Senior Accountant

Blok; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A property development firm in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Accountant for full-function accounting across multiple entities. The successful candidate will ensure accurate financial reporting, supervisory oversight, and compliance with VAT. Candidates should have at least 6 years of accounting experience, ideally in property development or SPVs. This full-time position requires strong technical knowledge, attention to detail, and excellent problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years’ accounting experience.
• Experience in SPVs, property development, or audit practice advantageous.
• Ability to supervise junior finance staff.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for full-function accounting across multiple entities.
• Manage payment processing and cash management.
• Ensure VAT compliance and prepare audit files.

Skills

Accounting experience

Supervisory experience

Technical accounting knowledge

Advanced Excel skills

Problem-solving skills

Attention to detail

Time-management skills

Job description

Blok, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Senior Accountant

Blok is not just an urban property developer. We are an advocate of urban living and the opportunities it presents, operating through thoughtfully designed product, community and customer experience. We see things differently, allowing us to look at our property market in a new light.

Everything we do needs to be excellent, not just good or good enough. We are individuals with strong opinions, but not opinionated. We are passionate, not pushy or arrogant. We love what we do and work as a team.

Blok focuses on urban apartment living in the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl of Cape Town.

Role Overview

The Senior Accountant is responsible for full-function accounting across multiple entities within the group, ensuring accurate reporting, strong control environments, and efficient financial operations. This role requires advanced technical capability, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work across SPVs, development entities, and operational companies.

You will work closely with the Group Finance Manager and supervise staff while contributing to robust financial management across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Payment Processing & Cash Management

• Review supplier reconciliations for mid‑month, month‑end, and ad‑hoc payments
• Review and authorise beneficiaries
• Process drawdowns (Investec) and Forex payments (FNB)
• Oversee project payment cycles and ensure time‑sensitive submission
• Cash flow oversight across entities
• Update brokerage and project billing schedules
• Prepare new project billing frameworks
• Review STL, leasing, ad‑hoc, and tenant billing
• Prepare intercompany loan interest journals
• Support revenue reconciliation and month‑end close

3. VAT Compliance

• Prepare and review VAT workings
• Submit VAT payments for approval
• Ensure compliance across all statutory entities
• Full ownership of the audit cycle per entity
• Prepare audit files and supporting schedules
• Resolve queries and process audit journals
• Review drafted AFS

5. Month‑End Close & Reporting

• Review TBs, reconciliations, control accounts, and balance sheet movements
• Prepare monthly accruals and recurring journals
• Review debtor/creditor age analyses and facility statements

6. Transfers & SPVs

• Review transfer billing
• Process reallocation journals and completion cost adjustments
• Add new entities and maintain system structures
• Set up users, templates, GL codes, and tags

8. SARS eFiling

• Request new tax types

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years’ accounting experience
• Experience in SPVs, property development, or audit practice highly advantageous
• Supervisory experience beneficial
• Strong technical accounting and taxation knowledge
• Advanced Excel and financial systems capability
• Ability to supervise junior finance staff
• High accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent problem‑solving and time‑management skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a deadline‑driven environment

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Accounting / Auditing and Finance