Job title: Accountant
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Salary type: Annual
Salary from: ZAR 360,000.00
Salary to: ZAR 480,000.00
Location: Cape Town, Southern Suburbs
Job published: 11/03/2025
Job ID: 58570

Job Description

Are you a dynamic Accountant seeking a new challenge in a thriving environment? If so, my client is seeking an Accountant with experience managing the accounting/financial function within a business. Prior experience having worked within either the Import & Export/Distribution/Retail sectors will be advantageous.

Responsibilities:

  • Full Accounting function from source documents to AFS
  • Daily sales reports from ERPLY and update Target sheet for each store
  • Maintain schedule of customers with “special arrangements”; Manage debtors queries, settlement discounts, and ensure that commissions
  • Provide bank with timeously shipping documents and invoices matched to incoming forex payments for bank release; Reconciliation of bank accounts, loan accounts, and creditors, including forex payments
  • Keep monthly payment schedule up to date
  • Payroll function, including submission of PAYE to SARS
  • Budget management: prepare and analyse management accounts (including GP% and budget variance reports), notify management of material variances
  • Build a monthly accounting function flow diagram incorporating all of the daily/weekly/monthly/annuals duties (including links to other departments)
  • Develop a time management schedule including key priorities
  • Reconcile debtors’ payments

Requirements:

  • Minimum 3 years of experience
  • Degree in Accounting / Articles would be an advantage
  • Experience in financial accounting, preferably in an Importer/Distributor/Retailer business
  • Proficient in ERPLY and Xero systems (highly advantageous)

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