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Somerset West: Accountant posted by Merand Corbett & Associates

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Financial Accounting & Reporting

  • Manage and maintain financial records across trading companies, investment entities, and property portfolios.
  • Prepare and update monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
  • Ensure all ledgers, reconciliations, and supporting schedules remain accurate and up to date.
  • Perform daily reporting on selected transactions to identify irregularities or potential fraud.
  • Compile detailed month-end reporting packs for the business owners.
  • Produce one comprehensive monthly report consolidating all entities.

Systems & Tools

  • Work daily on Sage across multiple companies.
  • Maintain complex Excel spreadsheets (interest calculations, portfolio tracking, utilities, reconciliations, audit trails).
  • Validate bank-calculated interest to ensure correct rates and accuracy.
  • Capture and consolidate property managers’ water and electricity meter readings.

Tax, Governance & Compliance

  • Prepare and complete tax returns for multiple entities.
  • Assist with VAT, provisional tax, and year-end submissions.
  • Ensure audit-ready financial files and strong internal controls.
  • Support tax consulting activities within the group.

Investment & Entity Administration

  • Maintain records across all investment entities, including valuations, distributions, and capital movements.
  • Liaise with banks, wealth managers, property managers, auditors, and tax consultants in a professional manner.

Requirements

  • BCom in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
  • Minimum 5 years’ accounting experience.
  • Exceptional proficiency in Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, reconciliations, large datasets).
  • Strong working knowledge of Sage.
  • Solid understanding of accounting principles and reporting standards.
  • Ability to work accurately across numerous entities simultaneously.
  • Long-term commitment: ideally 5–7 years.
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Competencies & Personal Attributes

  • Highly analytical, accurate, and meticulous.
  • Strong communicator able to engage confidently with high-profile individuals.
  • Calm under pressure and able to handle demanding expectations.
  • High levels of integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism.
  • Resilient, proactive, and consistent in managing multiple deadlines.
  • Able to identify and correct errors quickly; feedback is typically valid and must be acted upon.

**ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED**



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