Junior Accountant

Yoyo; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic company in Cape Town is seeking a motivated Junior Accountant to join their Finance team. Responsibilities include managing finance operations, accounts payable, and supporting month-end activities. Ideal candidates have a tertiary qualification in Finance or Accounting and experience with cloud accounting software. This role offers a collaborative work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Group Risk insurance with Discovery Health

Learning & development opportunities

Hybrid working arrangement

Flexible working hours

On‑site barista

Subsidised and healthy meals

Weekly socials

Employee wellbeing program

Qualifications

• 1–3 years work experience as a Junior Accountant.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience in cloud accounting software.

Responsibilities

• Assist with day-to-day finance operations.
• Manage the Accounts Payable function.
• Support month-end tasks and banking administration.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Solution focused

Organisational skills

Tech-savvy

Proactive

Collaborative team environment

Education

Reputable tertiary qualification in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Xero

MS Excel

Job description

Company Description

At Yoyo, our mission is to delight people in every connection they have with our brand. Whether it’s helping our clients grow, rewarding their customers, delighting our stakeholders through exceptional performance, or building a thriving team that loves what they do — we believe every interaction matters. We’re a team driven by passion and energy, lifting each other up to create a positive, dynamic environment where we learn, grow, and succeed together. Egos are left at the door; collaboration, curiosity, and creativity take center stage. We constantly push boundaries to be world‑class at what we do — and to leave a lasting, positive impact.

Job Description

About the Job

We are looking for a motivated and detail‑oriented Junior Accountant to join our Finance team. In this role, you will assist with day‑to‑day finance operations such as billing, accounts payable, month‑end tasks, banking administration, fixed asset updates, and compliance activities. You will work under the guidance of the Senior Financial Accountant and support the Billing Lead, FinOps, and other teams to help keep financial processes accurate, organised, and running smoothly.

Your role and responsibilities will include:

Billing & Revenue

• Maintain and update the Billing Engine, including processing billing changes and supporting monthly billing cycles.
• Raise month‑end invoices and prepare associated reports.
• Populate revenue schedules and ensure reconciliations are completed.
• Provide support to the Billing Lead when required.

Accounts Payable & Procurement

• Manage the full Accounts Payable function, including vendor onboarding and procurement.
• Perform AP reconciliations and month‑end close activities.

Month‑End & Financial Reporting

• Assist the Senior Financial Accountant with month‑end tasks, including float reconciliations, journal imports, bank balance checks, and passing standard monthly journals.
• Process prepayments and accruals.
• Update financial documents with consolidated actuals.
• Manage Mauritian month‑end close and payment processing.

Banking & Cash Management

• Manage finance inbox queries and communication. Perform bank imports and bank reconciliations.
• Maintain general banking administration.

Fixed Assets

• Maintain the fixed asset register and ensure accurate classification, tracking, and depreciation processing.

Compliance & Audit

• Support statutory and group audit processes and respond to audit requests.
• Handle CIPC submissions.
• Prepare and submit monthly VAT and PAYE returns.
• Compile and provide necessary documents for B‑BBEE verifications.

Project work

• Manage the end‑to‑end onboarding of franchisees/store owners onto Billdozer.
• Send mandates, follow up, and ensure successful completion.
• Maintain accurate store owner details across systems.
• Identify inefficiencies in the onboarding process and recommend improvements.
• Manage onboarding of digital & physical gift card clients, issue invoices, and coordinate with FinOps and the Campaigns team once funds are received.

Qualifications

• Reputable tertiary qualification in Finance or Accounting.
• 1–3 Years work experience as a Junior Accountant.
• Experience in cloud accounting software, such as Xero.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles.
• Proficient in MS Office, specifically in Excel.
• Familiar with a collaborative team environment.

Our ideal candidates are

• Tech‑savvy.
• Passionate about working with numbers.
• Solution focused with the ability to work proactively.
• Good at optimizing systems and processes.
• Detail‑oriented with good organisational skills.
• Multitaskers and able to prioritise work in a fast‑paced environment.

The perks at Yoyo

• Group Risk insurance with Discovery Health.
• Learning & development opportunities.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Flexible working hours.
• On‑site barista with the best coffee in town.
• Subsidised and healthy meals at an in‑house cafe.
• Weekly socials & an annual social calendar to include the family.
• Employee wellbeing with Strove.
• Employee reward scheme with Zuzo.
• Generous leave policy.

Our Yoyo values, we are looking for a team member that will always live out and demonstrate behaviours aligned to our values:

• Be extremely customer centric: in everything we do, serve and delight our customers, using data to continuously improve.
• Be a passionate team player: spiral up, be positive, bring momentum, and energy to those around you, leave ego at the door and be teachable.
• Be an owner: be accountable and take responsibility. Find solutions, learn from your mistakes and own tasks to completion.
• Be world‑class at speed: delivering world leading solutions that delight our clients and customers.
• Be curious and creative: constantly innovating, exploring, learning, stretching ourselves, pushing the boundaries and thinking out of the box.

Applications close on Friday 28 November and you will hear from us in the 2 weeks following that on the status of your application.