Senior Project Accountant - Divestiture&Multicurrency Close

Bp3 Global, Inc.; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a hands-on Senior Project Accountant to support a divestiture initiative within the SDG Division. The role blends financial accounting with project management, handling multi-currency close, SARS compliance, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will coordinate workstreams, ensure timeliness of deliverables, and drive process improvements while reporting to the Finance Manager. Hybrid, fixed-term contract, based in Woodlands/Johannesburg area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of financial accounting experience in a complex or multinational organisation.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls.
• Advanced Excel skills and SAP experience.
• Professional fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Manager with finance-related project workstreams and deliverables associated with the divestiture.
• Coordinate and track finance project activities, actions, dependencies, risks and key milestones.
• Provide hands-on project accounting support and ensure accurate and timely accounting for project-related activities.
• Support month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting and other core accounting activities.
• Maintain strong financial controls and ensure compliance with company accounting policies and procedures.
• Manage and support SARS requirements, including relevant tax and statutory submissions, queries and engagements.
• Liaise with regulatory and statutory bodies as required and ensure compliance requirements are met.
• Identify, investigate and resolve accounting and finance-related issues arising during the project.
• Partner with Finance, Tax, Legal, Operations and other cross-functional stakeholders to support successful project execution.
• Support financial data preparation, analysis, reconciliations and validation required for separation activities.
• Assist with establishing and documenting appropriate finance processes and controls for the remaining business.
• Support internal and external audit requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve, simplify and strengthen finance processes and controls.
• Support business continuity by assisting with broader Finance activities during the transition period.

Skills

Financial accounting

Project management

SAP

Advanced Excel

English proficiency

Education

BCom in Accounting/Finance

Tools

SAP ERP

Excel

Job description

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a hands-on Senior Project Accountant to support a divestiture initiative within the SDG Division. The role blends financial accounting with project management, handling multi-currency close, SARS compliance, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will coordinate workstreams, ensure timeliness of deliverables, and drive process improvements while reporting to the Finance Manager. Hybrid, fixed-term contract, based in Woodlands/Johannesburg area.