Accountant

Job Title: Accountant

Employment type: Full time

Location: Foreshore, Cape Town

Reporting to: Finance & Operations Manager

Working Setup: 40 hours per week, Mondays to Fridays, 10:00 to 19:00.

Effer Ventures is an operationally-heavy investment business. The group is currently focused on rolling up staffing and recruitment businesses in the UK as well as a leading Employer of Record and recruitment business in South Africa. The model is to drive digitalisation and operational efficiency across the business, leading to an economies-of-scale-driven growth for each of the operating companies. We are looking to grow and scale both organically within these operating companies and through further acquisitions.

We are a global business, with offices in London, Cape Town and India. We have tripled in size over the last 12 months and, to cement our increasing reputation and position in the market, we are looking to add talent to our team to assist with our aggressive growth objectives for 2024.

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and driven accountant to join our Finance and Operations team in our Cape Town office. This is an excellent opportunity for accountants who wish to further their career and gain valuable experience in the field of accounting, payroll, finance operations and financial management. This role will report to the Finance & Operations Manager and offers the opportunity to develop a career as a finance professional in a global business.

The responsibilities of this role include:

• Day-to-day recording of transactions into the accounting system
• Daily updating of cash books for bank accounts across all companies
• Monthly bank reconciliations of bank accounts across all companies
• Allocation of payments to accounts payable
• Weekly and monthly accounts payable reporting to the Finance Manager
• Preparation of weekly accounts payable schedule
• Allocation of receipts against remittance advice to accounts receivable
• Weekly and monthly accounts receivable reporting to the Finance Manager
• Assisting the FinOps Team in accounts receivable chasing and managing
• Preparing and importing weekly and monthly client billing into the accounting system
• Posting of weekly temp payroll journals into the accounting system
• Processing monthly RSA payroll in Sage Payroll Professional
• Posting of monthly permanent staff payroll journals into the accounting system
• Posting of month end journals into the accounting system
• Upkeep of all balance sheet account reconciliations
• Assisting the FinOps Team with weekly temp payroll preparation and processing
• Preparation and submissions of quarterly VAT returns for all companies
• Assisting the Finance Manager in the preparation of monthly management accounts for all companies
• Adhoc bookkeeper related tasks as required by Finance Manager

This role requires the following qualifications and experience:

• BComm Accounting, BComm Financial Accounting or BComm Management Accounting degree or equivalent
• Completed SAIPA/SAICA Articles
• Minimum 2 years post articles experience
• Proven RSA payroll processing experience
• Experience working on Sage Payroll Professional advantageous
• UK payroll processing experience advantageous
• Experience working on Xero advantageous

The incumbent that would be the right fit for this role will have the the following qualities and characteristics:

• Great attention to detail
• Has an analytical mind and a love for numbers
• High level of Excel and Google Sheets proficiency
• Good time management skills
• Good written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to work autonomously on day-to-day tasks
• Eager to learn and develop accounting skills

Remuneration Package:

Basic salary of R300000 to R360000 annually depending on experience

Quarterly bonus scheme post probation

Company medical aid contribution after 12 months