MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT R 65k pm NORTHERN SUBURBS, CPT
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
ZAR 65000 - 65000
Experience Required:
3years
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Youll act as a key support to finance leadership take ownership of critical reporting cycles and play an important role in ensuring the organisation makes well-informed decisions grounded in accurate meaningful financial information.
This is an opportunity to step into a role where your work matters where your analysis structure and problem-solving will directly support the health and growth of a fast-moving financial services business.
BENEFITS:
- Competitive and market-aligned salary package
- Annual performance bonus
- Professional development support
- Exposure to senior leadership
- Strong culture of teamwork
- Stable well-resourced organisation
To provide leadership with high-quality financial information clear insights and reliable reporting that enable better planning performance evaluation and control across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Management Reporting
Prepare consolidated monthly management accounts in line with reporting timelines.
Analyse revenue and cost performance highlighting variances against budgets and forecasts.
Present cost-centre results and commentary to department heads and senior leadership.
Address queries from operational managers and executives with accurate well-reasoned responses.
Develop improved reporting formats and dashboards as business needs evolve.
Compile the initial draft of the monthly management pack and performance presentation.
Prepare the first version of the quarterly divisional performance report.
Assist finance leadership in setting timelines and frameworks for annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
Coordinate compile and submit the full annual budget and quarterly forecasting cycles.
Produce updated rolling monthly forecasts and maintain underlying assumptions.
Enhance and manage financial models that support budget and forecast consolidation.
Maintain and update the Chart of Accounts to ensure alignment with reporting structures.
Process monthly journals and ensure accurate complete ledger entries.
Support month-end close processes with appropriate reconciliations and adjustments.
Participate in interim and year-end reporting activities.
Liaise with external auditors and resolve audit queries relating to management accounts and reporting.
Build financial models to assess new business initiatives and provide strategic input.
Support the Finance Manager with operational and analytical tasks as required.
Strengthen working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Offer guidance on finance-related queries across departments.
Requirements
Behavioural & Functional Competencies
Strong analytical and critical-thinking ability.
Confident negotiator with the ability to influence outcomes positively.
High sense of ownership and accountability.
Driven deadline-focused and self-motivated.
Excellent planning organising and prioritisation skills.
Creative and solutions-oriented within sphere of responsibility.
Effective communicator across all levels of the organisation.
Qualifications & Experience
Minimum 3 years experience in a management accounting or similar analytical finance role.
BCom or equivalent finance qualification (Degree or Diploma).
Advantageous: BCom Honours / CIMA.
Experience within financial services or a regulated environment is beneficial.
Demonstrated success across the responsibilities listed above.
Benefits
- Competitive and market-aligned salary package
- Annual performance bonus
- Professional development support
- Exposure to senior leadership
- Strong culture of teamwork
- Stable well-resourced organisation
Required Skills:
Prepare consolidated monthly management accounts in line with reporting timelines. Analyse revenue and cost performance highlighting variances against budgets and forecasts. Present cost-centre results and commentary to department heads and senior leadership. Address queries from operational managers and executives with accurate well-reasoned responses. Develop improved reporting formats and dashboards as business needs evolve. Compile the initial draft of the monthly management pack and performance presentation. Prepare the first version of the quarterly divisional performance report.
Required Education:
Minimum 3 years experience in a management accounting or similar analytical finance or equivalent finance qualification (Degree or Diploma).Advantageous: BCom Honours / within financial services or a regulated environment is success across the responsibilities listed above.
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- Accounting Software
- Account Analysis
- QuickBooks
- Accounting
- IFRS
- Asset Management
- Business Management
- Cash Management
- Sage
- Microsoft Excel
- E-Commerce
- Systems Analysis
