Financial Accountant
Finance and Accounting
KZN
Role:
The Financial Accountant is responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and controlled accounting across the group structure.
This includes:
- 2 Main Entities
- 10 Micro Entities
- 5 Trusts
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, and leadership experience.
Key Responsibilities
Main Entities (Daily & Monthly)
- 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
Micro-Entities (Monthly)
- Cashbook processing (intern assists)
- Bank reconciliations
- Monthly journals
- Trial balance preparation
- VAT for applicable entities
- SARS, CIPC and Secretarial Maintenance
- Annual internal AFS preparation
Trusts (Quarterly & Annual)
- Loan account reconciliations
- Investment schedules
- Beneficiary schedules
- Trustee documentation
- SARS, CIPC and Secretarial Maintenance
- Year-end trust AFS preparation
Automation & Systems Improvement
- Collaborate with AI/IT Manager on system/AI driven automations
- Maintain and improve Excel / Power Query templates
Implement process and control improvements
Intern Supervision
- Delegate tasks (cashbook, recons prep, admin)
- Review intern outputs
- Provide training and guidance
- Develop intern capability
Requirements
- 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
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- 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
