Finance Operations Accountant

Network Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 520,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Recruitment is seeking a Finance Operations Accountant to bridge finance and frontline operations in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. The role involves visiting branches, partnering with operations, strengthening controls, managing stock and using AI to streamline processes.

You will own month-end across operations, perform reconciliations, and provide financial insight while driving cost and efficiency improvements.

Qualifications

• BCom Degree essential.
• CIMA highly beneficial.
• 3+ years' experience; Articles or commercial experience considered.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel.
• AI and automation experience essential.
• Strong operational finance experience.
• Full accounting function and month-end experience.
• Strong understanding of internal controls and compliance.
• Stock management and control experience.
• Finance Business Partnering experience.
• Assertive, proactive and willing to take initiative.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to travel to branches and operational sites.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end accounting function across operations.
• Manage reconciliations, journals and financial reporting.
• Monitor internal controls and compliance.
• Drive stock management, controls and reconciliations.
• Partner with operational teams and provide financial insight.
• Identify cost, process and efficiency improvement opportunities.
• Travel to branches and sites to understand and support operations.
• Leverage AI and automation to improve finance processes.
• Support management with ad hoc financial analysis and decision-making.

Skills

Advanced Microsoft Excel

AI and automation experience

Finance Business Partnering

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Strong operational finance experience

Willingness to travel

Assertive, proactive

Understanding of internal controls

Education

BCom Degree

CIMA

Job description

Our client is a listed services conglomerate based in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town, looking for a Finance Operations Accountant who can bridge the gap between finance and the frontline operations. This is a role for someone who wants to understand what is happening beyond the numbers, visiting branches and sites, partnering with operational teams, strengthening controls, managing stock and finding smarter ways of working through AI and automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the month-end accounting function across operations
• Manage reconciliations, journals and financial reporting
• Monitor internal controls and compliance
• Drive stock management, controls and reconciliations
• Partner with operational teams and provide financial insight
• Identify cost, process and efficiency improvement opportunities
• Travel to branches and sites to understand and support operations
• Leverage AI and automation to improve finance processes
• Support management with ad hoc financial analysis and decision-making

Job Experience and Skills:

• BCom Degree essential
• CIMA highly beneficial
• 3+ years' experience, Articles or commercial experience considered
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• AI and automation experience essential
• Strong operational finance experience
• Full accounting function and month-end experience
• Strong understanding of internal controls and compliance
• Stock management and control experience
• Finance Business Partnering experience
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Assertive, proactive and willing to take initiative
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Willingness to travel to branches and operational sites

If you're ready to get out from behind the spreadsheet, understand the operation, challenge the status quo and use technology to make finance smarter, this could be the role for you.

Bring the numbers. Bring the ideas. Bring the initiative.