Senior Accountant

apartmentIkwezi Mining (Pty) Ltd placeMidrand calendar_month 

Key responsibilities

Financial reporting & close:

  • Manage the full month-end and year-end close process.
  • Prepare and review monthly management accounts and annual financial statements (IFRS / IFRS for SMEs).
  • Review reconciliations and journals prepared by the accountants, and absorb the defined reviews shifted from the Financial Manager.
Inventory & margin management
  • Oversee inventory valuation, landed-cost accuracy, and stock provisioning.
  • Analyse gross margin by entity / route / customer and report variances.
  • Monitor logistics and operating costs against budget.
Tax & statutory (income tax in-house)
  • Oversee VAT and provisional tax compliance and submissions.
  • Prepare income tax / ITR14 in-house, with an external tax advisor engaged for complex matters and ITR14 review only.
  • Manage forex accounting and import-related tax matters.
Audit
  • Lead the external audit and act as primary liaison with the external auditors (Meyers Tennier).
  • Prepare audit files and resolve audit queries.
Budgeting & forecasting
  • Support annual budgets, reforecasts, and cash flow management.
Controls, process & team
  • Strengthen internal controls and drive process improvements.
  • Supervise, review, and mentor the Accountant (Zarbon) and Junior Accountant.
Qualifications
Minimum
  • BCom Accounting or equivalent, with completed articles (SAICA / SAIPA).
  • Professional designation: SAIPA (Professional Accountant), AGA(SA), or CIMA.
  • 5+ years' relevant experience post-articles, including review / supervisory experience.
Preferred
  • BCom Honours.
  • CA(SA) advantageous, but not required.
  • Experience in trading, logistics, distribution, or mining.

Experience with multi-currency and import / export accounting, and in-house income tax.

Technical skills
  • Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, inventory / costing, and South African tax legislation (including income tax / ITR14).
  • Advanced proficiency in [Sage / Pastel / SAP / Syspro] and Excel.
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