Role Purpose:

We are looking for an experienced Financial Accountant to monitor all financial data and prepare accurate financial statement for our Group of Companies. Financial Accountant responsibilities include budgeting, reporting, and performing internal audits.

Responsibilities will include but not limited to keeping our financial records organised, including tracking accounts payable and receivable, and ensuring that each account is reconciled correctly. This is an opportunity to be part of our growing real estate office and see tangible results from your work on a daily basis. The successful candidate must be willing to travel between branches from time to time.

Responsibilities

• Preparing underlying working papers for external audit purposes.
• Budget preparation and analysis.
• Interact with external auditors at the time of conducting of audits.
• Management of financial statements audits and other agreed engagements
• Examine, analyse, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements.
• Prepare annual /interim/monthly financial statements/management accounts.
• Organise, prepare, and review bookkeeping transaction.
• Gather and monitor financial data (e.g. sales revenues and liabilities)
• Monitor and report on accounting discrepancies.
• Conduct detailed risk analyses to assess potential investments.
• Analyse financial trends
• Perform month-end and year-end close processes.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field
• 6 - 7 years of experience in financial department.
• Budget preparation and analysis
• IFRS statutory reporting experience (essential)
• Extensive CaseWare experience (essential)
• Tax experience (essential)
• Sage ERP (advantageous)
• Additional certification (e.g. CPA)
• Experience with consolidations (advantageous)

Skills

• Excellent math skills with attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical / Accurate
• Achievement orientated
• Deadline driven, with a sense of urgency/result orientation.
• Time Management
• Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to work under extreme pressure
• Adapting and responding to change

Should you wish to apply please email your CV through to Meriek Robinson at meriek@profilepersonnel.co.za

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.