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Senior Accountant

Cape Town Northern Suburbs
Salary: Market Related
Commission: 13th month salary
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Accounting Admin Finance
Benefits: Pension Bonus 0
Reference: Accountant

Apply before Jun 19 2026 | 25 Days left

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Vacancy Details

Employer: MCiSA

Assist with General Office Management, particularly the accounting department and work responsibilities of Junior Bookkeeper.
Ensure all cashbook processing is updated timeously and accurately.
Ensure that all financial reports including but not limited to the monthly accounts and the preparation of audit files are prepared accurately and submitted on time.
Applying principles of accounting to prepare and analyse financial information, prepare financial reports including financial statements, budgets and financial forecasts, and variances from forecasts and the interpretations thereof where required.
Ensure that all related tax and statutory affairs of the different companies are in order including but not limited to ensuring that VAT, PAYE, UIF, SDL, Income Tax, WCA are timeously and duly submitted and paid.
Ensure transactional recording on Pastel, process journal entries and compile general ledger, draw up financial statements to balance sheet level. Allocate and process Bank statement transactions, and perform reconciliations of bank accounts.
Ensure ongoing timeous back-ups are performed of various systems.
System static data on various systems is kept up to date.
Implement and ensure adherence to internal control processes.
Prepared month-end management accounts within the internal deadlines and presentation to company management.
Ensure that all companies inventory records are kept up to date and the inventory counts occur quarterly.
Maintain and manage the fixed assets register.
To implement continuous review and control systems to monitor the performance of the company, its flows of funds, and adherence to budgets.
To identify and alert the Financial Manager and/ or CEO of any irregularity, lack of compliance, lack of adherence to process and procedures, weakness in internal controls, and any actual or potential concerns arising out of the financial and operational matters of the business
Managing the Online banking System, ensuring receipts are timeously received and payments timeously made.
Performing necessary creditor and debtor reconciliations.

Candidate Requirements

This position requires someone who loves job variety, is hands on, energetic and organised.

Experience and Qualifications:

A tertiary accounting degree qualification is minimum
Having a complementing post graduate qualification will be an advantage
Having completed a traineeship with a recognised accounting accredited organisation will be an advantage.
Being registered with a recognised accounting body will be an advantage.
At least 5 years working experience at an Accountant or Senior Accountant level.
Proficient in use of Sage & /or Xero Accounting packages.
Proficiency in Caseware or Draftworx or any other financial ststement complilation/generation software will be an advantage.
Proficient in MS office.
Experience in VIP Payroll or other established payroll software solution
Having experience in and or being knowledgeable on basic Human Resource Administration matters and related regulatory frameworks will also be an advantage.

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