Senior Management Accountant

• Independently review monthly
  management accounts — income statements, balance sheets and supporting
  schedules — prepared by trainees and junior team members, in addition to
  managing your own portfolio
  
• Draft and review Annual Financial
  Statements (AFS) in accordance with IFRS for SMEs, signing off on work prepared
  by others
  
• Assist
  clients with budgeting, forecasting, and cost modelling where needed
  
• Identify and implement process improvements within the
  Management Accounting team
  
• Review
  provisional tax calculations, VAT, and payroll reconciliations prepared by the
  team, and act as an escalation point for technical queries
  
• Support audit and independent review processes, including
  resolving more complex queries
  
• Lead
  monthly management meetings with clients, providing proactive insight, highlighting risks and trends, and offering forward-looking financial guidance
  
• Support trainees and junior accountants with technical
  queries and review their work where needed
  
• Partner with senior leadership on ad-hoc projects
  
• Build strong working relationships with team members
  across the wider client team to ensure a joined-up service
  

Requirements

• Grade
  12
  
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with
  SAICA or SAIPA articles completed (CIMA also considered)
  
• 5+ years' post-qualification experience, ideally within
  an accounting practice or outsourced finance environment serving multiple
  clients, rather than solely in a single-entity, in-house experience
  
• Demonstrated experience reviewing AFS and management
  accounts prepared by others, not just drafting your own
  
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS for SMEs and South
  African tax legislation (income tax, VAT, provisional tax)
  
• Proficiency in cloud accounting platforms (e.g. Xero,
  Draftworx, QuickBooks, Sage, or similar)
  
• Exposure to fractional CFO/FM environments, or
  cross-border/international clients is advantageous
  
• Experience mentoring trainees through SAICA or SAIPA
  training programs is advantageous