Management Accountant

Stratlab; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is currently seeking a Management Accountant & Finance IT Specialist. This pivotal role requires strong management accounting and financial reporting skills, alongside experience with ERP systems. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years in a finance or insurance environment. Located in Johannesburg, this position offers both stability and considerable career progression, all while working with a top-tier insurance firm.

Benefits

Excellent cover

Premium benefits

Career upside

Qualifications

• ±5 years’ experience in a finance or insurance environment.
• Strong management accounting and reporting expertise.
• Solid understanding of internal controls and IFRS.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and financial reports.
• Manage cashflow and shareholder reporting.
• Forecast across income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Skills

Management Accounting

Financial Reporting

Finance Systems

Forecasting

Budgeting

Cashflow Management

Education

BCom Accounting

Tools

ERP systems

Finance Tools

Job description

Overview

Stratlab – Where Talent Meets Its People. We connect brilliant minds with companies that actually get them. Serious about growth, light on the drama.

We’re currently looking for a Management Accountant & Finance IT Specialist – a role for someone who thrives in

• Management Accounting & Financial Reporting
• Finance Systems & Process Optimisation
• Budgeting, Forecasting & Cashflow Management

At Stratlab, we focus on culture fit, long-term impact, and building relationships that last – because great work happens when people belong.

Think this is you? Let’s make it happen.

This role comes with excellent cover.

No excess. No exclusions. Just solid career upside.

This role comes with premium benefits, zero hidden clauses, and excellent long-term cover.

We’re representing one of South Africa’s leading insurance houses, and they’re looking to insure their finance team with a Management Accountant who also speaks fluent Finance IT. Someone who can balance the books, calm the systems, and forecast the future without breaking into a sweat.

If month-end doesn’t scare you, budgets don’t bore you, and finance systems actually listen when you talk to them, this policy might be written with your name on it.

Your cover includes

• Monthly management accounts and financial reporting
• Cashflow management and shareholder reporting
• Forecasting across IS, BS, and cash flow
• Budget preparation, tracking, and variance analysis
• Financial packs and presentations for boards and committees
• Owning and administering finance systems and reporting tools
• Strengthening internal controls and supporting IFRS reporting
• Project work when finance needs a specialist on standby

What you’ll bring to the risk table

• BCom Accounting
• ±5 years’ experience in a finance or insurance environment
• Strong management accounting and reporting expertise
• Confidence working with ERP systems and finance tools
• Solid understanding of internal controls and IFRS
• Deadline-driven without premium panic
• Detail-oriented, structured, and solutions-focused
• Comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels

Why this role is fully insured

• A senior, high-impact role at a top-tier insurance group
• Exposure to strategic finance and systems decision-making
• A mix of stability and transformation
• Johannesburg-based with long-term career upside

If your current role feels underwritten, overexposed, or due for renewal, this might be the upgrade your career needs.