Senior Accountant

A South African e-commerce leader seeks an Accountant to support the finance function, with primary responsibility for a food-tech and e-commerce business’s management accounting and reporting, as well as accounting oversight for 2 smaller group companies. This role is suited to a commercially aware finance professional with strong accounting fundamentals, sound transaction processing experience, and the ability to work accurately in a fast-paced operating environment.

The successful candidate will also manage a small team and contribute to the integrity, timeliness, and quality of financial information across the relevant entities.

• Owning the preparation and delivery of month-end management accounts for a food-tech and e-commerce business, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
• Preparing and maintaining management accounting reports, KPI reporting, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Taking responsibility for accounting across selected smaller group companies
• Processing and reviewing transactions in Acumatica (A mid-tier ERP system)
• Ensuring the completeness and accuracy of financial records and general ledger balances
• Supporting and driving month-end and year-end close processes
• Maintaining strong financial controls and disciplined transaction processing
• Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and following up on outstanding items
• Assisting with inventory-related accounting, including trading inventory movements, controls and corrections
• Performing variance analysis and investigating unusual movements, trends, and reporting exceptions
• Managing the audit process across relevant entities, including preparation of audit deliverables, coordination with internal stakeholders and external auditors, and ensuring timely resolution of audit queries Supporting the progression and close-out of open audit items and historical audit work streams, helping bring these to conclusion in a structured and well-managed way
• Working closely with operational and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve accounting issues and improve reporting quality
• Identifying and solving accounting and process-related problems in a practical, hands-on way
• Managing and supporting 3 direct reports
• Contributing to ongoing finance process improvements and ERP-related best practice

This position plays an important role in ensuring the quality of management information, the integrity of accounting records, and the smooth running of finance processes across a food tech and e-commerce business and selected smaller group entities. It is a key role for someone who combines technical accounting competence with commercial awareness, team leadership, and operational discipline.