your role reports directly to the FD, a forward-thinking mentor with a track record of helping people develop and progress their careers rapidly.

Your role is super broad. Full management accounts prep, budgeting, forecasting, commercial analysis and reporting. You’ll be working with colleagues across commercial and operational areas of the business – providing valuable business partnering….

It’s a chance to build your business partnering skills and demonstrate your ability to use the numbers to drive evidence-based decision making.

This is a superb business and a fun environment to work in, professional but relaxed. You’ll be busy and have chance to continuously develop but it also offers a sensible work life balance (hybrid working, flexible start and finish times etc).

It’s a role that will allow you to fast track and in reality the FD expects you to have the FC title in 12 months.

Required:

• Qualified or finalist (CIMA / ACCA / ACA).
• Excellent core accounting skills – you need to know your way around month end and have a solid foundation of management accounting understanding.
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to use Excel, your commercial awareness and your common sense to bring the numbers to life.
• Confidence when working with non finance colleagues (it would suit an ambitious newly qualified accountant who really enjoys working with colleagues across the business).

A fast paced, aspirational SME offering rapid development and progression to an outgoing and career focused management accountant.

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