Interim Financial Accountant

Dotdigital; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a finance professional in Cape Town to manage accounts for its South Africa and Poland entities. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in a finance team, strong communication skills, and proficiency in accounting software like Sage and Excel. This role is a 3-month hybrid contract that involves managing accounts, month-end reporting, and ensuring compliance across multiple regions.

Benefits

Parental leave

Medical benefits

Paid sick leave

Wellbeing days

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years industry experience in a finance team for a global company.
• Knowledge of modern finance team operations.
• Good understanding of IFRSs is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations for Poland and South African entities.
• Prepare and post month-end journals.
• Conduct bank reconciliations in multiple currencies.

Skills

CA qualified

Strong communication skills

Digital literacy

Experience with Sage

Experience with Excel

Education

CA qualification

Tools

Sage

CRM

Excel

Job description

About Us – The Company

Dotdigital is a thriving global community of passionate, dedicated professionals, committed to the collective success of the organization and its clients.

Our core principles of innovation, teamwork, and client‑focused solutions drive us to approach challenges with a growth mindset and take ownership of our work.

At Dotdigital, collaboration and curiosity pave the way for meaningful connections and learning opportunities with diverse peers.

Our work environment encourages knowledge sharing, fosters exploration, and cherishes creative ideas.

Combined, these guide us towards a shared vision in which brands around the world exceed customer expectations through the adoption of responsible marketing practices.

The Product

Dotdigital is an all‑in‑one customer experience and data platform (CXDP) that empowers marketing teams to exceed customer expectations with highly personalized cross‑channel journeys.

With Dotdigital, marketers can seamlessly unify, enrich, and segment customer data.

Breaking down data silos, Dotdigital streamlines decision‑making and paves the way for marketing creativity that delivers customer engagement at scale.

With powerful AI capabilities, Dotdigital makes it easy to automate deeply personalized experiences across web, email, SMS, WhatsApp, chat, push, social, ads, and more.

About the Role

Role Purpose: To assist in the performance of the Accounts function for the organization. Taking a lead role for our Poland / South Africa subsidiaries and supporting the team in all other regions and tasks. The ideal candidate will perform well under pressure and will have the ability to motivate and empower others to reach organisational goals. The role will be challenging but highly rewarding. This is a 3‑month contract role based in our Cape Town office (hybrid), reporting directly to the Head of Financial Reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Day to day running and management of Poland entity and South African entity
• Preparation and posting of all month‑end journals – Accruals / Prepayments / FA / Interco
• Manage Accounts Payable for POL / SA and support the rest of the UK / EMEA region
• Perform bank reconciliations in multiple currencies
• Preparation of Sales tax / VAT returns within statutory deadlines, ensuring its completeness and accuracy
• Aid in the preparation of Research and Development schedules
• Preparation of departmental management information and month‑end reporting
• Support with group financial reporting and regulatory compliance
• Aid in the preparation of global employee benefits returns
• Take on any ad‑hoc projects as and when required
• Preparing all audit schedules for POL / SA and assist with our year‑end Audit

Qualifications & Experience

• CA qualified with a minimum 5+ years industry experience working in a busy finance team for a global (non‑SA) company
• Knowledge and experience of all parts of a modern finance team
• Good understanding of IFRSs is desirable
• Comfortable in a high‑growth SaaS or tech environment
• Strong communication skills and digital literacy
• Experience working hybrid / remote within a team
• Experience with Sage (other systems considered if candidate can demonstrate a good understanding of accounting packages)
• Experience with CRM
• Experience with Excel

Additional Information

The candidate must have a good understanding of SME organisations and particularly the direct impact their work has on the entire organisation. Will need to be confident, motivated and have a professional manner. They will need to have good time management and organisational skills and be willing to learn and show an appetite to progress within the role. The department works under a monthly plan (which may change depending on time of year) which aims to hit targets to improve the overall performance of the entire group. The team atmosphere is intellectually challenging, demanding, friendly, non‑bureaucratic and continually evolving. Although relaxed it is highly professional in nature. Dynamic role which will evolve and change as the company grows and evolves to meet its business needs.

Why Us

“Dotdigital is a great place to challenge yourself, we grow with and not for the company, as a team we share knowledge and always help each other out”

Interview Process

• 15 min screening call with Team Talent
• 1 hour video interview with Group Finance Manager and a team member
• 1 hour final video interview with Group Finance Manager, Group Finance Director and a member of the People team

Some of Our Global Benefits

• Parental leave
• Medical benefits
• Paid sick leave
• Dotdigital dayShare reward
• Wellbeing reward
• Wellbeing Days
• Loyalty reward

DEI Commitment

As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to equality in all its practices with regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Legal Statement

No agencies / recruiters please. We are only accepting applications directly from the applicants. If you are a recruiter, please refrain from reaching out to our staff about this position. Anything contrary will be treated as unsolicited approach under the applicable data protection law.