Junior Finance Manager

rag-talent; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Cross-border exposure

Job summary

rag-talent in Cape Town seeks a Junior Finance Manager to safeguard financial data before presenting to senior leadership. This in-office role focuses on quality control of reports and intercompany consolidated data, not daily processing.

The ideal candidate will bring SAICA training, a BCom in Accounting, and at least 2 years post-article experience in a commercial setting, with VAT and IFRS awareness.

Qualifications

• Must have completed SAICA-accredited articles.
• Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting (NQF Level 7) or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years' post-article experience in a commercial accounting or financial management role.

Responsibilities

• Primary gatekeeper for all outgoing financial data, ensuring reports, reconciliations and packs are complete and accurate.
• Monitor and review monthly age analyses for debtors and creditors, ensuring ledgers are reconciled.
• Analytical review of monthly management accounts, interrogating variances and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review monthly VAT reconciliations and SARS deadline compliance.
• Maintain and coordinate the monthly finance calendar and drive reporting deadlines.
• Assist with intercompany reconciliations and support consolidated reporting across international entities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Financial data review

Education

BCom in Accounting (NQF 7)

SAICA-accredited articles

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Zoho Books/Zoho One

Job description

A fast-growing premium water solutions provider is seeking an analytical and detail-oriented Junior Finance Manager to join their established finance department in Cape Town. This role serves as a critical quality control layer, bridging the gap between the operational finance team and the senior Financial Manager. The successful candidate will not focus on day-to-day transactional processing, but will instead take full ownership of overseeing, reviewing, and consolidating all financial data before it is presented to senior leadership. The position operates on a full-time, in-office basis with standard professional business hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting Quality Control: Act as the primary gatekeeper for all outgoing financial data, ensuring every report, reconciliation, and pack is complete and accurate before submission to the Financial Manager.
• Debtors & Creditors Oversight: Monitor and review monthly age analyses, ensuring the ledger accounts are fully reconciled by the respective Controllers and resolving complex or aged outstanding balances.
• Management Accounts Review: Perform rigorous analytical reviews on monthly management accounts prepared by the Senior Accountant, interrogating variances and verifying balance sheet reconciliations.
• Compliance & VAT Administration: Review monthly VAT reconciliations and classification of input/output VAT to ensure absolute compliance with SARS deadlines.
• Reporting Calendar Management: Maintain and coordinate the monthly finance calendar, driving accountability across the team to meet all reporting deadlines.
• Multi-Jurisdictional Support: Assist with intercompany reconciliations and support consolidated reporting requirements across international entities.

Requirements

• Completed SAICA-accredited articles.
• Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting (NQF Level 7) or equivalent tertiary qualification.
• Minimum of 2 years' post-article experience in a commercial accounting or financial management role.
• Prior experience working within a trading, import/export, or logistics environment.
• Direct exposure to multi-currency or cross-border transaction monitoring.
• Proven experience reviewing the financial outputs of other team members and ensuring reporting accuracy.
• Sound working knowledge of South African VAT legislation and IFRS for SMEs.

Required Software Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel Practical familiarity with Zoho Books or Zoho One software.

(Advantageous) Benefits

• Clear career progression within a rapidly growing, internationally structured organisation.
• Hands-on exposure to multi-jurisdictional finance and cross-border operations.