Accountant
Role
Accountant
Location
Cape Town
Industry
Financial Services
An established specialist commercial finance provider, delivering tailored asset finance and working capital solutions to businesses across South Africa. The company partners with clients in the transport, logistics and related sectors, providing flexible financing through a customer-focused approach.
A motivated and detail-oriented Financial Accountant to support the financial management and reporting requirements of the group. The successful candidate will be someone who enjoys working with financial data, has strong accounting fundamentals, and is looking to develop their career within a growing business.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare monthly journals, accruals and provisions.
Perform balance sheet reconciliations.
Maintain general ledger integrity across group entities.
Process month-end and year-end accounting entries.
Assist with the preparation of management accounts.
Maintain finance lease and rental asset schedules.
Process asset acquisitions and disposals.
Monitor depreciation and amortisation calculations.
Support the managing lease and rental portfolio reporting.
Assist with payment run preparation.
Monitor debtor balances and ageing.
Assist with investigating account queries and collection reporting.
Assist with VAT submissions, Income tax, Audits, Statutory returns.
Produce supporting schedules for management accounts.
Assist with board and funder reporting where required.
Identify opportunities to improve finance processes.
Assist with implementation of new systems and reporting enhancements.
Requirements
BCom Accounting or equivalent accounting qualification.
Completed SAICA, SAIPA or CIMA articles (advantageous).
3 to 5 years' accounting experience.
Experience within a commercial finance environment (advantageous).
Experience in: Asset finance, leasing, rental businesses, financial services, banking, commercial lending (advantageous).
Strong financial accounting knowledge.
Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
Experience with accounting software and ERP systems.
Thank you for your interest. If you do apply for this opportunity, but do not hear from us within two weeks, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.