Financial Accountant

A position has become available for a Financial Accountant -Rail to join our dynamic team, based in Durban or Pretoria.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Month-end and Year-end:

• Prepare month-end journals, calculations, and revaluations to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Reconcile accounts and prepare TB for review, including completing commentary and key reconciliations.
• Ensure accurate results are presented by no later than the fourth working day of each month.
• Conduct HFM reporting, including uploading and generating reports.
• Manage and oversee the month-end and year-end close processes.
• Prepare the year-end audit pack.

Accounting Operations:

• Analyze debtors aging for long outstanding and unpaid invoices.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cashflow forecasts for submission to management and Treasury.
• Loading of payments on the bank.
• Prepare the monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including TFR revenue/wagon hire and haulage reconciliations, and NRZ reconciliation.
• Prepare AFS to submit to auditors and assist with audit workings.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports as required.
• Accounts payable and receivable:
• Prepare creditor reconciliations and manage payments.
• Ensure all supplier invoices have purchase orders raised against them.
• Check that purchase orders are raised in a timely manner prior to creditor payment deadlines and month-end.
• Send statements and invoices to debtors.
• Set up monthly meetings with senior management to discuss working capital items.

Audits:

• Provide support during external and internal audits.
• Review and evaluate financial controls to ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.

Process Improvement and Compliance:

• Review and analyze current processes and identify areas for improvement to streamline operations.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.

Inventory and Stock Count Management:

• Attend stock counts of the Rail companies and ensure compliance with group policies and procedures.

Fixed Assets:

• Prepare fixed asset forms monthly.

Tax:

• Prepare quarterly tax packs.

Requirements:

Qualification / s

• Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Accounting
• CA (SA) preferred

Experience

• 3 -5 years' experience in financial accounting.

Job Specific Requirements

• Strong understanding of local accounting regulations and reporting requirements,

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills,

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, SAP, and other necessary software.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Attention to detail and accuracy.

• Able to work with different levels of management.

Due consideration will be given to the company’s equity targets.

Please note that the position has been opened to internal and external candidates. Applications close 05 August 2026.