Financial Accountant

Are you a sharp, motivated finance professional looking to make an impact in a fast-growing, purpose-driven company? Our client is looking for a Financial Accountant to join their team. This is your opportunity to contribute to a business with operations across multiple geographies while developing your career in a fast-paced and ambitious environment.

Reporting to the Senior Financial Accountant, this role is central to ensuring accurate financial reporting, meeting tax and statutory requirements, and playing a key role in various finance improvement initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Oversee and review the bank reconciliations prepared by the bookkeepers.
2. Ensure that all transactions processed in the general ledger for entities under your remit are valid, accurate and complete.
3. Ensure that month-end financial packs including balance sheet reconciliations are prepared for the review of the Senior Financial Accountant within the stipulated deadlines.
4. Preparation of accurate journals and monthly reconciliations with third party pay-in and pay-out partners.
5. Assist the Group Tax team with the preparation of timely and accurate tax submissions for the entities under your remit.
6. Assistance in the delivery of the year-end audit including drafting the statutory financial statements for review by the Senior Financial Accountant and Group Reporting Manager.
7. Preparation of various other statutory or regulatory returns for the entities under your remit.
8. Involvement in various finance improvement projects, including system implementations, month end process efficiencies, new market expansion and business maturity workstreams.
9. Internal liaison with other departments to assist in solving commercial issues as they arise.

1. Accounting degree (essential)
2. Studying towards CA (SA), CIMA or SAIPA qualification (preferable)
3. 2-3 years’ experience in a financial environment or completed articles (essential)
4. Experience of multi-national Groups structures, preferably across the African continent and/or the UK (preferable)
5. Finance business systems experience across ERP platforms, preferably Netsuite
6. Experience in preparing VAT and Corporate tax returns which will be delivered in conjunction with the internal Tax function (preferable)
7. Experience working in financial services or highly regulated industries beneficial (preferable)
8. Experience working in high growth/fast-moving organisations (preferable)
9. Advanced time management and organisational skills (essential)
10. Advanced MS Office skills (essential)

1. Passionate and enjoys working in a fast-paced, informal but extremely ambitious company.
2. Hands-on self-starter
3. Ability to work under pressure, commercial acumen, and capable of linking the role to shareholder value creation / profitability.
4. Keen to be part of a multi-cultural organisation that is committed to excellence, inclusion, diversity, community development and the environment.
5. Ability to look for efficiencies and improvements in any process rather than just accept the status quo.

1. Bank Reconciliations
2. Financial Accounting
3. General Ledger
4. Journal Entry
5. Reconciliation
6. Stakeholder Management
7. Statutory Reporting