Senior Client Accountant

ACCA Careers; Cederberg Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 550,000 - 850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Professional development opportunities

Global exposure

Job summary

TMF Group is seeking a Senior Client Accountant to support a team delivering high‑quality client services for complex entities and platinum clients. You will prepare management accounts, financial statements and tax filings under review, ensuring timelines and regulatory compliance while mentoring juniors.

The role focuses on building client relationships, handling queries, and contributing to process improvements within a hybrid Cape Town office environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Professionally qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, SAICA, or equivalent).
• Minimum 1 year post‑qualification experience (PQE).
• Experience in financial reporting, accounting, and compliance within a professional services, accounting practice, or corporate services environment.
• Exposure to UK GAAP, IFRS, statutory reporting, VAT, and corporate tax compliance would be preferred.
• Experience working with complex corporate structures, SPV, or structured finance entities would be advantageous.
• Strong client service orientation with the ability to build and maintain effective client relationships.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Highly organized with strong planning, time management, and attention to detail.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
• Experience using accounting and financial reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of complex entities and high‑value clients, ensuring accurate and timely service delivery.
• Prepare management accounts, statutory financial statements, and regulatory filings in compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Ensure all client, statutory, tax, and audit deadlines are met.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a key point of contact for queries and requests.
• Review the work of junior team members and provide technical guidance and mentoring.
• Support the management of audits, month‑end and year‑end close processes, and compliance activities.
• Assist with task delegation, workload management, and quality control across the team.
• Contribute to process improvements, system enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Client accounting

IFRS

UK GAAP

ACCA/ACA/SAICA

Excel

Accounting systems

Analytical skills

Time management

Education

Accounting degree

ACCA/SAICA/ACA qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Accounting software

Job description

We never ask for payment as part of our selection process, and we always contact candidates via our corporate accounts and platforms. If you are approached for payment, this is likely to be fraudulent. Please check to see whether the role you are interested in is posted on our career website.

About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world.

As we’re a global company with 11,000+ colleagues based in over 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, we actively seek out people with the talent and potential to flourish at TMF Group, whatever their background, and offer job opportunities to the broadest spectrum of people. Once on board we nurture and promote talented individuals, making sure that senior positions are open to all.

Discover the Role

A Senior Client Accountant supports their team in the provision of a high-quality client service, producing service deliverables for the more complex entities and platinum clients in the teams portfolio. You will be responsible for delivering specified deliverables to clients in accordance with internal and external deadlines and work autonomously preparing management accounts, financial statements and tax filings under review of the Client Account Manager. The role concentrates also on answering queries from clients and providing them with requested documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of complex entities and high‑value clients, ensuring accurate and timely service delivery.
• Prepare management accounts, statutory financial statements, and regulatory filings in compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Ensure all client, statutory, tax, and audit deadlines are met.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a key point of contact for queries and requests.
• Review the work of junior team members and provide technical guidance and mentoring.
• Support the management of audits, month‑end and year‑end close processes, and compliance activities.
• Assist with task delegation, workload management, and quality control across the team.
• Contribute to process improvements, system enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Professionally qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, SAICA, or equivalent).
• Minimum 1 year post‑qualification experience (PQE).
• Experience in financial reporting, accounting, and compliance within a professional services, accounting practice, or corporate services environment.
• Exposure to UK GAAP, IFRS, statutory reporting, VAT, and corporate tax compliance would be preferred.
• Experience working with complex corporate structures, special purpose vehicle (SPV), or structured finance entities would be advantageous.
• Strong client service orientation with the ability to build and maintain effective client relationships.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Highly organized with strong planning, time management, and attention to detail.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
• Experience using accounting and financial reporting systems.

What’s in it for you?

• Build your career from our Cape Town office while working for an international company
• International clients and global best practices in complex cross‑border investment structures
• Professional development opportunities, supported by our TMF education platforms
• Hybrid working model
• A collaborative, multicultural team environment with strong opportunities for growth

We’re looking forward to getting to know you!