Group Accountant

impact.com; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO policy

Medical Aid and Provident Fund

Fitness club fee reimbursements

Mental Health and Wellness Benefit

Job summary

A leading partnership management platform is looking for a Group Accountant to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance across global entities. The ideal candidate has a CA(SA) or equivalent qualification and strong accounting knowledge. Responsibilities include managing financial records, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance through audits. This position offers a hybrid work environment with excellent benefits, including unlimited PTO and a focus on work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified CA(SA) or equivalent, with relevant post-articles experience.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience in general ledger reconciliations.
• Experience with US GAAP, multi-entity operations, or tax compliance is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate financial records through monthly reviews and reconciliations.
• Provide insights on financial performance to support management reporting.
• Drive statutory compliance by managing audits and tax-related reporting.

Skills

Technical accounting knowledge

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving mindset

Education

CA(SA) or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Google Suite

NetSuite

Job description

Overview

At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, and Fanatics, visit www.impact.com.

Your Role at impact.com

As a Group Accountant at impact.com, you’ll play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting and statutory compliance across our global entities. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional finance teams and external partners to deliver timely, high-quality financial information that supports sound decision-making and operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on precision, enjoys problem-solving, and wants to contribute to the financial integrity of a fast-growing global SaaS company.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure accurate financial records through monthly reviews, reconciliations, and journal entries for assigned entities.
• Provide insights and commentary on financial performance to support management reporting and decision-making.
• Drive statutory compliance by managing audits, financial statement preparation, and tax-related reporting.
• Collaborate with FP&A and cross-functional teams during close, forecasting, and budgeting cycles to ensure accurate financial results.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, controls, and efficiency across multiple geographies.
• Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors, service providers, and internal stakeholders.

What You Have

• Newly qualified CA(SA) or equivalent, with relevant post-articles experience or other accounting/finance experience
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience in general ledger reconciliations, journal entries, and financial analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Suite; experience with NetSuite is a plus.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and time management — you thrive on accuracy and deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable collaborating with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset — you identify problems early and take initiative to improve processes.
• Interest in working across multiple regions and time zones within a fast-paced, international SaaS environment.
• Experience with US GAAP, multi-entity operations, or tax compliance is advantageous.

Benefits

• Hybrid, Casual work environment
• Unlimited PTO policy
• Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
• Training & Development
• Learning the advanced partnership automation products
• Medical Aid and Provident Fund
• Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
• Group scheme with Momentum for provident fund
• Restricted Stock Units
• 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
• Internet Allowance
• Fitness club fee reimbursements
• Technology Stipened
• Primary Caregiver Leave
• Mental Health and Wellness Benefit - Including 12 Therapy/Coaching sessions + Dependent coverage

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 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.