Accountant - CA(SA)

This is not a steady-state close-the-books role. You'll cover tax compliance across multiple African jurisdictions, multi-entity reporting, store viability analysis, and audit coordination simultaneously - all in the same role, encompassing tax, reporting, commercial analysis, and audit. You'll context-switch, prioritise hard, and meet deadlines that don't move.
MWHAT THE JOB ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

• Multi-country tax - income tax, provisional tax, withholding tax, and VAT submissions across multiple jurisdictions, reconciled to Revenue Authority statements
• Monthly reporting - cash flow statements, management pack, variance analysis against budget, and GL reconciliations across payroll, fixed assets, and bank accounts
• Commercial analysis - store viability studies and back-testing, cost of sales and GP reporting per store, stock valuation, and cost improvement recommendations
• Intercompany balances - agreeing balances across entities and adjusting for realised and unrealised forex movements
• Audit and controls - coordinating external audits, maintaining IFRS/GAAP compliance, and managing the internal financial control system
• Reconciliations for Payroll - comparing payroll data to general ledger entries and posting corrections where needed (i.e. Balance Sheet and Income Statement reconciliations).
• Fixed asset register - creating assets, doing monthly recon between fixed asset register and GL entries, and doing depreciation runs on the system.
• Bank reconciliations - Salaries and suppliers’ bank accounts, identify where reconciling items exist, inquire about differences and adjust for differences.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• CA(SA) with 1–3 years post-articles experience OR CIMA, AGA(SA), SAIPA, or ACCA designation with a minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience.
• Technical Skills: Strong Excel skills - used daily across complex reconciliations and reporting.

• International or multi-country tax experience is a strong advantage.
• A background in cost or tax accounting.
• Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry exposure.

WHAT YOU GET

• Commercial scope beyond the close cycle
• Multi-country tax exposure across a growing African footprint
• Real visibility into strategic decisions

WHO WE ARE
Hungry Lion started as one store in Stellenbosch in 1997, built on great food and genuine energy. Today that idea runs across 500+ stores in multiple African countries, and we're still growing - backed by smart use of AI and technology and people who think differently. Whether you're on the floor, in the kitchen, or at HQ, you shape what this brand becomes. The best of Hungry Lion is still ahead, and we're looking for people who want to help build it.