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Senior Accountant
Job in
Gqeberha, Port Elizabeth, 6000, South Africa
Listed on 2026-01-22
Listing for:
Staff Solutions
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-01-22
Job specializations:
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Accounting
Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager -
Finance & Banking
Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Academic Qualifications (Essential)
- Matric with Accounting (Higher Grade)
- BCom Degree or equivalent, including Accounting III and Taxation
- Completed SAIPA or SAICA articles
- More than 6 years’ experience in an accounting practice
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate in English / Afrikaans / Xhosa (advantageous)
- Report writing capability
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Problem-solving ability
- Training and presentation skills
- Supervisory and leadership skills, including the ability to guide and manage junior and intermediate accountants
- Strong accounting, taxation, and auditing knowledge
- Decisive, accurate, and detail-oriented
- Ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to perform under pressure in a deadline-driven environment
- Minimum of 6 years’ relevant accounting experience
- Pastel
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Windows)
- Case Ware
- Xero
- Supervise and initiate processing of:
- Client information receipts
- Sales invoices and purchase invoices
- Perform bank reconciliations
- Process and reconcile petty cash and cash control accounts
- Maintain fixed asset registers
- Prepare general journals (depreciation, provisions, interest, salaries, stock, etc.)
- Process complex journal entries, including:
- Instalment sale agreements
- Borrowing interest
- Accruals and provisions
- Bad debts
- Distinguish between finance and operating leases
- Process foreign exchange transactions
- Reconcile debtors and creditors statements
- Apply correct accounting treatment on:
- Disposal of assets (PPE and investments)
- Capital gains/losses and associated tax
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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