A well-established business, in Paarl, is looking for a hands-on balance sheet bookkeeper to take ownership of key day-to-day finance activities. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, works accurately under pressure and takes pride in keeping financial records organised and up to date.

Purpose of the role

You’ll play an important part in the daily running of the finance office, working across creditors, debtors, banking, cash flow, general ledger and VAT. You’ll also support the wider business with stock, document management and general office administration.

Our client, a large diversified investment holding company operating through a shared services model, is looking for a Payroll Analyst to join their People team in Stellenbosch. With multiple entities and complex reward structures under one roof, this is payroll with real analytical teeth.

You'll take ownership of end-to-end processing for selected monthly payrolls of 400+ -employee and multiple entities, working closely with the Payroll & Benefits Officer as each other's backup and quality check. Beyond processing, you'll dig into payroll and reward data, build reports and dashboards, and turn numbers into insights that actually influence decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Process assigned payrolls on Sage 300 People with full accuracy and deadline compliance
• Conduct advanced reconciliations and resolve discrepancies at the root cause
• Build and interpret payroll/reward reporting and management dashboards
• Support increase, bonus, benchmarking and share vesting cycles with solid data prep
• Assist with UAT for system and platform changes
• Ensure compliance with PAYE, UIF, SDL and COID requirements

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an accomplished senior finance executive to join a leading, complex financial services organisation in a pivotal Group-level CFO position.

This role combines strategic finance leadership with significant responsibility for Group financial reporting, technical accounting, financial governance, controls and reporting integrity.
The successful individual will have built strong technical foundations across IFRS and financial reporting, while having progressed into a broader executive finance leadership role. This position requires someone equally comfortable interrogating complex financial information and operating strategically with senior executives and Board-level stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide senior financial leadership and oversight across a complex Group environment
• Oversee Group financial reporting, consolidation, technical accounting and statutory reporting
• Provide leadership across IFRS governance, accounting policies, financial controls and reporting integrity
• Ensure the quality, accuracy and credibility of financial information provided to senior leadership and governance forums
• Oversee executive and Board-level financial reporting and supporting analysis
• Analyse financial performance, identify trends and risks, challenge forecasts and provide meaningful commercial insight
• Maintain robust financial governance, control frameworks and reporting disciplines
• Oversee areas including capital reporting, balance sheet management and financial control
• Partner with senior executives, finance leaders, auditors, regulators and other key stakeholders
• Lead and develop a high-performing specialist finance team
• Strengthen technical reporting capability and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of finance processes
• Contribute to strategic financial decision-making and the broader direction of the finance function

Do you thrive on complex, cross-border tax challenges? We're looking for a Group Tax and Financial Accountant to help drive financial reporting and tax compliance excellence across a global holdings company. If you have a good base of group accounting experience, coupled with knowledge and a keen interest in taxation, we want to hear from you.

Why join this team?

This role sits at the centre of group tax and financial reporting for an international group. You'll split your time between taxation and financial reporting, working closely with the CFO, with opportunity for growth in the space. It's a hands-on role in a small, flat-structured finance team, offering broad exposure and real influence from day one.

What you will be doing:

Financial reporting

• Ensure financial transactions across the group comply with IFRS
• Review subsidiaries' management accounts
• Prepare group consolidated management accounts
• Manage year-end external audit requirements and deliverables
• Assist group companies with technical accounting and year-end reporting packs
• Review inter-group transactions and loan accounts
• Oversee reporting by local and foreign group companies and perform group consolidations
• Prepare group financial reporting packs for submission to a listed company
• Prepare group companies' annual financial statements
• Compile management information and reports for the finance and risk committee and board of directors
• Compile group consolidated cash flow forecasts
• Support mergers and acquisitions activity
• Assist with stakeholder presentations

Taxation

• Formulate, review and maintain group transfer pricing documentation and local files to ensure compliance with cross-border regulations and OECD guidelines
• Review intercompany transactions for compliance with transfer pricing regulations
• Prepare and oversee corporate income and provisional tax across local and foreign subsidiaries, ensuring full compliance with SARS and global revenue authorities
• Assess, document and continuously improve group tax processes and controls
• Prepare and submit tax returns
• Prepare and review tax calculations
• Manage SARS audit verifications and requests
• Liaise with local finance teams and external tax advisors

Multi-jurisdictional banking group is looking for an experienced Head of Business Process to lead process governance, standardisation and continuous improvement across its shared services operations. This is a contract role opportunity and will report to the MD. 

Why Join This Team?

• You will shape how a multi-jurisdictional banking group designs, governs and improves its operational processes
• The role sits at the centre of correspondent banking, payments, treasury, trade finance, onboarding, compliance and back-office functions
• You will drive standardisation and digitisation across entities, ensuring every process is compliant, measurable and built for scale
• This is a strategic, high-visibility role reporting directly to the Managing Director

What You Will Be Doing:

Process Governance & Strategy

• Establish and lead the Business Process Management (BPM) framework for the shared service centre and all supported entities
• Define and maintain the group process architecture, aligned to business strategy
• Oversee a central process repository and governance structure for documentation, approval and version control
• Define Standard Operating Procedures and Committee charters
• Drive a continuous improvement roadmap, prioritising automation and efficiency gains

Process Design, Standardisation & Optimisation

• Map and streamline end-to-end processes across banking operations, onboarding, treasury, payments and compliance
• Lead process re-engineering initiatives
• Harmonise workflows across regional teams
• Define and track Key Process Indicators (KPIs)

Behind every adviser payout is a chain of calculations, reconciliations and deadlines that has to be right the first time  and that's where you come in.

Why This Role:

We're growing our Commissions team and looking for a Commissions Administrator to manage the accurate calculation, reconciliation, processing and payment of adviser and broker commissions within a financial services environment. You'll make sure commissions are handled in line with company policy, contractual agreements, regulatory requirements and insurer payment schedules  working closely with Finance, Payroll and Compliance along the way.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Calculate and process adviser and broker commissions, including once-off, recurring, upfront, trail and clawback payments
• Capture and maintain commission data within internal systems
• Verify commission statements received from product providers and insurers
• Reconcile commission statements against internal records and resolve discrepancies promptly
• Follow up with insurers, product providers and internal stakeholders on outstanding queries
• Maintain accurate commission records, structures, banking details and supporting documentation
• Assist with onboarding new financial advisers from a commission administration perspective
• Prepare monthly commission reports, summaries and variance analysis for management
• Support financial audits and monitor trends or anomalies in commission activity
• Respond to adviser and internal queries, and liaise with insurers, product providers, payroll, finance and compliance teams
• Ensure commission payments comply with financial services legislation, company policy and audit requirements
• Maintain confidentiality of financial and adviser information throughout

What We're Looking For:

• Grade 12 (Matric), with a diploma or certificate in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration advantageous
• 2–5 years' experience in commission or finance administration, ideally within financial services or insurance
• Familiarity with insurer commission statements, adviser remuneration models and reconciliation processes
• Understanding of commission structures within financial services, with knowledge of investments, life insurance or employee benefits advantageous
• Advanced Excel skills (PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas, data analysis) and solid proficiency across Microsoft Office
• Experience using CRM, commission management or financial administration systems
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving ability
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• Clear communicator, comfortable working independently and within a team
• Professional and trustworthy when handling confidential information

Please note, if you haven't heard back from us within two weeks of submitting your application, unfortunately your application has not been successful this time. We'd still love to stay connected follow us online and keep an eye out for future opportunities that match your profile.

An exciting opportunity for a detail‑driven Accountant to play a key role in ensuring accurate financial accounting, reporting, and operational excellence within a dynamic financial services team.

Why join this team?

• Contribute to the smooth running of day‑to‑day financial operations
• Work closely with the Financial Manager on reporting, audits, and strategic projects
• Be part of a collaborative environment focused on accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement

What you will be doing:

• Process weekly cashbooks for local and foreign accounts; perform bank reconciliations
• Manage weekly revenue processing and monthly debtor reconciliations
• Liaise with the commissions department to resolve related queries
• Prepare bi‑monthly supplier payment schedules and review creditor reconciliations
• Execute payments on the banking platform
• Process monthly payroll and collaborate with the payroll department on issues
• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany accounts
• Maintain and update monthly budgets
• Prepare monthly management accounts and handle related queries
• Respond to internal and external stakeholder requests and queries
• Assist with projects and annual audit pack preparation

Ready to own the entire risk and control environment for a multi-entity apparel brands group? We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established, multi-entity group based in Cape Town, with operations spanning several business units under one umbrella. They're looking for a  finance all-rounder to take the reins on treasury, compliance, procurement, tax and insurance.

This is a broad, group-level mandate. You'll be the person who holds the full risk and governance picture together, working across entities and functions rather than sitting in one narrow lane. It's a high-visibility seat, ideal for someone who wants real ownership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily cash management, payments and liquidity planning across all entities
• Lead audit planning and drive regulatory compliance group-wide
• Direct group procurement strategy and supplier governance
• Prepare and submit group income tax returns and maintain accurate tax records
• Manage group insurance policies, coverage and claims coordination

We’re looking for a hands-on, organised Bookkeeper to join a growing and fast-paced property business in Cape Town.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being close to the day-to-day finances of a business and is comfortable taking ownership of the full bookkeeping function. You’ll be joining at a busy time, so we’re looking for someone who can hit the ground running, bring structure to the numbers and confidently pick up a broad range of finance responsibilities.

What you'll be doing:

• Day-to-day bookkeeping and transaction processing on Xero
• Accounts payable and accounts receivable
• Bank and control account reconciliations
• Supplier invoice processing and payments
• Client/owner invoicing and following up on outstanding payments
• Managing debtors and creditors
• Payroll-related entries and statutory payments, including PAYE, UIF and VAT as required
• Maintaining accurate, audit-ready supporting documentation
• Reconciling company cards, expense floats and staff expenses
• Assisting with the reconciliation of short-term rental income and payments
• Supporting the wider team with bookkeeping and finance administration
• Working closely with the business owners and proactively flagging discrepancies or issues

International Expat Opportunity!

• Are you an experienced Finance Manager who understands the private security industry from the inside out?
  
• We are recruiting for a senior, hands-on Finance Manager to join a leading security and services group operating in a frontier-market environment in the South Pacific region, north of Australia
  
• This is a fully-fledged expatriate opportunity and international relocation is essential. It offers an experienced South African finance professional the opportunity to take ownership of the finance function within a sizeable, operationally complex security business, working alongside an established leadership team that already includes a number of experienced South African security professionals

This is not a generic Finance Manager position

• Our client is specifically looking for someone who has spent a meaningful portion of their career within the South African private security industry and understands the commercial and operational realities of businesses operating across guarding, armed response, cash-in-transit, integrated security services, security technology or similar environments
  
• The organisation operates across multiple service lines and major client contracts. The successful individual will need to understand the financial complexities that come with a large frontline workforce, shift-based operations, contract profitability, payroll, billing, debtor management and operational leakage

The role:
You will take broad ownership of the finance function and work closely with operational leadership to strengthen financial control, improve profitability and ensure high-quality financial reporting
Responsibilities will include:

• Full ownership of management accounts and monthly financial reporting
• Budgeting, forecasting and detailed variance analysis
• Oversight of branch, service-line and contract-level P&Ls
• Driving strong cash flow management and financial controls
• Ensuring tight payroll controls across a large, shift-based workforce
• Strengthening billing, invoicing, collections and accounts receivable processes
• Identifying and addressing financial leakage, fraud and control weaknesses
• Working closely with operations around contract profitability, pricing and margin management
• Analysing workforce and guard utilisation and associated labour costs
• Assessing route and operational economics across relevant service lines
• Improving financial processes, controls and governance
• Leading and developing the existing finance team
• Delivering high-quality management and board-level reporting
• Building institutional-grade reporting and controls appropriate to a complex international operating environment