The ideal candidate is an analytical and compliance-driven finance professional who excels in a structured, deadline-oriented environment. Operating in a hybrid model, you will provide the guidance necessary to keep daily transactional accounting seamless, while delivering high-level financial insights directly to executive management.
Financial Oversight & Leadership: Manage, mentor, and review the daily outputs of four internal bookkeepers to ensure accuracy across all transactional accounting functions.
Management Accounting: Prepare and compile comprehensive monthly management accounts, variance analyses, and financial reports for executive leadership.
Ledger Integrity: Oversee trial balance reviews, balance sheet reconciliations, and complex ledger adjustments to maintain absolute data integrity.
Systems Administration: Optimise workflows and manage financial tracking within the WeConnect platform.
Advanced Data Analysis: Utilise advanced Excel modeling to track estate revenue streams, levy collections, operational budgets, and cash flow forecasting.
Compliance & Statutory Reporting: Oversee tax compliance, statutory submissions, and ensure the finance team adheres strictly to accounting standards and internal controls.
Audit Preparation: Coordinate and lead the year-end audit process, acting as the primary liaison for external auditors.
Requirements
Proven Leadership: 3–5+ years of experience in a Senior Accountant or Assistant Financial Manager role, with a proven track record of supervising junior finance staff or bookkeepers.
Advanced Technical Skills: Mastery of Advanced Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, complex formulas, and data modeling) and the broader Microsoft Office Suite.
Software Competence: Experience with, or the technical aptitude to quickly master, WeConnect financial software.
Analytical Capability: Exceptional attention to detail with strong reconciliation and numerical problem-solving skills.
Communication: Professional verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence to lead team meetings and present to management.
A relevant tertiary finance qualification (e.g., BCom Accounting, Advanced Diploma in Financial Accounting, or Professional Accountant SAIPA registration.
Previous financial experience within property management
WeConnect (Highly Beneficial)
Advanced Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Benefits
- Balanced lifestyle with structured working hours (08:00 AM – 04:00 PM).
- Hybrid Flexibility: 3 days remote / 2 days in-office per week.
- Stable, prestigious working environment
Skills Required
- 3-5+ years experience in a Senior Accountant or Assistant Financial Manager role supervising junior finance staff or bookkeepers
- Mastery of Advanced Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, complex formulas, data modeling)
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Experience with, or ability to quickly master, WeConnect financial software
- Strong reconciliation, numerical problem-solving, and attention to detail
- Professional verbal and written communication; ability to present to management and lead meetings
- Relevant tertiary finance qualification (e.g., BCom Accounting, Advanced Diploma, SAIPA registration)
- Previous financial experience within property management
What We Do
RecruitMyMom is a South African recruitment agency specializing in placing skilled women, particularly professional mothers, in permanent, contract, freelance, and fractional roles. They connect local and global businesses with top-tier talent and focus on the economic empowerment of women.
