Financial Accountant

Month-End & Financial Reporting: Play an active role in the month-end close process. Processing journal entries, reviewing account balances, and ensuring everything is accurate and accounted for before the books close.

Treasury & Cash Management: Collaborate closely with the Treasury team to make sure operational needs and financial planning are well-aligned. This includes reconciling bank accounts and aggregator statements, a critical function in a business that moves money across multiple corridors and currencies daily.

Expense Management & Business Unit Reporting. Take ownership of expense allocations across Business Units and Products, ensuring costs are correctly attributed and that the business has a clear view of where money is being spent. In a multi-product environment like ours, this kind of visibility matters.

Payments & Loan Management: Assist with payment run approvals and manage the reconciliation of company loans, including capturing inter-company transactions accurately and timeously.

Process & Compliance: Assist with embedding and upholding financial processes as the business evolves.

Making sure new procedures are properly implemented and consistently followed across the team. 

Support audit requirements and assist with the preparation of tax returns and supporting schedules, covering VAT, PAYE, Income Tax, STATS SA, and SARB submissions.

Ad-Hoc Projects: No two weeks look exactly the same in a growing fintech. You'll be pulled in various finance-related projects and initiatives, giving you exposure across the business and the opportunity to make a real impact beyond your core responsibilities.

Completed Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field (BCom Accounting or BCom Financial Accounting)

4+ years of relevant accounting experience, with exposure to month-end processes, reconciliations, and financial reporting

Solid understanding of South African tax compliance — VAT, PAYE, and Income Tax

Proficiency in Xero; experience with additional ERP systems is a bonus

Strong Excel skills: comfortable with large data sets, schedules, and financial analysis

Exposure to a multi-entity or multi-currency environment, ideally in fintech or financial services

High attention to detail with the ability to manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Be responsible for assisting in the accuracy of month-end preparation

Be responsible for the first level OPEX review and identify any anomalies and take initiative to correct

Assist to ensure that all tax submissions (monthly/quarterly/bi-annual and annual) are done on time and assist the broader team in ad hoc requirements as they arise

You're naturally curious and investigative, you ask the right questions, dig into the detail, and don't just accept things at face value

You have a sharp analytical mind and approach problems with structure and creativity

You thrive in cross-functional environments and enjoy working toward a shared goal with people across the business

You build relationships easily and communicate with clarity and confidence — whether you're engaging with a teammate or a senior stakeholder

You're comfortable with ambiguity and energised by the pace of a growing company

Bonus points if: You've worked in fintech or at a scaling startup — you'll hit the ground running and feel right at home here