Middelburg: Site Accountant

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Site Accountant to join our team in Middelburg. As a key member of our finance department, you will be responsible for providing financial leadership and support to our operations teams, ensuring accurate financial reporting and analysis. You will work closely with senior management to provide financial insights that inform top-line strategy decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts per site, analyzing cost per activity/production process.
• Monitor actual performance vs budget and prior year, highlighting variances and recommending corrective actions.
• Collaborate with site operations to prepare weekly, quarterly, and rolling forecasts.
• Upload forecasts and actuals into Hyperion Planning (HP).
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual results presentations with variance analysis.
• Maintain and update cash flow reports, including AR collections and Capex projections.
• Daily monitoring and reporting on production and cost metrics.
• Oversee monthly financial close for both Middelburg sites.
• Validate customer deliveries and invoices; approve ERP entries.
• Prepare expense accruals and journal entries.
• Ensure accurate receipting and follow up on pending goods.
• Perform month-end reconciliations (expenses, stock, capex, FAR, AR, bank, IC, payroll, etc.).
• Coordinate inter-company invoicing and reconciliations.
• Prepare VAT calculations and submissions (VAT201), and other statutory reports (e.g., STATS SA).
• Support SOX compliance and internal controls.
• Assist with HFM uploads and commentary.
• Conduct inventory counts and capex reconciliations.
• Review and load supplier payments, including international transactions.
• Lead internal and external audit preparations.
• Partner with operations and commercial teams to evaluate strategies and profitability.
• Support senior management with financial insights for top-line strategy decisions.
• Resolve SARS queries and support ad hoc financial tasks.

Requirements

• Degree / Honours or CA (SA)
• Minimum of 2 (CA (SA) or CIMA) or 3 years (Degree/Honours) commercial experience
• IFRS/US GAAP knowledge
• Forecast building and controlling experience
• Advanced Excel skills
• ERP experience advantageous (JD Edwards, Oracle, Hyperion)

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications.

Note: Since no formal education or certifications are mentioned in the original job description, this section is skipped.