Junior Accountant

Conova Pty Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Conova Pty Ltd, a specialist asset finance provider, seeks an Accountant to manage daily and monthly financial processing with a strong operational focus. You will work on Sage, banking, floorplan operations, settlements, and VAT calculations while supporting month-end reporting and management accounts.

You will handle reconciliations, audit readiness, and internal controls, contributing to automation and robust financial processes within a dynamic team in Cape Town.

Qualifications

• BCom degree in accounting or related discipline.
• Min 3 years accounting experience in transactional or lending/asset finance environment.
• Experience with general ledger, A/P, A/R, bank processing, reconciliations, SA VAT, and month-end close.
• Experience supporting schedules for trial balance and management accounts.
• Practical working knowledge of Sage or a comparable accounting system.

Responsibilities

• Manage recurring daily and monthly accounting responsibilities independently.
• Identify and resolve reconciling items.
• Banking administration.
• Loan Management System processing and maintenance.
• Input sheet and transaction review.
• Repossession accounting.
• SA VAT and statutory accounting support.
• Management Accounts support.
• Audit readiness and internal controls.
• Contribution to automation and stronger financial controls.
• Provide reliable support to broader finance and operational teams.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Data reconciliation

Attention to detail

Financial controls

Problem solving

Communication

Education

BCom (Accounting/Management Accounting)

Tools

Sage

Banking systems

Loan management system

Job description

About our client

An established specialist commercial finance provider, delivering tailored asset finance and working capital solutions to businesses across South Africa. The company partners with clients in the transport, logistics, construction and related sectors, providing flexible financing through a customer-focused approach.

About the role

The Accountant will be responsible for the accurate and timely processing, reconciliation, and maintenance of financial information across the company. The role has a strong operational accounting focus and will work with Sage, banking processes, floorplan operations, settlements, repossessions, VAT calculations, month-end reporting, and management accounts support.

Key responsibilities

• Manage recurring daily and monthly responsibilities independently
• Identify and resolve reconciling items
• Banking administration
• Loan Management System processing and maintenance
• Input sheet and transaction review
• Repossession accounting
• South African VAT and Statutory Accounting support
• Management Accounts support
• Audit readiness and internal controls
• Control, Risk and Compliance
• Contribution to automation, standardization, and stronger financial controls
• Provide reliable support to the broader finance and operational teams.

Key requirements

• BCom (Accounting, Management Accounting, or a related financial discipline)
• Min 3 yrs accounting experience, preferably in a transactional, lending, asset finance, financial services, or similarly controlled finance environment
• Practical experience with general ledger accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank processing, reconciliations, SA VAT, and month-end close
• Experience supporting schedules for trial balance and management accounts
• Practical working knowledge of Sage or a comparable accounting system
• Loan, debtor management or financial transaction processing system experience
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (inc reconciliations & structured financial schedules)
• Understanding of payment controls, segregation of duties, supporting documentation, and audit trails
• Ability to reconcile data across multiple systems and investigate differences.

Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply. If you have not heard from us within two weeks, please assume that unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion. We wish you every success in your job search.

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