Senior Accountant

SecurityHQ; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

SecurityHQ in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our global finance team. This role combines high-volume operational finance with technical accounting, covering invoicing, collections, reconciliations, revenue recognition, and lease accounting.

You will work hybrid, three days a week in our Johannesburg office, collaborating with stakeholders across regions to keep the finance function accurate, compliant, and scalable as the business grows.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of accounting experience in a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, including revenue recognition principles.
• Experience invoicing, collections, reconciliations, and month-end reporting.
• Comfortable balancing day-to-day finance operations with technical accounting.
• Strong attention to detail with high-volume workload accuracy.
• Experience in services-based, subscription, recurring revenue, or project-led environments.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
• Proactive, takes ownership and solves problems.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-team collaboration.
• Advanced Excel and ERP experience.
• Hands-on across a broad range of finance activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer invoicing and billing activities across the business
• Take ownership of collections and accounts receivable processes
• Maintain deferred revenue schedules and support revenue recognition activities
• Prepare accruals, reconciliations, and month-end journals
• Support monthly management reporting and financial analysis
• Maintain fixed asset records and depreciation schedules
• Administer lease accounting activities under IFRS 16
• Support internal and external audits
• Partner with stakeholders to resolve finance queries and improve processes
• Contribute to process improvements and finance transformation initiatives

Skills

IFRS knowledge

Revenue recognition

Hands-on

Multitasking

Adaptable

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join our global finance team.

This is a broad and varied role that sits at the heart of the finance function, combining high-volume operational finance activities with technical accounting responsibilities. You'll be involved in everything from invoicing, collections and reconciliations through to revenue recognition, deferred revenue management, lease accounting, fixed assets and month-end reporting.

We're looking for someone who enjoys being hands on, can confidently manage multiple priorities at once, and is comfortable moving between routine finance tasks and more complex accounting challenges. No two days are quite the same, so the ability to stay organised, adaptable, and focused under pressure is essential.

As part of a global cybersecurity business, you'll work closely with stakeholders across multiple departments and regions, helping to ensure the finance function remains accurate, compliant, and scalable as the business continues to grow.

This role is hybrid, 3 days per week in our Johannesburg office.

About SecurityHQ

SecurityHQ is a global cybersecurity company. Our specialist teams design, engineer and manage solutions that do three things: Promote clarity and trust in a complex world. Build momentum around improving security posture. And increase the value of cybersecurity investment within organizations. Free from limitations, and inclusive of all requirements, we focus on defending today, while mitigating the risks of tomorrow. And into the future. Our solutions are tailored to our customers and their unique context. Around the clock, 365 days per year, our customers are never alone.

SecurityHQ – We’re focused on engineering cybersecurity, by design.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer invoicing and billing activities across the business
• Take ownership of collections and accounts receivable processes
• Maintain deferred revenue schedules and support revenue recognition activities
• Prepare accruals, reconciliations, and month-end journals
• Support monthly management reporting and financial analysisshadow
• Maintain fixed asset records and depreciation schedules
• Administer lease accounting activities under IFRS 16
• Support internal and external audits
• Partner with stakeholders across the business to resolve finance queries and improve processes
• Contribute to process improvements and finance transformation initiatives

What We Are Looking For

• 8-10 years of accounting experience within a fast-paced commercial environment
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, including revenue recognition principles
• Experience managing invoicing, collections, reconciliations, and month-end reporting
• Comfortable balancing day-to-day finance operations with more technical accounting responsibilities
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain accuracy across a high-volume workload
• Experience working in a services-based, subscription, recurring revenue, or project-led environment
• Able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and adapt to changing business needs
• Resilient and proactive, with a willingness to take ownership and solve problems
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to work across different teams and levels of the business
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems
• Enjoys being hands on and contributing across a broad range of finance activities