Financial Accountant

Snatch.workCape Town, ZA

25 days ago

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Job title : Financial Accountant

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : November 06, 2025

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A fast-growing tech company delivering innovative payment solutions is currently seeking a Financial Accountant to join their team in Cape Town.
As Financial Accountant, you will take ownership of daily financial operations, statutory returns, reconciliations, and first-pass reporting across multiple entities. You’ll also manage international financial operations end-to-end.
This is an exciting opportunity for a driven finance professional to gain broad, hands-on experience and fast-track their growth into a Finance Manager role in a high-growth tech environment.

Key Responsibilities :

Manage daily financial operations, including payment scheduling, billing runs, payroll preparation, and debtors collections.

Prepare and reconcile statutory returns (PAYE, VAT, COIDA) for review and submission.

Build draft management accounts, reconciliations, and variance reports to support decision-making.

Maintain cash flow forecasts, track payout batches and float balances, and ensure reconciliations to bank accounts.

Collect and analyse transaction cost data across payment rails, maintaining clean inputs for unit economics tracking.

Prepare audit schedules, reconciliations, and act as day-to-day contact for auditors.

Fully own international entity operations, including accounting, payroll, cash flow forecasting, and first-pass reporting.

Support the development of BI dashboards by ensuring accuracy and cleanliness of financial data.

Mentor junior finance staff and act as deputy to the Finance Manager when required.

Qualifications and Experience :

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Part-qualified or newly qualified CIMA or SAIPA

2-4 years’ experience in accounting, finance operations, or junior management, ideally in fintech, SaaS, payments, or other high-volume transaction environments.

Strong experience with accounting systems (Xero or similar) and advanced Excel skills.

Exposure to BI tools (Power BI, Tableau or similar) is a plus.

Comfortable executing hands-on tasks in a lean, high-ownership environment, with a growth mindset and eagerness to develop FP&A and business partnering skills.

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