Senior Accountant

Recruiter:

wePlace

Job Ref:

JHB000839/AS

Date posted:

Monday, July 28, 2025

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

SUMMARY:

Our client, an award-winning MedTech is looking for a Senior Accountant to join their team.

POSITION INFO:

Job Purpose:

Responsible for preparing financial reports, performing account reconciliations, maintaining the general ledger, preparing tax returns, assisting with audit preparations, and performing other accounting duties as assigned.

Minimum education (essential):
Chartered Accountant CA(SA)

Minimum applicable experience (years):

3 - 7 post article years

Required nature of experience:

Commercial experience
Full bookkeeping experience up to trial balance (Including debtors management, creditors management, general ledger)
Tax compliance
Statutory compliance
Financial Reporting
Month end procedure management
Team management
Beneficial if articles were completed at an accounting firm

Skills and Knowledge (essential):

Accounting Software (ie Pastel / Xero)
Microsoft Excel
SARS e-filing
Risk Assessment
Measurement Analysis and Interpretation
Ratio Analysis

Financial Reporting 10%

Analyse financial information and summarize financial status.
Participate in financial standards setting and in the forecast process.
Suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending.
Perform variance analysis and prepare account reconciliations.

Month End Procedure Management 50%

Manage and assist the team to complete the month-end procedure within deadline.
Prepare month-end close procedures including debtors, creditors, cash, general ledger and trial balance reconciliations.
Identify errors and recommend changes to processing accounting transactions.
Process journal entries to ensure accuracy..
Assist in financial standards setting and forecast process.

Team Monitoring 10%

Assist with managing accounting assistants, bookkeeper and accountant.
Provide input into the department's goal setting process.
Plan, assign and review staff’s work.
Provide training and mentoring to employees in the finance department.

General Financial Administration 20%

Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures.
Support year-end close process.
Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
Liaise with the Financial Manager to improve financial procedures.
Assist with the budgeting process.
Coordinate accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting and finance team or with other departments.
Assist with managing all company facilities.

Compliance 5%

Assist with tax audits and tax returns.
Assist in financial standards setting for compliance and forecast process.
Assist with directing internal and external audits to ensure compliance.
Assist with keeping company documents up to date and maintain a record of such.

QMS 5%

Ensure that QMS guidelines are adhered to.
Ensure that all supporting documents are kept to date.
Ensure that all processes are kept relevant.

This job description is not a definitive or exhaustive list of responsibilities and is subject to change depending on changing business requirements. Employees will be consulted on any changes. Employee’s performance will be reviewed based on the agreed upon objectives.

Pretoria - 2 days’ work-from-home in line with Company Policy (only applicable after probation is successfully passed).

Should you not receive a response from us within one week of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful.

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