Financial Accountant

Job Description 🚀 We're Hiring: Financial Accountant – Merchant 📍 Location: Cape Town

📊 Business Area: Merchant

💼 Employment Type: Full-time

💼 Role Purpose The Financial Accountant supports accurate, timely financial reporting for the Merchant business. The role is responsible for core month-end activities, reconciliations, statutory and internal control support, and continuous improvement of finance processes and systems.

🔍 Key Responsibility Areas 📊 Financial Reporting & Month-End

• Assist with the preparation of month-end management accounts and supporting reports.
• Prepare and process month-end journals.
• Complete monthly and ad hoc balance sheet reconciliations.
• Perform monthly stock reconciliations, investigate variances, and process approved write-offs.
• Review monthly VAT calculations and reconciliations.
• Assist with B-BBEE procurement-spend reconciliations and related information requests.
• Prepare monthly intercompany transaction and balance schedules.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and process monthly depreciation journals.

💰 Budgets, Forecasts & Financial Analysis

• Provide information for budgets and quarterly forecasts and assist with their preparation.
• Perform ad hoc data and cost analysis.
• Provide information required to update the Anaplan reporting and consolidation tool.

🛡️ Audit, Compliance & Internal Controls

• Support external auditors with statutory audit requests and the preparation of annual financial statements.
• Support internal auditors with annual SOX audits and ad hoc internal-control reviews.
• Promote adherence to cross-functional processes to ensure financial information is accurate and complete.
• Support the Finance and SOX Compliance teams in strengthening internal controls and implementing remediation where weaknesses are identified.
• Maintain finance policies and procedure documentation for internal and external audit purposes.

💻 Systems, Processes & Projects

• Partner with software development teams on new products and the appropriate accounting treatment in line with revenue-recognition policies.
• Assist with the implementation of the Microsoft Dynamics ERP system.
• Contribute to medium- and long-term projects that improve accounting processes and systems.
• Undertake other ad hoc projects as required.

🎓 Minimum Requirements

• BCom Accounting degree.
• Completed three years of SAICA articles.

🧠 Skills & Attributes

• Strong risk-analysis and internal-control mindset.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capability, including lookup functions and pivot tables.
• Collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across departments.
• High attention to detail and a meticulous working style.
• Ability to work under pressure and consistently meet deadlines.
• Strong aptitude for reconciliations, investigation, and problem-solving.

🤝 Our Commitment Lesaka is committed to building an inclusive workplace and appointing talented people who share our focus on integrity, innovation, collaboration, and customer impact.

🔗 Ready to support accurate financial reporting, strengthen internal controls, and contribute to continuous improvement across the Merchant business? Apply now or share this opportunity with a suitable candidate.

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