Senior Accountant

UNAVAILABLE; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food company is seeking a Finance professional to process and analyze financial data. You will prepare journal entries, assist with audits, and support leadership decisions. The ideal candidate is a B Comm Accounting Graduate with 5 years of experience and strong IT skills, particularly with SAP. This role offers career progression opportunities within the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of financial experience required.
• Experience with general ledger functions and closing procedures.
• Ability to prepare and review management and statutory accounts.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review journal entries, working papers, and annual statements.
• Assist with audits and year-end processes.
• Collaborate with business units to provide financial insights.
• Support leadership with accurate financial data.

Skills

FMCG experience

Strong IT literacy

Attention to detail

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education

B Comm Accounting Graduate

CA(SA)

Tools

SAP

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Overview

This role is responsible for accurate and timely financial data processing, analysis, and reporting to support meaningful financial statements. Key duties include preparing and reviewing journal entries, working papers, annual statements, as well as assisting with audits and year-end processes to ensure high-quality financial information for leadership assurance. Collaborate with business units to provide financial insights that support strategic decisions, cost optimization, and operational efficiency. This role offers potential progression to positions such as R2R Manager or Finance Controller, supporting long-term career development within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review journal entries, working papers, and annual statements.
• Assist with audits and year-end processes to ensure high-quality financial information.
• Collaborate with business units to provide financial insights that support strategic decisions, cost optimization, and operational efficiency.
• Support leadership with accurate financial data and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• B Comm Accounting Graduate with 5 years financial experience
• CA(SA) as an advantage

Experience and Skills

• FMCG experience an advantage
• Strong IT literacy with good MS Excel and MS Word and a solid understanding of accounting
• Sound SAP experience
• Digital Finance & Automation: Leverage SAP and other digital tools to streamline accounting processes, improve data accuracy, and support automation initiatives
• Demonstrate good attention to detail
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end / year-end closing procedures
• Demonstrate ability to prepare and review Management and Statutory accounts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About Us, What’s Next

Do things your way, the way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s up to you. Working here you will need to enjoy a fast pace, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world. We absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself. Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One planet one health BY You. For more information about Danone, our divisions and culture, please explore careers.danone.com.

A job which could easily turn into a career in Danone. We believe everyone is born with superpowers, something which comes natural to you. We know this uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energy, so we believe in all Danoner’s potential and when we build careers based on these superpowers and when we develop everyone’s potential to the fullest magic happens. This is how we like to see Talent Management in Danone.