Financial Accountant

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Chartered Accountant (SA) with articles for a senior accounting and reporting role in Sandton. You will manage monthly closes, regulatory returns, and treasury-related reporting across multiple entities.

The ideal candidate has IFRS expertise, equity accounting experience, and strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to drive budgets, forecasts, and audits in a busy banking-adjacent finance environment.

Qualifications

• CA(SA) with Articles completed
• Exposure to equity accounting, tax, consolidations and regulatory returns
• Banking experience would be advantageous
• Strong IFRS knowledge
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze monthly financial reports including P&L, balance sheet, and capital.
• Consolidate entities and perform equity accounting.
• Liaise with auditors and group finance teams.
• Assist with budgets, forecasts, and regulatory returns.
• Prepare tax computations and returns for all entities.
• Support annual financial statements review.

Skills

IFRS

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Time management

Communication

Education

CA(SA) with Articles

Articles completed

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

The successful candidate will be responsible for performing a number of the accounting and financial reporting functions including:

• Preparation and analysis of monthly financial reports (P&L, Balance sheet and Capital);
• Preparation and analysis monthly management accounts;
• Preparation of monthly journals and Trial balances for all legal entities;
• Preparation of monthly risk income statements;
• Preparation and analysis of month end Economic Capital calculation;
• Preparation of monthly, interim and year-end FAS packs;
• Preparation and analysis of monthly and quarterly regulatory returns;
• Preparation of monthly tax computations for all legal entities.
• Preparation of annual tax returns for all legal entities.
• Preparation of semi-annual provisional tax returns for all legal entities.
• Preparation of responses to adhoc SARS queries;
• Consolidation of various legal entities, including equity accounting underlying investments;
• Review of annual financial statements by Departmentss Statutory, Tax and Compliance,
• Review of Department quarterly faspacks, forecasts and budgets;
• Annual preparation of budgets and assistance with budget presentations;
• Monthly update of forecasts;
• Liaise with internal/external auditors during the annual audits;
• Liaise with Company Central Finance and Group Financial teams on an ongoing basis;
• Liaise with the Group on a monthly basis;
• Liaise with front office on ad hoc matters relating to underlying investments;
• Liaise with portfolio companies finance teams on an adhoc basis;
• Assist with adhoc projects;
• Assist with adhoc requests emanating from the Group;
• Attend ad hoc meetings e.g. HFM, business continuity, etc.
• The successful candidate needs to have completed Articles + CA (SA) qualification.
• S/he must have exposure and experience in equity accounting, tax, consolidations and completion of regulatory returns.
• Experience in a banking environment would be an advantage.
• Strong technical (IFRS) skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Strong analytical abilities.
• Ability to use ones own initiative.
• Time & self-management
• Teamwork.
• Verbal and written communication
• Business and industry insights
• Other core competencies
• Advanced in the use of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint