Senior Financial Accountant: IFRS, SAP & Analytics

Latus Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Latus Group is seeking a seasoned Financial Reporting professional to drive IFRS-compliant reporting, manage complex financial transactions, and coordinate with internal/external auditors. The role focuses on ensuring accurate financial statements, fair value calculations, and ECL-related entries within the SAP environment.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in financial services or public sector DFIs, with PFMA exposure and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Financial/Management Accounting is required.
• Post-Graduate degree / CA(SA) would be advantageous.
• 5–8 years' experience in financial services, public sector or DFI space with PFMA exposure.
• Experience with IFRS 10, IAS 28, IFRS 9 and ECL accounting.
• Experience dealing with internal and external auditors; SAP experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Act as transactions poster in the SAP system.
• Checker and releaser for IDC payments (AP process).
• Update monthly share portfolio prices and compute fair values in SAP.
• Maintain monthly fair value workbook for listed/unlisted shares and SPPI shares; park journals in SAP.
• Perform share reconciliations between movement schedules, ZIMP and GL.
• Custodian of share documents and track movements.
• Record share/loan write-offs and ECL releases in GL accounts.
• Perform loan reconciliations between TB, ZPR and loan-book.
• Ad-hoc tasks for Manager: Financial Management and other departments.
• Attend meetings on behalf of manager and provide feedback.
• Prepare IFRS 9 modifications gains/losses and reconciliations.
• Review reconciliation of unallocated loan receipts suspense item with Loans Management.
• Monthly debtors reconciliation and follow-up on long outstanding receipts.
• Prepare IFRS 16 leases reconciliations and related month-end journals.
• Prepare loan movement reconciliations.

Skills

Financial analysis

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Financial/Management Accounting

CA(SA) would be advantageous

Tools

SAP

Job description

Latus Group is seeking a seasoned Financial Reporting professional to drive IFRS-compliant reporting, manage complex financial transactions, and coordinate with internal/external auditors. The role focuses on ensuring accurate financial statements, fair value calculations, and ECL-related entries within the SAP environment.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in financial services or public sector DFIs, with PFMA exposure and strong analytical skills.