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Observatory: Senior Financial Accountant (Newly qualified CA(SA))

Observatory: Senior Financial Accountant (Newly qualified CA(SA))

Posted on 2025-06-18 00:00:00

Job Summary

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES – Oversee and review the bank reconciliations prepared by the bookkeepers. – Ensure that all transactions processed in the general ledger for entities/Financial Statement Line items under your remit are valid, accurate and complete. – Ensure that month-end financial packs including balance sheet reconciliations are prepared for the review of the Finance Manager within the stipulated deadlines. – Preparation of accurate journals and monthly reconciliations with third party pay-in and pay-out partners. – Assist the Group Tax team with the preparation of timely and accurate tax submissions for the entities under your remit. – Assistance in the delivery of the year-end audit including drafting the statutory financial statements for review by the Finance Manager and Group Reporting team. – Preparation of various other statutory or regulatory returns for the entities under your remit. – Involvement in various finance improvement projects, including system implementations, month end process efficiencies, new market expansion and business maturity workstreams. – Internal liaison with other departments to assist in solving commercials issues as they arise. KEY REQUIREMENTS – CA (SA) (essential) – 0-2 years post qualifying experience in a financial services environment (desirable) – Experience of multi-national Groups structures, preferably across the African continent and/or the UK (preferable) – Finance business systems experience across ERP platforms, preferably Netsuite – Experience in preparing VAT and Corporate tax returns which will be delivered in conjunction with the internal Tax function (preferable) – Experience working in financial services or highly regulated industries beneficial (preferable) – Experience working in high growth/fast-moving organisations (preferable) – Advanced time management and organisational skills (essential) – Advanced MS Office skills (essential) ADDITIONAL SKILLS – Shares a passion for the companys purpose and enjoys working in a fast-paced, informal but extremely ambitious company. – Hands-on self-starter, who knows what to do without being told, with a no-nonsense get it done attitude, quickly diagnosing issues, proposing and executing solutions in a short timeframe. – Ability to work under pressure, commercial acumen, and capable of linking the role to shareholder value creation / profitability. – Keen to be part of a multi-cultural organisation that is committed to excellence, inclusion, diversity, community development and the environment. – Ability to look for efficiencies and improvements in any process rather than just accept the status quo.

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