Group Accountant (Consolidations)

Your reports shape real decisions at this private school trust in Kariega, so they must be right. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Kariega (Eastern Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Draft annual financial statements under IFRS or IFRS for SMEs
• Improve controls, such as segregation of duties on supplier changes
• Review creditors, debtors and payroll journals from the clerks
• Run cash flow forecasts and manage the weekly payment run
• Run the month-end close and prepare the trial balance
• Track stock costing, standard costs and production variances
• Build budgets and rolling forecasts with department heads

• Experience on an ERP such as Sage X3, Sage 300, Syspro or SAP Business One
• At least 3 years of post-qualification accounting experience
• Working knowledge of IFRS or IFRS for SMEs
• Strong Excel skills, including large data sets and lookups
• You meet month-end deadlines without being chased

• Study assistance for board exams
• Performance bonus linked to company results
• Hybrid schedule outside month-end week
• Paid professional body membership fees

• Show what you improved, such as "cut month-end close from 10 days to 6"; results beat task lists.
• Open your CV with your qualification, your professional body and the ERP you know best; that's the shortlist filter.