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Financial Accountant - Durban
Job summary
A reputable recruitment agency in Durban seeks a Financial Accountant to manage group accounting, oversee monthly and quarterly tasks, and supervise an intern. The position involves full accounting cycle responsibilities from cashbook to internal financial statement preparation. Candidates must hold a BCom Accounting and have 2–4 years of post-articles experience. Knowledge of multi-entity structures and trust accounting is beneficial. A salary range of R30,000 – R35,000 per month is offered based on experience and qualifications.
Benefits
Qualifications
- 2–4 years post-articles experience required.
- Trust accounting exposure beneficial.
- Ability to work in a structured, deadline-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Deliver accurate, timely, and controlled group accounting.
- Supervise an intern and assist with automation improvements.
- Prepare internal financial statements and manage the accounting cycle.
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Financial Accountant - Durban
The Financial Accountant is responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and controlled group accounting.
The role covers the full accounting cycle from cashbook to trial balance to internal AFS preparation, while also supervising an intern and assisting with automation improvements.
This is a career-accelerating role offering exposure to multi-entity structures, trust accounting, internal financial statement preparation.
- Daily cashbook imports and allocations
- Weekly bank reconciliations
- Full balance sheet reconciliations (WD6 deadline)
- Month-end journals (accruals, provisions, corrections)
- SARS, CIPC and Secretarial Maintenance
- Monthly Variance Analysis
- Fixed asset register updates
- VAT reconciliation and submission support
- Cash flow reporting inputs
- Cashbook processing (intern assists)
- Bank reconciliations
- Monthly journals
- Trial balance preparationVAT for applicable entities
- SARS, CIPC and Secretarial Maintenance
- Annual internal AFS preparation
- Loan account reconciliations
- Investment schedules
- Beneficiary schedules
- Trustee documentation
- SARS, CIPC and Secretarial Maintenance
- Year-end trust AFS preparation
- Collaborate with AI / IT Manager on system / AI driven automations
- Maintain and improve Excel / Power Query templates
- Implement process and control improvements
- Delegate tasks (cashbook, recons prep, admin)
- Review intern outputs
- Provide training and guidance
- Develop intern capability
- BCom Accounting
- SAIPA or SAICA articles completed (preferred)
- 2–4 years post-articles experience
- Strong balance sheet reconciliation skills
- Experience with multi-entity accounting
- Trust accounting exposure beneficial
- Strong Excel skills (Power Query a plus)
- ERP experience (SAP Business One advantageous)
- Ability to work in a structured, deadline-driven environment
- High attention to detail
- Strong organisational skills
- Analytical thinker
- Calm under pressure
- Process-driven
- Confident communicator
- Ability to supervise and train juniors
- Comfortable with technology and automation
- Daily cashbook posted by 11 : 00
- Bank recons 100% complete weekly
- All balance sheet recons complete by WD6
- Trust packs complete by WD10 (quarterly)
- No recon items older than 60 days
- Two process improvements per quarter
- Accurate month-end within group deadlines
R30,000 – R35,000 per month (CTC) based on experience and qualifications.
- Professional growth
- Multi-entity exposure
- Automation experience
- Training & mentorship
- Performance reviews
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