Property Accountant

Ability Executive Recruitment; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Ability Executive Recruitment in Pretoria, South Africa is seeking a Property Accountant to analyse and reconcile detailed general ledger accounts, keep records accurate, and prepare monthly expense reports and financial statements. The role focuses on maintaining precise records and supporting reporting processes for informed financial decision-making.

The ideal candidate will perform bank and debtors reconciliations, assist with annual audits and statutory returns, and contribute to ongoing

Qualifications

• 2-4 years experience in a similar role.
• Property Management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and reconcile detailed general ledger accounts.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and expense reports.
• Perform bank reconciliations and creditor/debtor reconciliations.
• Assist with annual audits and statutory returns.
• Maintain accounting records and ensure accuracy.

Skills

General ledger

Bank reconciliations

Financial reporting

Job description

Ability Executive Recruitment | Full time

Property Accountant

Pretoria, South Africa | Posted on 20/08/2026

Responsiblefor analysing and reconciling detailed general ledger accounts asassigned.Keeps records and accountsaccurate and current.Researches andresolves discrepancies and accounting errors.Completes related reports, summaries, and records.Creates monthly expense reports. Financial statements and reporting.

Accounting functions:

• Reviews sourcedocuments and records daily transactions.Balances and posts daily write-ups and journals.
  
• Computes figures and prepares recurringaccount statements.
  
• Posts a number of transactions to theappropriate general ledger account.
  
• Reconciles general ledger accounts asassigned.
  
• Performs miscellaneous filing/sortingof checks, journals, daily write-ups, etc.
  
• Completes required records and reportsand maintains files.Creates expensereports as assigned.
  

Completes various accounting functions in accordance withestablished policies and procedures, including:

• Prepare monthly financial reports
  
• Bank reconciliations
  
• Ensuring all invoices for the period have been authorisedand captured in creditor module
  
• Debtors reconciliations, Invoicing, receipting
  
• Reconciling general ledger to debtors ledger, Balancesheet and income statement, loan balances, company accounts
  
• Preparing trial balances from source documents
  
• Preparing balance sheets and income statements
  
• Preparing notes to the reports
  
• Consolidations
  
• Preparing monthly group consolidation
  
• Filing copies of final monthly reports
  
• Maintaining back ups of accounting package data
  
• Participate in annual audit
  
• Statutory and municipal returns
  
• Ensure companies are registered
  
• Complete and submit all statutory and municipal returns
  
• Resolving Accounting problems and discrepencies
  
• Maintains regularcontact with other departments to obtain information and/or to correcttransactions.
  
• Assists accounting personnel as needed.
  
• Keeps management informed of areaactivities and of any significant problems.
  
• Reports the status of all account reconciliations to the Controller.
  
• Attends and participates in meetings asrequired.
  

Requirements

• 2-4 years experience in a similar role
  
• Property Management experience preferred