Senior Accountant

A24 Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious wine estate in Bellville is seeking a Senior Accountant to oversee cost accounting and stock management from production to guest experience. The role requires a minimum of 5 years of accounting experience in agriculture or similar production environments. Responsibilities include managing wine costing, budget forecasting, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The position offers a competitive salary package of R45,000 – R55,000 per month and exposure to the entire business cycle. Regular estate visits required.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Estate benefits and wine allocation

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years accounting experience in agriculture or similar production environments.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting and stock valuation.
• Practical stock management experience including waste and ageing.

Responsibilities

• Manage wine production costing from grape to finished stock.
• Conduct complex stock control across wine inventory and F&B operations.
• Prepare monthly management accounts reflecting production costs and profitability.

Skills

Cost accounting

Stock management

Advanced Excel skills

Understanding of agricultural production

Education

BCom Accounting or equivalent qualification

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Wine MS

Job description

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate is a commercial wine production estate that also operates 13 luxury villas, 9 event spaces and an award‑winning restaurant and tasting operations.

This role requires a hands‑on, commercially minded accountant who understands agricultural production, complex stock environments and highly seasonal business cycles. You must be comfortable understanding the business from vineyard to bottle to guest experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Wine production costing from grape to finished stock (harvest costs, production runs, barrel ageing, bottling).
• Complex stock control across wine inventory, bulk storage, finished goods and F&B operations.
• Agricultural cost tracking including vineyard operations, seasonal labour and harvest logistics.
• Multi‑stream revenue management across wine sales (retail, wholesale, export) and hospitality events/F&B.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts reflecting true production costs and profitability by product line.
• Budgeting and forecasting aligned to harvest cycles, tourism seasons and vintage planning.
• Cashflow management across highly seasonal revenue and production expenditure.
• Compliance management including excise, liquor licensing, agricultural regulations and audit requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years accounting experience in agriculture, wine production, FMCG manufacturing or similar production environments.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting including raw materials, WIP, production overheads, yield calculations and stock valuation.
• Practical stock management experience (including shrinkage, waste, ageing and valuation).
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to build practical costing and forecasting models.
• Hands‑on approach with willingness to engage operationally and visit the estate regularly.
• BCom Accounting or equivalent qualification.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics and Wine MS (advantageous but not essential).

Advantageous Experience

• Wine or beverage production industry exposure.
• Hospitality or tourism operations experience.
• Knowledge of excise regulations and liquor industry compliance.

Why Join Benguela Cove

• Work with a prestigious estate while based at our professional Bellville Head Office.
• Exposure to the full business cycle from production to guest experience.
• Growing estate with expanding international distribution.
• Direct influence on production decisions and overall business strategy.
• Competitive salary package: R45,000 – R55,000 per month depending on experience.
• Estate benefits and wine allocation.

Location

Bellville Head Office (on‑site 5 days per week). Regular estate visits to Hermanus.

To Apply

Please submit your CV and a brief motivation outlining your experience in production or cost‑driven environments.