Job Description

Does the opportunity to work with international clients interest you?
Our client is launching an outsources accounting services team in South Africa, servicing US based clients and is looking for experienced Senior Accountants to join them! This client plans to significantly expand this offshore team in South Africa, offering the opportunity to get into something exciting in the early stages!  This role calls for good levels of confidence, being able to articulate well with international clients and international team members. As you’ll be forming part of the core team, we are looking for committed, client-centric, dynamic team players who are comfortable working remotely and being part of something with great growth potential.

Why join this team: 

• Opportunity to support a high‑impact month‑end close function
• Work closely with an experienced US‑based accounting team
• Contribute to improving financial processes, controls, and efficiency
• Exposure to full financial statement reviews and cross‑functional collaboration

What you will be doing: 

• Preparing and reviewing high‑quality balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensuring reconciliations align seamlessly with financial statements
• Working with a full set of financials to identify inconsistencies or irregularities
• Collaborating daily with the US accounting team for reviews and issue resolution
• Identifying inefficiencies in the month‑end close process
• Challenging unusual balances and recommending workflow and control enhancements

What we are looking for: 

• Minimum of a BComm degree / Part CIMA / SAIPA qualified
• Minimum of 3 – 5 years experience within an accounting firm
• Strong experience in month‑end close and balance sheet reconciliations
• Solid understanding of how reconciliations feed into financial statements
• Ability to analyse full financials, identify inconsistencies between balance sheet, supporting schedules and reported results
• Experience with Sage Intacct (strong preference)
• Analytical mindset and committed to delivering on deadlines
• Comfortable working with partial overlap to US working hours daily
• Ability to collaborate and challenge differences or discrepancies as required and recommend improvements to strengthen workflows

Benefits and unique aspects:

• Exposure to global teams and international accounting practices
• Opportunities to influence and improve financial workflows and add value to clients
• Remote working model with cross‑border collaboration

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