Job title: Senior Financial Accountant
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Salary type: Annual
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Cape Town, Southern Suburbs
Job published: 11/03/2025
Job ID: 56388

Job Description

My client is a leading product distributor based in Cape Town, Southern Suburbs seeking a dynamic Assistant Financial Controller to join their high-performing team. You will be finance driven and thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment. Your collaborative team player skills will demonstrate accountability, flexibility, and passion for excellence. If you are someone with the ability to take ownership of financial control responsibilities within a fast-growing business, send me your CV now!

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with processing, analysing and capturing of cash flow information
  • Review daily cash book allocation in cash flow file
  • Follow-up and collect customers’ outstanding payments
  • Process information and maintaining subsidiary ledgers
  • Manage and process invoicing for ad-hoc and other internal stock orders
  • Distribute debtor statements and issue ESD credits and collection of debts
  • Run day end process, processing journals and resolving error batches
  • Process and update exchange rate information, performing monthly AR & AP re-evaluations
  • Assist with the completion of VAT calculations
  • Maintain and manage individual credit cards, replacements, international travel recons
  • Maintain and manage cell phone related transactions
  • Accurate and timely review of payments
  • Assist with balance sheet control account reconciliations
  • Assist with the maintenance of motor vehicle journals and manage fleet reports
  • Prepare for internal, external and BBBEE Audits
  • Provide continuous updates on stock pricing
  • Monitor and analyse monthly spend to budgets

Requirements:

  • SAIPA / CIMA / CA(SA) / ACCA qualified
  • SAIPA / SAICA / CIMA / ACCA Articles plus 3+ years commercial experience
  • Proven working experience as a financial accounting and reporting experience 
  • Experience in the FMCG industry is NON-NEGOTIABLE
  • Thorough knowledge of accounting, tax and audit principles and procedures
  • This role is 100% in-office in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town

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