Financial Accountant

About The Role

What you'll do

Financial accounting

• Prepare and review financial information and reports
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial records. Manage and maintain accounting processes, controls, debits, credits, and reconciliations. Support expense and income reporting across multiple business areas.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand financial impacts and provide accounting guidance. Investigate variances, identify root causes, and recommend improvements. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and challenge existing processes where better solutions exist.
• Work collaboratively across Finance, HR, Risk, Marketing, Credit and other business functions.
• Record financial transactions accurately and on time throughout the month
• Execute month-end entries in line with the 'Month End Task List'
• Review and release Purchase Orders – checking VAT compliance, correct General Ledger allocation and budget availability
• Maintain Accruals, Contingencies, Provisioning and PrePaid schedules

Control environment

• Spot and act on opportunities to strengthen controls
• Design and maintain effective accounting processes and systems
• Review SAP Master Data regularly and keep it current

Analysis and reporting

• Perform month-on-month Income Statement expense analysis
• Review monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and resolve items timeously
• Produce clear reports that other teams can use directly

Team support

• Guide and mentor team members in your area of expertise
• Review kilometre claims, personnel claims and payment requisitions before they go to Accounts Payable
• Review outstanding Purchase Orders weekly and work with Business to action them
• Help with internal and external audit requests

What You'll Bring

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting – Financial Accounting
• Completed SAICA or SAIPA Articles
• 0–2 years post-articles experience in Financial Accounting, covering a wide range of accounting functions

Preferred

• Honours Degree in Accounting – Financial Accounting
• SAP accounting module experience

Knowledge

• IFRS and GAAP
• Accounting principles and computerised accounting systems
• South African Tax, including VAT
• Financial data analysis and interpretation
• Microsoft Office Suite

Skills

• Strong analytical and numerical reasoning
• Sharp attention to detail
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Problem solving and reporting

Capitec is committed to diversity and, where feasible, all appointments will support the achievement of our employment equity goals.

How to Apply

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