Senior Accountant
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
16 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT Durbanville Cape Town Western Cape
R50k to R60k Per Month (Negotiable based on qualification and years of relevant experience)
Our client a specialist data and analytics consultancy with over 15 years experience in the insurance and financial services industry is seeking a numerically strong and technically sound Senior Accountant to join their dynamic team of finance professionals.
The ideal candidate is a highly organised problem-solver with excellent time-management skills and a strong emphasis on accuracy and attention to detail. You are analytical by nature and thrive in a fast-paced creative and innovative environment.
You are a natural leader with a strong sense of urgency when it comes to meeting deadlines and you are equally comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively within a team. You are able to handle sensitive financial data with maturity.
Main Purpose of the Role:
The Senior Accountant is the execution engine of the South African finance function owning day-to-day accounting month-end close and statutory compliance. This is a hands-on role with no direct reports responsible for delivering clean reliable financial data that executives trust. The role reports initially to the CEO/Operations Officer and will transition to a Finance Manager as the business scales. Ultimately to ensure accurate financial reporting disciplined controls and on-time compliance for the SA entity in a fast-moving scale-up environment.
Minimum Requirements:
Essential:
- BCom Accounting / Finance (or equivalent)
- 57 years general ledger experience (services/software/consulting environment and Businesses with project-based or retainer revenue models preferred)
- Strong Acumatica proficiency (or similar to cloud ERP)
- SA tax knowledge (VAT PAYE CIT basics)
- 2 full external audits completed
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables VLOOKUP reporting)
- Practical AI tool usage (OpenAI Copilot Claude Gemini)
- Practical understanding of accrual accounting and revenue recognition
Preferred:
- SAICA articles (Senior/Supervisor level)
- Deferred revenue accounting experience
- Basic understanding of transfer pricing principles
- Exposure to time-tracking system integrations
Key Responsibilities:
Daily Financial Operations:
- Manage cashbook debtors and creditors:
- Cashbook management (receipts payments bank reconciliations)
- Debtors ledger: invoice generation payment allocation overdue follow-up
- Creditors ledger: invoice capture payment runs supplier reconciliations
- Petty cash and expense reimbursements
Process invoicing for:
- Software service engagements (retainer milestones)
- License subscriptions (recurring revenue)
- Hourly billing (time-tracking integration)
- Execute bank reconciliations (daily for material accounts)
- Monitor revenue recognition timing (deferred revenue for upfront payments)
- Manage expense reimbursements and supplier payments
Month-End Close
- Execute full close in Acumatica (ERP system)
- Prepare and post journals (accruals prepayments depreciation FX)
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts monthly (debtors creditors bank and intercompany)
- Perform GL analysis and variance reviews
- Produce management accounts package with basic commentary
Statutory Compliance (South Africa)
- Submit monthly VAT returns (reconciled to GL)
- PAYE/UIF reconciliations and submissions (coordinator with payroll provider)
- Support annual financial statements preparation
- Support with external audit (provide schedules resolve queries)
- Maintain statutory documentation and registers
Intercompany & Controls
- Process cross-border intercompany invoices
- Reconcile intercompany balances with offshore entities (North America & Europe)
- Ensure consistent treatment of shared costs and recharges
- Flat transfer pricing or cross-boarder payment issues to leadership
- Maintain accurate and up to date fixed asset register
- Execute payment authorisations workflows per delegation of authority
- Document SOPs for all core processes
- Identify and escalate process gaps or control weaknesses
To apply for this role please email updated and detailed copy of your CV to Nicole Spamers:
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Accounting Software
- Account Analysis
- GAAP
- Journal Entries
- QuickBooks
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting
- Account Reconciliation
- SOX
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- NetSuite
