Cape Town City Centre: SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Accountant to join our dynamic team in Cape Town City Centre. As the execution engine of our South African finance function, you will be responsible for delivering clean, reliable financial data that executives trust. With no direct reports and a focus on accuracy and attention to detail, this is a hands-on role that requires strong analytical skills and a natural leadership ability.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage cashbook, debtors, and creditors: Cashbook management (receipts, payments, bank reconciliations)
• Debtors ledger: invoice generation, payment allocation, overdue follow-up
• Creditors ledger: invoice capture, payment runs, supplier reconciliations
• Petty cash and expense reimbursements
• Process invoicing for: Software service engagements (retainer milestones) License subscriptions (recurring revenue) Hourly billing (time-tracking integration)
• Execute bank reconciliations (daily for material accounts)
• Monitor revenue recognition timing (deferred revenue for upfront payments)
• Manage expense reimbursements and supplier payments
• Execute full close in Acumatica (ERP system)
• Prepare and post journals (accruals, prepayments, depreciation, FX)
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts monthly (debtors, creditors, bank and intercompany)
• Perform GL analysis and variance reviews
• Produce management accounts package with basic commentary
• Submit monthly VAT returns (reconciled to GL)
• PAYE/UIF reconciliations and submissions (coordinator with payroll provider)
• Support annual financial statements preparation
• Support with external audit (provide schedules, resolve queries)
• Maintain statutory documentation and registers
• Process cross-border intercompany invoices
• Reconcile intercompany balances with offshore entities (North America & Europe)
• Ensure consistent treatment of shared costs and recharges
• Flat transfer pricing or cross-boarder payment issues to leadership
• Execute payment authorisations workflows per delegation of authority
• Document SOPs for all core processes
• Identify and escalate process gaps or control weaknesses

Requirements

• BCom Accounting / Finance (or equivalent)
• 57 years general ledger experience (services/software/consulting environment and Businesses with project-based or retainer revenue models preferred)
• Strong Acumatica proficiency (or similar to cloud ERP)
• SA tax knowledge (VAT, PAYE, CIT basics)
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, reporting)
• Practical AI tool usage (OpenAI, Copilot, Claude, Gemini)
• Practical understanding of accrual accounting and revenue recognition
• SAICA articles (Senior/Supervisor level) (Preferred)
• Deferred revenue accounting experience (Preferred)
• Basic understanding of transfer pricing principles (Preferred)
• Exposure to time-tracking system integrations (Preferred)

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications mentioned in the original description.