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

FULLY REMOTE CONTRACT available for a technically sound CA(SA), AGA(SA) or SAICA Articled Accountant - we're open to the right level for the right person.

This is a great opportunity for an Accountant with audit experience, to step up into a challenging accounting role in a listed multinational environment!  This contract will set you up for permanent opportunities in corporate.

This global business operates at scale across multiple markets, offering exposure to complex transactions, cross-border portfolios, and a collaborative, forward-thinking finance environment.

As a Financial Accountant, you’ll take ownership of a portfolio of entities, ensuring accurate reporting, compliance, and insight-driven financial analysis. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys both technical accounting and problem-solving in a dynamic setting.

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage the monthly and quarterly accounting and reporting for a portfolio of entities in your jurisdiction
• Prepare and review complex transactions including acquisitions, disposals, refinancing and build-to-suit deals
• Reconcile third-party financial statements against the company's own books and records
• Analyse and book intercompany and related-party transactions
• Handle AP invoice coding, VAT, real estate tax and tenant recharge calculations
• Prepare balance sheet analyses and income statement variance commentary for closing packs
• Own local GAAP or IFRS financial statement preparation and support statutory audits
• Contribute to forecasting, ad hoc reporting for Legal, Treasury and Asset Management, and ongoing process improvement

My client, based in Century City, is looking for an experienced Group Finance Manager to join their dynamic team within a complex financial environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a finance leader who can balance the detail of reporting and compliance with the bigger picture of financial strategy and business performance.

Why join this team?

• Take ownership of group finance across multiple entities
• Work closely with senior stakeholders and contribute to strategic decision-making
• Lead and develop a finance team with a strong focus on performance and accountability
• Enjoy a hybrid working model, performance-based incentives and SAICA membership fees covered

A multi-entity operation with cross-border intercompany dealings and a high-volume, deadline-driven finance environment, is seeking a strong Financial Controller  to won their full debtors, creditors & treasury function. 

As Financial Controller, you'll take full ownership of debtors, creditors, treasury, banking, FX and intercompany functions end to end. You'll act as gatekeeper of financial controls and governance, driving accuracy, audit-readiness and continuous improvement. It's a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives on structure, accountability and a tight ship.

Key responsibilities:

• Own debtors and creditors end-to-end, from collections and ageing to supplier payments and onboarding
• Manage treasury, banking, cash flow forecasting and FX exposure, including forward exchange contracts where applicable
• Drive reconciliations across bank, clearing, suspense and control accounts, resolving exceptions timeously
• Oversee intercompany loans, balances and confirmations, investigating and resolving differences
• Strengthen financial controls, risk management and audit readiness
• Lead and hold a finance team accountable for accurate output under pressure

Do you thrive on turning complex financial data into clear, reliable insight? We're looking for a senior finance leader to take ownership of financial control and reporting across a major global market, joining a business that shapes some of the world's best-known brands.

Why join this team?

This role sits at the heart of how we manage risk, integrity and trust across our finance function. You'll own the control environment for a major market, working closely with the CFO and group finance leadership to keep our reporting robust, our balance sheet reliable, and our audit relationships strong. It's a role with real influence shaping policy, driving standards, and building a high-performing team around you.

What you'll be doing

• Own the development of internal financial controls, finance policies and technical accounting policies, driving their consistent application
• Design and implement mechanisms to ensure balance sheet figures are robust, reliable, and that underlying risks and opportunities are well understood
• Lead preparation of group reporting requirements and consolidated financial statements at half year and year end
• Implement global policy and support regional and local accounting controls, financial controls and compliance
• Support capital, debt, taxation, insurance and risk management activities across the market
• Sponsor and drive continuous improvement and change programmes through to delivery of real benefits
• Build capability, tools and skills within the Financial Control team to increase efficiency and value
• Act as the primary market point of contact for Operational Finance and Commercial Finance pillar heads
• Manage internal and external audit for the market, including all local regulatory compliance
• Provide technical accounting support to the CFO, including accounting papers and audit committee papers
• Monitor regulatory developments and lead the implementation of new accounting standards
• Lead and motivate the Financial Reporting & Control team, including performance management, objective setting and development

Fancy a finance role where you're genuinely hands-on, not just signing off on other people's work?

This is an opportunity to join a close-knit, founder-run business in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs, where finance sits right at the centre of how the business runs day to day. It's a practical, all-rounder role in an environment that values getting things done as much as technical polish.

What you'll be doing

• Owning the full accounting cycle across multiple related companies, from general ledger through to month and year-end.
• Leading a small finance team and acting as a key point of contact for other departments.
• Reviewing cashbooks, credit cards, and petty cash, and keeping financial controls tight.
• Managing creditors and debtors, including payments, collections, and supplier relationships.
• Handling monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany accounts, and chasing down variances quickly.
• Taking care of statutory and SARS submissions (VAT201, EMP201) via e-Filing.
• Reviewing payroll for accuracy and compliance (processing itself is outsourced).
• Preparing budgets, forecasts, and weekly cash flow, and tracking performance against plan.
• Compiling board packs and management reports with clear, useful commentary.
• Acting as the key liaison for the annual audit and a hands-on sounding board for senior management.

Picture this

Summer hits, demand triples, production runs flat out across every branch, and somebody has to make sense of it all in real time. That somebody is you. This is a manufacturing business with real product, real seasonality, and real margin pressure, and the finance seat here isn't decorative. It's the control room.

Your domain:

• A seat at the management table, shaping growth and efficiency decisions instead of just documenting them afterward
• Consolidated management accounts across every branch and division, told in a way people actually understand: income statements, balance sheets, commentary that lands
• Budgets and forecasts built hand in hand with Sales and Production, so the numbers match what's actually happening on the factory floor
• KPIs and a Balanced Scorecard that you design, not just administer
• The annual audit, plus costing, capital planning, and working capital calls that influence real investment decisions
• Full statutory and tax compliance, handled so cleanly nobody downstream ever has to think about it
• A team of junior accountants who get better because you're the one developing them