Management Accountant

Telesure Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd.; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

TIH is seeking a Management Accountant to partner with operational heads and ensure IFRS-compliant financial reporting. You will provide commercial and financial oversight, monitor budgets, and communicate with stakeholders across finance and business units.

The role requires a Commerce degree with a CI M A qualification advantageous, and at least two years in financial management accounting, preferably in financial services. This is a full-time position based in Johannesburg.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce required; CIMA qualification advantageous.
• Minimum 2 years’ Financial Management Accounting experience.
• 2 years’ Financial Services background advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Financial Management & Control: monitor expenditures and prepare budgets/forecasts with senior managers.
• Data Collection & Analysis: identify anomalies, investigate data sources, and assist variance analysis.
• Cost Accounting: perform complex cost analyses to identify variances and improve profitability.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Analysis

Cost Accounting

Data Interpretation

Education

Bachelor of Commerce

CIMA Qualification

Job description

## Management AccountantApply: Gauteng, Johannesburg: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: September 18, 2026 (3 days left to apply): JR105621## **Join TIH, home to some of South Africa’s leading financial service providers, and grow your career while being part of an organisation with purpose.****Job Purpose**To partner with operational heads, to ensure that financial information is reported in line with IFRS standards, company policy and business requirements. Provide commercial and financial oversight in supporting the operational heads, while monitoring performance to approved budgets. Maintain appropriate communication channels between finance and business**Responsibilities**Financial Management & Control Work within established systems to deliver prescribed outcomes for a designated area of financial control. Able to monitor and control expenditure. Able to interpret the impact of unusual figures identified by analytical review. Able to prepare budgets and forecasts in cooperation with senior managers. Data Collection & Analysis Anomalies are identified and then investigated together with financial accountants to ensure processing is complete and accurate. If the investigation does not yield satisfactory results, the management accountant proceeds to investigate the source of data Analyse financial data, extracts and define relevant information. Interpret data for the purpose of determining past financial performance and forecast preparation by business unit and consolidation into personal lines. Cost Accounting Conduct complex analyses of costs for a significant part of the business to identify variances, suggest efficiencies, and increase profitability. Perform ratio analysis as well as the interpretation of variances eg. surplus ratio, claims ratio, expenses ratio, and other cost accounting metrics. Budgeting & Costing Deliver a budget for an area of the organisation or conduct complex analyses on budget progress in other areas of the organisation. Running staff lists to ensure each business unit / cost centres have the correct allocation. Budget system management. Assist heads with population of templates. Liaise between key stakeholders in order to ensure that the budget is accurate and follows logic. Provide instruction and answer questions relating to budget procedures. Identifies budget issues, provide alternative solutions, and resolve problems. Manage the various budget iterations between heads and exco expectations. Operational Compliance Follow a range of mandatory procedures to ensure that work is carried out to the required quality standards and/or to ensure adherence to external regulatory codes and internal codes of conduct. Insights and Reporting Prepare and coordinate the completion of various financial reports. Personal Capability Building Keep abreast of laws and regulations that apply to this particular function or field of professional expertise, maintain up to date compliance.**Education**Bachelor of Commerce, CIMA Qualification (Advantageous)**Experience**Minimum 2 years’ Financial Management Accounting experience 2 years’ Financial Services background (Advantageous).