We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to manage and oversee our accounting operations. The ideal candidate will ensure accurate financial reporting, compliance with statutory requirements, and support strategic decision-making through insightful analysis. This role requires a high level of integrity, technical expertise, and leadership in managing accounting functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Ownership for preparation and delivery of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Ensure the adherence to the internal control’s framework
- Provide support and undertake activities for month end and year end close
- Lead delivery of external audit requirements
- Calculation and submission of tax returns and preparing the responses to SARS including VAT, PAYE, DWT, STT, Income tax
- Accounting for corporate and other taxes
- Fixed asset additions and depreciation
- Maintaining leases and fixed asset schedules
- Approving supplier payments
- Weekly monitoring of unallocated payments
- Oversight and review of weekly bank reconciliations
- Processing and posting of journals entries to the finance system and reconciliation
- Preparing the monthly reporting including but not limited to consolidated income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, compliance, intercompany loans
- Preparing the disclosure notes to the AFS and reviewing the draft AFS
- Monitor financial transactions and ensure the information is accurate
- Assist with any finance and other related administrative functions
- Weekly and monthly cash forecast
- Drive process improvements