South Africa: Interim Accountant – CaseWare Year End (Contract position) – Centurion posted by MECS Africa

February 11, 2026 Jobs in South Africa

MECS Africa

South Africa

Finance/Accounting Management

Job Description

Contract position – 6 months to assist with Year End – CaseWare
Articles plus 3 years post-article relevant experience in accounting with preference to a financial service institution
Extensive CaseWare experience for at least 3 years
GRAP experience for at least 3 years
Public sector experience
Transition from IFRS to GRAP

Year-end annual financial statements (March 2026):

Import SAGE300 TB’s to CaseWare
– Capture GRAP financial statements notes on CaseWare
Identify differences from face of the AFS to the notes and resolve
Assist with reconciliations within CaseWare e.g. intercompany eliminations, revenue and opex, payables and receivables
Assist the auditors with queries relating to annual financial statements tie up
Drive resolution of customization or set-up issues on the GRAP template with service provider
Monitor and ensure resolution of any synchronisation issues on cloud backup files. 2 20% Functional Preparation for audit
Export lead schedules from CaseWare and save them in the accounting file
Capture changes to the AFS to address review notes in preparation of audit
Resolve audit queries from external auditors relating to AFS tie-up to lead schedules

Rollforward procedures:

Rollforward 2025/26 AFS to the next year’s comparative period
Agree the signed AFS 2025/26 to the comparative period after rollforward
Resolve any difference in the rollforward process.

knowledge sharing and training:

Provide on-the-job-training to the Assistant Accountant on CaseWare as a supplement to formal training.
Provide regular feedback on the financial statement process weekly

Contracts review:
– Assist the Interim Finance Manager with the contracts review project

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