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Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Hire ResolveCape Town, ZA
24 days ago
Job description

Job title : Senior Accountant

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : November 06, 2025

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Job Description

  • A leading software company is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their team. The Senior Accountant responsibilities include maintaining the general ledger and preparing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close procedures. A successful Senior Accountant combines excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of the IFRS accounting standard, knowledge of tax-related matters, and a good understanding of statutory returns and corporate governance. The ideal candidate also has experience working across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Responsibilities :

  • Ensure compliance with IFRS standards and with internal accounting policies.
  • Managing intercompany transactions according to our Transfer Pricing Policy.
  • Liaise with regional accounting and tax service providers (where applicable), to ensure the filing of any statutory local returns is done timely and accurately.
  • Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and provide balance sheet analysis.
  • Identify areas of improvement of business processes to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
  • Assist with tax audits and, where applicable, prepare tax returns.
  • Perform quarterly tax effect accounting.
  • Assisting with annual audit preparations.
  • Investigating and resolving audit findings, account discrepancies, and issues of non-compliance.
  • Preparing financial analyses and reports.
  • Ensuring the general ledger is perfectly maintained.
  • Ad hoc assistance to the Group Financial Controller with reports, etc.
  • Collaborate across regions with Administration Officers and Regional Operation Managers.
  • Mentoring of junior finance staff.
  • Requirements :

  • At least 5 years of experience in similar position in mid-sized companies
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field
  • Recognized accounting qualification preferred (i.e. SAIPA / SAICA / CIMA / ACCA / SAIBA)
  • Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end / year-end close process
  • In-depth understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Experience working across multiple jurisdictions desired
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel
  • A sound knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics GP would be desirable
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