Senior Accountant

You will prepare monthly management, board, regulatory, payroll, tax, and VAT reporting. You will maintain journals, reconciliations, client invoicing, aged-debtor reviews, and credit-control records. You will analyse business performance and forecasts, coordinate with stakeholders, and help optimise performance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly SLT and Board reporting, including variance analysis and KPI reporting
• Assist with quarterly FSCA reporting
• Assist with monthly payroll and pension calculations
• Prepare monthly VAT returns
• Prepare monthly PAYE submissions to SARS
• Prepare annual and provisional tax calculations and submit returns
• Prepare and review ledger journals
• Review expenditure and prepare balance-sheet reconciliations
• Liaise between Finance and other business areas, including Client Directors
• Provide analytical reviews and reporting to challenge business performance and forecasting
• Optimise business performance
• Manage the client invoicing process and ensure fees are calculated accurately
• Review client balances and identify overdue amounts
• Review aged debtors and record client communications and payment updates

Requirements

• Full professional accountancy qualification such as SAIPA, ACA, CA(SA), or CIMA
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel
• 10–12 years of financial experience
• Experience preparing statutory accounts or management accounts
• Experience with group reporting and multicurrency transactions
• Experience with transfer-pricing regulations
• Working technical knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
• Experience with finance software such as Nav or D365
• Experience with data-analytics software such as Qlik or Power BI