Accountant: Group Finance

Unique Personnel boasts over 50 years (established in 1970) of personnel and staffing experience, so it's not surprising that even though our main focus has been providing on South African Staffing Solutions, we now recruit internationally for over 5000 clients

Duties & Responsibilities

Job Description

• Provide financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial control support across the Group Finance function.

• Ensure accurate financial reporting.

• Maintain strong financial controls.

• Support statutory compliance.

• Manage fixed assets.

• Provide financial insights to support informed business decision-making across the organisation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.

• Financial reporting and month-end financial management.

• Corporate governance, compliance, and financial controls.

• Fixed asset accounting and capital expenditure management.

• Audit support, statutory reporting, and stakeholder engagement.

• Financial analysis and business performance monitoring.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Job Requirements

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.

• Completed SAICA articles would be an advantage.

• Minimum of 3 years' relevant accounting experience in a financial reporting or finance environment.

• Strong understanding of IFRS, financial reporting standards, and financial controls.

• Experience working with Sage One Accounting system.

• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, balance sheet reconciliations, and fixed asset accounting.

• Knowledge of import and export regulations and procedures is essential.

Required Skills

• Financial reporting and analysis.

• Budgeting and forecasting.

• IFRS and financial compliance.

• Sage One Accounting systems.

• Financial controls and governance.

• Balance sheet reconciliations.

• Fixed asset accounting.

• Financial planning and interpretation.

• Problem-solving and analytical thinking.

• Stakeholder engagement, planning, and communication skills.