Financial Accountant

The Focus Group; East London; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the real estate sector is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to manage financial data and prepare accurate financial statements. This role involves budgeting, reporting, and conducting internal audits, along with the opportunity to travel between branches. The successful candidate will be integral to the team's success, ensuring financial records are organized and discrepancies are addressed.

Qualifications

• 6 - 7 years of experience in financial department.
• IFRS statutory reporting experience (essential).
• Experience with consolidations (advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Preparing underlying working papers for external audit purposes.
• Budget preparation and analysis.
• Examine, analyse, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements.

Skills

Excellent math skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Analytical

Achievement orientated

Deadline driven

Education

Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field

Additional certification (e.g. CPA)

Tools

CaseWare

Sage ERP

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Financial Accountant to monitor all financial data and prepare accurate financial statement for our Group of Companies. Financial Accountant responsibilities include budgeting, reporting, and performing internal audits.

Responsibilities will include but not limited to keeping our financial records organised, including tracking accounts payable and receivable, and ensuring that each account is reconciled correctly. This is an opportunity to be part of our growing real estate office and see tangible results from your work on a daily basis.

The successful candidate must be willing to travel between branches from time to time.

Responsibilities

• Preparing underlying working papers for external audit purposes.
• Budget preparation and analysis.
• Interact with external auditors at the time of conducting of audits.
• Management of financial statements audits and other agreed engagements
• Examine, analyse, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements.
• Prepare annual / interim / monthly financial statements / management accounts.
• Organise, prepare, and review bookkeeping transaction.
• Gather and monitor financial data (e.g. sales revenues and liabilities)
• Monitor and report on accounting discrepancies.
• Conduct detailed risk analyses to assess potential investments.
• Perform month-end and year-end close processes.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field
• 6 - 7 years of experience in financial department.
• Budget preparation and analysis
• IFRS statutory reporting experience (essential)
• Extensive CaseWare experience (essential)
• Sage ERP (advantageous)
• Additional certification (e.g. CPA)
• Experience with consolidations (advantageous)

Skills

• Excellent math skills with attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical / Accurate
• Achievement orientated
• Deadline driven, with a sense of urgency / result orientation.