Group Accountant

Silversmith Capital Partners; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Health and Wellness support

Restricted Stock Units

Continuous learning opportunities

Generous parental leave policy

Technology financial support

Job summary

Silversmith Capital Partners is hiring an Accounting professional to manage financial controls within the Corporate Accounting team. The candidate will maintain an accurate general ledger, ensure timely month-end close, and implement reconciliation initiatives. The ideal candidate is a newly qualified CA(SA) with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance and experience in managing complex projects. Benefits include flexible working, health and wellness support, and learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified CA(SA) with up to 2 years post-articles experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or similar finance degree.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a complete and accurate general ledger.
• Ensure monthly close processes are accurate and timely.
• Implement balance sheet reconciliation initiatives.

Skills

Self-starter

Attention to detail

Excel analysis

Communication skills

General ledger reconciliations

Education

CA(SA) qualification

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

SQL

Job description

About impact.com

impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

Your Role at impact.com

The basic purpose of this position is to fill a need within the Corporate Accounting finance team involved in the day-to-day core accounting functions within the business. Carrying out effective financial controls over the functions allocated including, as well as the ability to adapt and implement change to the existing processes within the financial control environment. You will be expected to collaborate and support the group Corporate Accounting function, the FP&A function on an ad hoc basis, providing support to the Technical accounting function and any other functions that require support within the parameters of the role. You will play a key-role in the month-end close and reporting process, contributing to ensuring that our reporting is timeously and accurately closed in line with the business objectives and group accounting policies. The candidate is a fast learner, a self-starter and capable of producing work of a high quality without close supervision.

What You’ll Do

Description of the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position (both individual and supervisory, if applicable)

• Under limited supervision, responsible for accounting relating to the maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger across the various subsidiaries within the group, as well as ensuring analysis in relation to those areas are complete.
• Overall responsibility for accounting activities including the monthly close processes, ensuring that these areas are closed accurately and timeously in line with Finance close objectives each month.
• Further to the above, responsible for consuming and developing the operational system input and ensuring those inputs are complete, valid and accurate.
• Implementing and maintaining balance sheet reconciliation initiatives ensuring balance sheet account reconciliations are built (if this does not exist) and maintaining these schedules on a monthly basis as part of the close process.
• Act as a first reviewer on the allocated areas within the close process to ensure the output of the processes above is in line with expectations before Manager review.
• Ensure all unreconciled and aged transactions on the reconciliations are appropriately and timeously addressed.
• Collaborate and support the FP&A function on an ad hoc basis.
• Assisting with Group and statutory audits. In addition, assisting with all compliance procedures.
• Respond to ad hoc requests and prepare any necessary internal reporting as needed.
• Proactively anticipate and identify issues and design solutions to address them.
• Other duties as assigned by the Company.

What You Bring

• Newly qualified CA(SA) (0-2 years post articles)
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/similar degree in finance.
• Experience as a self-starter who can manage multiple projects and priorities in a highly complex environment with evolving priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools and technologies, with the ability to leverage them to improve workflows or decision-making.
• Deep proficiency with Excel analysis and manipulation of large data sets, including use of pivot tables and lookup formulas.
• Strong attention to detail, high degree of accuracy, and the ability to deliver clean and concise work products.
• Ability to proactively identify problems, design solutions, and implement changes.
• Experience performing general ledger account reconciliations and analysis.
• Experience collaborating and communicating with senior levels of management, cross-functional teams and departments, and external auditors.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of how a SaaS company operates is advantageous.
• General proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
• Interest in working as part of an international team across time zones and regions.
• Experience working with reporting tools and SQL would be advantageous.
• Experience in US GAAP is advantageous.

Benefits and Perks

At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
• Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
• A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
• Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
• Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
• Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses.

Note: Benefits may vary by location and are subject to local regulations.

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.