Property Accountant

Ability Executive Recruitment; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Ability Executive Recruitment in Centurion, South Africa, is seeking a Property Accountant to manage cash flow, bank reconciliations, VAT payments and general ledger allocations for a property portfolio.

The role covers budgeting and forecasting, monthly management accounts, supplier payments, external audit support, tax compliance, and maintaining procurement controls to minimise risk and ensure timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in accounting sciences.
• Previous experience in property accounting is advantageous.
• Experience in the property and construction industry is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Monitors cash flow and arranges internal bank transfers.
• Prepares bank reconciliations between general ledger and bank statements.
• Captures and releases invoices (including VAT payments).
• Purchase order management and follow-ups as applicable.
• Manages all banking administration and relationships with bank representatives.
• Maintains supplier relationships and ensures timely invoice payment.
• Prepares invoices for approval and payment.
• Ensures supplier processes align with procurement policies.
• Captures invoices in the general ledger and allocates costs.
• Ensures tenant income is recorded accurately and timely.
• Assists with budgeting, forecasting and annual budgets.
• Prepares monthly management accounts and variance explanations.
• Supports external audit processes and provides required information.
• Manages VAT function and VAT submissions to SARS, with deadlines.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Accounting Sciences

Job description

Ability Executive Recruitment | Full time

Property Accountant

Centurion, South Africa | Posted on 03/09/2026

Funding, Cash flow and banking

• Monitors cash flow and arranges internal bank transfers accordingly.
• Prepares bank reconciliations between general ledger and bank statements.
• Captures and releases invoices (including VAT Payments) for payment and arrange for second release where applicable.
• Purchase order management, with follow ups as necessary where applicable.
• Manages all banking administration including relationships with bank representatives.

Creditors and Payment management

• Manages supplier relationships and ensures invoices from suppliers are obtained and paid on time.
• Prepares invoices for approval and payment.
• Ensures supplier related processes are aligned to procurement policies and procedures.

General Ledger maintenance

• Captures invoices accurately and allocates to general ledger accounts.
• Ensures that all tenant income is receipted into the general ledger accurately and timeously on a daily basis.

Budgeting and forecasting

• Assists Financial Controller and Financial Manager with monitoring the effective use of cost control measures and indicates whether invoices are within or out of budget. Where they are out of budget, ensures that the appropriate authorisation has been obtained for the expense.
• Provides input and assists in preparation of the annual budgets.

Reporting

• Monthly:
  • Prepares management accounts before 3rd Friday of the following month:
  • Utility reconciliations
  • Variance explanations on I/S
• Bi-annually:
  • As per monthly.
  • Prepares reporting file, with all relevant supporting documents.
• Annually:
  • As per monthly and bi-annually.

External Auditing

• Assists auditors during the external audit process.
• Provides auditors with accurate and relevant information as and when needed.
• Resolving any, and all audit queries

Taxation

• Manages VAT function for portfolio.
• Preparation of monthly VAT calculations.
• Completion of VAT201
• Submission of VAT returns to SARS
• Ensure timeous payments to SARS for all submitted returns
• Adhere to SARS and internal deadlines.
• Assist with all SARS queries and ensure that they are resolved timeously.

Identifies and manages business risk.

• Ensures compliance with relevant Acts.
• Controls, manages and governs the processes and systems within area of accountability to ensure compliance and minimise the business risk.
• Implements all audit recommendations in area of accountability and resolve audit findings timeously
• Designs, approves, implements, and maintains policies within area of responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Accounting Sciences
• Previous experience in property accounting will be very advantageous
• Overall, previous experience in the property and construction industry will be advantageous.