Senior Accountant

Afrikye; Durban; On-site; ZAR 60 000 - 80 000; Full time

Job summary

A growing financial services firm in Durban is seeking a Senior Bookkeeper to manage monthly closures and mentor junior accountants. The successful candidate will handle multi-entity consolidated results, oversee Yardi Voyager usage, and lead accounting process improvements. A Bachelors in Accounting, CPA preferred, and fluency in English (C1/C2) are required. This full-time role demands expertise in GAAP and advanced skills in accounting software.

Qualifications

• Matric is a requirement.
• Fluent in English (C1 / C2) for presentations.
• 47 years of progressive accounting experience in multi-entity environments.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly & quarterly closes under US GAAP.
• Consolidate multi-entity results and prepare schedules.
• Lead process improvements and mentor junior accountants.

Skills

General Ledger Reconciliation

Accounting Software

GAAP

QuickBooks

Microsoft Dynamics GP

NetSuite

Education

Bachelors in Accounting or similar

CPA or equivalent coursework preferred

Tools

Yardi Voyager

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Job Specification

Our client owns, operates and invests in senior‑living communities across the United States – They are seeking an professional Senior Bookkeeper to join their growing Team. The successful Candidate will be responsible for bridging transactional bookkeeping and controller‑level monthly and quarterly closes for 2,540 entities, act as our Yardi power user and mentor 23 junior accountants while we scale.

Key Responsibilities (Not limited to)

Own monthly & quarterly closes (US GAAP accrual); reconcile every balance‑sheet account and deliver management P&L, BS and cash‑flow statements within four days.

Consolidate multi‑entity results; prepare intercompany eliminations and minority‑interest schedules.

Serve as Yardi Voyager / Breeze super‑user, design custom reports, manage imports / exports and oversee user permissions.

Lead process improvements: automate uploads, redesign chart of accounts, document SOPs in SharePoint / Notion.

Mentor and review work of junior accountants; run monthly training sessions and provide actionable feedback.

In order to be considered for this role you must meet the following requirements :

'Matric'

Bachelors in Accounting or similar; CPA strongly preferred or in progress.

Fluent English (C1 / C2) with the ability to present financials to non‑finance leaders.

Demonstrated Yardi Voyager / Breeze or large ERP experience; SQL / report‑writer skills are a plus.

Experience with OCR / AP automation (AvidXchange) Power BI or Tableau.

Expert in full‑cycle multi‑entity accrual accounting and US GAAP.

Advanced Excel / Google Sheets (Power Query, index‑match macros).

Yardi reporting import / export and dimension structure mastery.

47 years progressive accounting experience in property or other multi‑entity environments.

CPA CMA or equivalent coursework preferred.

Intercompany eliminations, lease accounting, fixed‑asset and depreciation schedules, revenue recognition.

Led at least three year‑end audits with clean opinions.

Prior responsibility for mentoring or supervising accounting staff.

Proven record of shortening close cycles and reducing audit adjustments to zero.

Reliable home office with 50 Mbps internet.

Ability to overlap at least six hours with US Eastern time.

Should you meet the above criteria please send your CV to

Disclaimer: Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

General Ledger Reconciliation, Accounting Software, Account Analysis, GAAP, Journal Entries, QuickBooks, General Ledger Accounting, Accounting, Account Reconciliation, SOX, Microsoft Dynamics GP, NetSuite

Employment Type : Full‑Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1