Financial Accountant (Manufacturing)

Your reports shape real decisions at this mid-sized manufacturing group in Bellville, so they must be right. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

Home base is a mid-sized manufacturing group on the Bellville side of Western Cape.

• Build budgets and rolling forecasts with department heads
• Track stock costing, standard costs and production variances
• Prepare monthly management accounts with variance commentary
• Calculate provisional tax and check the VAT201 before submission
• Improve controls, such as segregation of duties on supplier changes
• Draft annual financial statements under IFRS or IFRS for SMEs

• Understanding of South African income tax and VAT
• Working knowledge of IFRS or IFRS for SMEs
• BCom Accounting or equivalent degree
• Strong Excel skills, including large data sets and lookups

• Consolidation experience across several companies
• CA(SA) with SAICA, or AGA(SA) or Professional Accountant (SA) with SAIPA

• Study assistance for board exams
• Medical aid and retirement fund contributions
• Performance bonus linked to company results

• Recruiters check Excel skill live, so be ready to build a pivot table and a reconciliation in the interview.
• Show what you improved, such as "cut month-end close from 10 days to 6"; results beat task lists.