My client, based in Durbanville, is looking for an analytical and commercially minded Cost Accountant to join its finance team. Operating in a fast-paced production environment, the business offers the opportunity to get close to operations and influence how performance, profitability and investment decisions are made.

Purpose of the role

You’ll bridge the gap between finance and operations, developing accurate costing models, analysing performance and identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies and profitability. You’ll liaise with the various department heads to ensure budgets stay on track.

What’s in it for you?

• Work closely with operations and see the direct impact of your analysis.
• Gain broad exposure across costing, commercial finance, taxation and investment analysis.
• Play an active role in improving processes, efficiencies and business performance.
• Build your experience in a hands-on industrial environment.

Do you thrive on turning the numbers into decisions before the rest of the business has even had its morning coffee? We're a fast-growing, multi-site retail group looking for a hands-on Finance Manager to own the finance function end to end, from daily cash to the annual audit.

Why join this team?

This is not a back-office reporting role. You will sit close to trading, buying and planning, linking stock, margin and cash to the numbers that drive real decisions. Reporting directly to the CFO, you will have genuine ownership of the finance function in a business that moves fast and expects finance to keep pace.

What you will be doing:

• Own daily cash, bank reconciliations and trading reporting
• Review store cash-ups and investigate variances and under-bankings
• Manage supplier and other payments, and banking facilities
• Run the full accounting records in Xero, including reconciliations
• Maintain a sound internal control environment across sites
• Lead the month-end process through to management accounts
• Manage the fixed asset register, depreciation and capex tracking
• Prepare budget and forecast variance commentary
• Partner with planners and buyers on margin, markdown and sell-through
• Oversee inventory control, stock takes and shrinkage investigation
• Process monthly payroll, commissions and related HR administration
• Prepare EMP201, VAT and EMP501 submissions
• Prepare annual budgets, rolling forecasts and cash flow forecasts
• Lead the annual audit pack through to signed financial statements
• Supervise and develop the finance team

Some accountants process the numbers. Others want to know that the numbers are right, understand what sits behind them, spot when something doesn’t make sense and take ownership of fixing it.

We’re looking for the second kind.

This Financial Accountant opportunity will suit someone who gets genuine satisfaction from a clean reconciliation, an accurate set of management accounts and a finance function that runs the way it should.

You’ll have your hands across the accounting function — from journals, reconciliations and reporting to tax, VAT, budgets and the annual audit. It’s a role for someone who likes responsibility, enjoys solving discrepancies and doesn’t need to be chased to get things over the line.

You’ll make your mark by:

• Keeping the financial information accurate, complete and reliable
• Preparing monthly management accounts, reports, budgets, commentaries and financial statements
• Getting into the detail of daily and monthly reconciliations and resolving discrepancies
• Taking ownership of tax and VAT calculations, returns and compliance requirements
• Maintaining strong financial controls and accurate accounting records
• Preparing and verifying payments and supporting documentation
• Coordinating the annual financial audit
• Keeping a close eye on income and expenditure
• Working confidently with management, colleagues, clients and other stakeholders
• Helping coordinate the activities of accounting clerical staff

Are you a CA(SA) with 1–2 years’ commercial experience who is ready for greater exposure, more ownership and the opportunity to take the next step in your finance career?

This is an opportunity to join an established, fast-paced business where finance is closely connected to the day-to-day operation. We’re looking for someone who has built a strong technical foundation but now wants to deepen their commercial experience, get closer to the numbers and continue developing towards broader financial management responsibility.

Working closely with senior finance leadership, you’ll have exposure across the accounting function while playing an active role in month-end, financial controls, audit, problem-solving and the continued development and implementation of accounting systems.

What you'll be getting involved in:

• Supporting the month-end close and preparation of financial information
• Reviewing balance sheet and general ledger accounts and resolving discrepancies
• Preparing journals, reconciliations and cashbook analysis
• Investigating financial discrepancies and ensuring accurate processing
• Supporting audit requirements, schedules and queries
• Managing payment preparation, controls and releases
• Assisting with account analysis and finance-related reporting
• Contributing to the development, testing and implementation of accounting systems
• Working collaboratively across finance and operational teams

Are you a fast learner who enjoys solving problems and wants to be part of a small, hands-on team as a business scales nationally? We're looking for an Accountant to join a fast-growing national operation in the supply chain services space, based in Cape Town. 

Why join this team?

• This is a hands-on role right at the centre of the business, with real scope to make it your own
• You'll be part of a small close-knit team where everyone gets stuck in, so your reconciliations, credit control and reporting keep the wider operation running smoothly
• It's a fast-paced but warm environment, one that backs people who want to work hard, learn fast and grow their careers

What you will be doing:

• Manage the full debtors function, including invoicing, collections and reconciliations
• Process supplier invoices, reconcile accounts and prepare payment schedules
• Maintain the daily cashbook and perform regular bank reconciliations
• Monitor and report on cash flow, assisting with forecasting and planning
• Perform general ledger reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
• Maintain the fixed asset register
• Assist with monthly management accounts, reporting and budgeting
• Provide general financial administrative support and assist with audits and compliance
• Scope to build modelling skills and do interesting things

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)