Financial Accountant | Distribution

Network Finance; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Exposure to international reporting

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Network Finance is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to ensure accurate reporting, statutory compliance and robust reconciliations across multiple entities. You will partner with senior finance leaders to deliver timely monthly and annual statements, while driving improvements in controls and processes.

The role demands IFRS expertise, extensive balance sheet reconciliation experience, and advanced Excel with ERP, SQL, and Power BI proficiency.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA(SA) or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Completed SAICA or SAIPA articles.
• Postgraduate qualification in Accounting (CTA, BCom Honours, or equivalent).
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in a Financial Accountant or Senior Financial Accountant role.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS.
• Experience preparing monthly management accounts.
• Extensive balance sheet reconciliation experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience working with ERP systems.
• Exposure to SQL, Power BI, or similar business intelligence tools.
• Experience within a distribution, importing, manufacturing, FMCG, retail, or similar commercial environment.
• Exposure to multi-entity and multi-currency reporting.
• Advantageous: experience with online marketplace accounting platforms.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and supporting schedules.
• Process month-end journals, accruals, and prepayments.
• Perform detailed variance analysis and investigate significant movements.
• Ensure adherence to reporting deadlines and finance calendars.
• Assist with group reporting and financial consolidations.
• Manage the balance sheet reconciliation process.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and supporting schedules.
• Reconcile intercompany balances and transactions.
• Prepare VAT returns and supporting reconciliations.
• Assist with provisional and corporate tax calculations and submissions.
• Prepare transfer pricing schedules and supporting documentation.
• Support statutory reporting and ensure compliance with applicable legislation.
• Maintain fixed asset registers and depreciation schedules.
• Manage IFRS 16 lease accounting schedules.
• Prepare inventory reconciliations, including goods in transit and landed cost reconciliations.
• Ensure inventory accounting complies with company policies and accounting standards.
• Prepare audit files and supporting documentation.
• Assist with the preparation of annual financial statements.
• Liaise with external auditors and address audit queries.
• Ensure audit requests are resolved accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Analyse financial information and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Utilise ERP systems, SQL reporting tools, and Power BI to validate and improve reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial controls, processes, and efficiencies.
• Support finance system enhancements and automation initiatives.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams.
• Support senior finance management with strategic projects and financial analysis.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow reporting.

Skills

Advanced Excel

ERP experience

SQL reporting

Power BI

Multi-entity reporting

Attention to detail

Education

CA(SA) or equivalent

SAICA or SAIPA articles

CTA / BCom Honours / equivalent

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

ERP systems

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Purpose of the Role

The Senior Financial Accountant will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting, maintaining compliance with statutory requirements, managing reconciliations, and supporting monthly and annual reporting processes across multiple entities. Working closely with senior finance leadership, the successful candidate will provide reliable financial information to support strategic decision-making while ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting

• Prepare monthly management accounts and supporting schedules.
• Process month-end journals, accruals, and prepayments.
• Perform detailed variance analysis and investigate significant movements.
• Ensure adherence to reporting deadlines and finance calendars.
• Assist with group reporting and financial consolidations.

Balance Sheet & General Ledger Management

• Manage the balance sheet reconciliation process.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and supporting schedules.
• Reconcile intercompany balances and transactions.

Tax & Statutory Compliance

• Prepare VAT returns and supporting reconciliations.
• Assist with provisional and corporate tax calculations and submissions.
• Prepare transfer pricing schedules and supporting documentation.
• Support statutory reporting and ensure compliance with applicable legislation.

Fixed Assets & Inventory

• Maintain fixed asset registers and depreciation schedules.
• Manage IFRS 16 lease accounting schedules.
• Prepare inventory reconciliations, including goods in transit and landed cost reconciliations.
• Ensure inventory accounting complies with company policies and accounting standards.

Audit & Annual Financial Statements

• Prepare audit files and supporting documentation.
• Assist with the preparation of annual financial statements.
• Liaise with external auditors and address audit queries.
• Ensure audit requests are resolved accurately and within agreed timelines.

Financial Analysis & Systems

• Analyse financial information and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Utilise ERP systems, SQL reporting tools, and Power BI to validate and improve reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial controls, processes, and efficiencies.
• Support finance system enhancements and automation initiatives.

Business Partnering

• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams.
• Support senior finance management with strategic projects and financial analysis.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow reporting.

Minimum Requirements

Essential

• Qualified CA(SA) or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Completed SAICA or SAIPA articles.
• Postgraduate qualification in Accounting (CTA, BCom Honours, or equivalent).
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in a Financial Accountant or Senior Financial Accountant role.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS.
• Experience preparing monthly management accounts.
• Extensive balance sheet reconciliation experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience working with ERP systems.
• Exposure to SQL, Power BI, or similar business intelligence tools.
• Experience within a distribution, importing, manufacturing, FMCG, retail, or similar commercial environment.
• Exposure to multi-entity and multi-currency reporting.

Advantageous

• Experience with online marketplace accounting platforms.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting, landed costs, rebates, and foreign currency transactions.
• Exposure to finance automation technologies and AI tools.
• Experience supporting group consolidations and international operations.

Key Competencies

• Strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Advanced Excel proficiency.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a proactive approach to process enhancement.

What's on Offer?

• Opportunity to work within a growing and innovative business environment.
• Exposure to complex technical accounting matters.
• Involvement in multi-entity and international reporting.
• Career growth opportunities and exposure to senior leadership.
• A collaborative and high-performance culture focused on continuous improvement.