Senior Financial Accountant

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa - 8001, South Africa | Posted on 16/06/2026

• Postal Code 8001
• Country South Africa

Location: Cape Town
Employment Type:Full-time
Reports To:Company Directors / Senior Management

Role Overview

WOLO Travel is looking for a reliable, detail-oriented and hands-on
Senior Financial Accountant
to take ownership ofthe company’s day-to-day accounting function, month-end reporting,reconciliations, statutory compliance and financial controls.

This role is ideal for an experienced accountant whoenjoys working close to the numbers, improving systems and processes, and supporting management with accurate, timely and commercially useful financial information.

The successful candidate will play an important rolein ensuring that WOLO Travel’s financial records are accurate, reconciliations are completed on time, statutory obligations are met, and management has clearvisibility over financial performance, cash flow, supplier payments and business margins.

This is a practical, hands-on accounting role suitedto someone who can work independently in a fast-moving travel business with multiple suppliers, customer deposits, refunds, forex transactions, paymentchannels and high-volume reconciliations.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Month-End Reporting

• Manage theday-to-day accounting function for WOLO Travel.
• Own themonth-end close process, including journals, accruals, provisions and reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and financial reports for review by management.
• Preparequarterly and annual financial information as required.
• Maintain accurate and complete accounting records.
• Ensure all transactions are recorded correctly and allocated to the correct accounts,departments, destinations or cost centres where applicable.
• Reviewincome, cost of sales, expenses and balance sheet items for accuracy and completeness.
• Identify and investigate unusual variances, duplicate transactions, missing entriesor reconciliation issues.

Reconciliations & Financial Controls

• Performbank reconciliations across relevant accounts.
• Reconcile supplier accounts, customer receipts, deposits, refunds and paymentgateway transactions.
• Maintain accurate accounts payable and accounts receivable records.
• Reconcilebalance sheet accounts monthly.
• Monitor outstanding supplier balances, customer balances and internal financequeries.
• Support the management of customer deposits, supplier prepayments andbooking-related transactions.
• Ensurefinancial controls are followed and recommend improvements where gaps are identified.
• Assistinstrengthening internal processes to reduce errors, improve visibility andensure clean financial records.

Travel-Specific Finance Support

• Supportreconciliation of travel bookings, supplier invoices and customerpayments.
• Assist with margin reporting across travel packages, destinations and sales channels.
• Helpidentify discrepancies between booking systems, accounting records and payment platforms.
• Assist with reconciliations involving multi-currency supplier payments and foreign exchange transactions.
• Support the finance process around cancellations, refunds, credits and supplierrecoveries.
• Work closely with sales, product and operations teams to resolvefinance-related booking queries.

Statutory Compliance & Tax

• Prepare and assist with SARS submissions, including VAT and other relevantstatutory returns.
• SupportPAYE, EMP
  201, EMP
  501 and related payroll compliance processes where required.
• Assist with income tax preparation and year-end tax schedules in coordination with external accountants or tax advisors.
• Ensure compliance with South African accounting standards, tax requirements and statutory deadlines.
• Maintain accurate supporting documentation for all statutory submissions.
• Coordinate with external accountants, auditors, tax advisors and regulatory bodieswhere required.

Cash Flow, Budgeting & Management Support

• Assist with cash flow reporting and supplier payment planning.
• Support management with budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Provide financial information to help management make informed commercial decisions.
• Assist with tracking actual performance against budget or targets.
• Prepare adhoc financial reports and analysis when required.
• Supportdirectors and senior management with financial queries and reportingrequests.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Work with accounting and operational systems to ensure accurate financial data.
• Support improvements to accounting processes, reconciliations and reportingworkflows.
• Assist with the integration or alignment of finance data across systems such asXero, Zoho, Moonstride or other relevant platforms.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve reporting accuracy.
• Maintainorganised financial records, schedules and documentation.

Audit & Year-End Support

• Prepareyear-end schedules and supporting documentation.
• Assist with annual financial statement preparation.
• Liaise with external auditors or accountants during audit and year-end processes.
• Ensure audit files and supporting schedules are complete,…