Senior Accountant

Conova Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A data-driven communication platform is seeking a Senior Accountant in Cape Town, responsible for managing the accounting function, ensuring compliance, and leading the month-end close process. The ideal candidate has a B.Commerce or similar qualification and strong skills in Excel and ERP systems like Sage Intacct. This role requires attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects effectively.

Qualifications

• Tertiary education in commerce or similar.
• Self-starter with experience in managing multiple projects.
• Proficiency in processing transactions using an ERP system.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounting and maintain general ledger.
• Drive the monthly close process accurately.
• Oversee group audit and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Excel analysis and manipulation

Attention to detail

International accounting standards

Education

B.Commerce or SAIPA diploma

Tools

Sage Intacct

Netsuite

Quickbooks

Xero

Job description

Overview

Our client, a data-driven communication platform, is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their team.

The Senior Accountant will be responsible for accounting, month-end close process, consolidation and the reporting function of the group.

Position Info

Key Responsibilities :

• Accounting and maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger across the subsidiaries, as well as analysis in relation to those areas on a monthly basis.
• Overall responsibility for driving the monthly close process, ensuring that the entities in the group are closed accurately and timeously in line with the Group close objectives each month.
• Work with shared services for financial operations to ensure payroll, AP and AR is correctly reflected in financial reporting.
• Act as a first reviewer on the allocated areas within the close process to ensure the output of the processes above is in line with expectations before Group Manager reviews.
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Collaborate and support the FP&A function on an ad hoc basis.
• Manage the group audit, as well as regulatory compliance reporting and tax filings.
• Assist with the statutory audits as it relates to the functions performed at a group level
• Assist with ad hoc requests and prepare any necessary internal reporting as needed.
• Proactively anticipate and identify issues and design solutions to address them.

Qualifications

Requirements :

• B.Commerce, SAIPA or similar with tertiary education
• Experience as a self-starter who can manage multiple projects in a complex environment with evolving priorities and deadlines.
• Proficiency with Excel analysis and manipulation of large data sets, including use of pivot tables and lookup formulas.
• Strong attention to detail, high degree of accuracy, and the ability to deliver clean and concise outputs.
• Proficient in processing transactions in an ERP system, including Sage Intacct or similar systems such as Netsuite / Quickbooks / Xero
• Strong knowledge of international accounting, reporting and auditing standards.