Assistant Financial Accountant
Description
As our Assistant Financial Accountant, you’ll play a key part in delivering and strong financial controls are critical to making that happen, you’ll play a key role in managing supplier relationships, ensuring accurate processing of invoices and payments, and supporting month-end and audit processes across multiple entities. Your attention to detail and ownership will help protect the business, improve efficiency, and support sustainable growth. Your drive and ideas will help us move faster, improve smarter, and stay ahead of the game.
Responsibilities
- Processing vendor invoices, reviewing payment requests, and ensuring compliance with authorisation requirements
- Verifying invoices and expense claims for accuracy, tax compliance, supporting documentation, and valid approvals
- Preparing journals, accruals, and prepayments with correct cost allocations by department, brand, and region
- Compiling payment packs and managing vendor payments, including follow-ups on rejected or delayed payments
- Creating and maintaining vendor master data, including agreements, banking details, and posting accuracy
- Resolving supplier and internal queries efficiently, escalating where necessary
- Capturing and reconciling intercompany invoices, statements, and settlements
- Supporting month-end close through supplier reconciliations, FX variance reviews, accruals, and prepayments
- Assisting with audits, process testing, documentation archiving, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Supporting asset register updates and intercompany recharge invoicing
Requirements
- Clear, confident communication (written and verbal), and the ability to breakdown complex ideas
- A collaborative mindset, working smoothly with cross‑functional teams to hit shared goals
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects without dropping the ball
- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to high‑quality work
- Adaptability – you stay sharp, productive and positive in fast‑moving environments
- A Finance Degree, Diploma, or relevant tertiary qualification
- 3–5 years’ experience in a creditors, accounts payable, or similar finance role
- Strong reconciliation skills and experience auditing statements and payments
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills and proficiency in the MS Office Suite
- Excellent attention to detail with a structured, disciplined approach to work
- Strong time management skills and the ability to meet multiple deadlines under pressure
- A proactive, solution-driven mindset with the confidence to resolve challenges independently
Benefits
- 100% medical aid on Discovery (at Classic Comprehensive rates) for main member only (dependents can be on your medical aid but you will have to pay for them in total)
- 100% contribution to Vitality (this has not been included in the offer however employees are able to add this benefit should they wish)
- 3% company contribution to provident fund administered by Momentum (the scheme is called Momentum Funds @ Work)
- Group Life which includes life cover and dreaded disease cover
