Senior Accountant

Role Profile:

The purpose of this role is to support the full range of the activities of FNZ SA finance function, from playing a part in monthly reporting to taking ownership of a variety of day-to-day processes. This role will report to the Finance Manager and requires attention to detail, combined with good communication skills to ensure a high and consistent reporting standard is maintained. The successful candidate will ideally possess a working technical knowledge of accounting standards and will have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and challenging working environment.

Financial processing and reporting:

• Preparing monthly SLT/Board reporting including variance analysis and KPI reporting,
• Assist with preparing reports for quarterly FSCA reporting
• Assisting with monthly payroll and pension calculations
• Preparation of monthly VAT returns for the FNZ SA
• Preparation of monthly PAYE submissions to SARS
• Preparation of annual and provisional tax calculations, and submission of returns
• Preparing and reviewing journals to be posted to the ledger
• Assist in expenditure review across the ledger and prepare balance sheet reconciliations

Business partnering:

• Act as a liaison when required between the Finance team and other parts of the business, including Client Directors
• Provide insightful analytical review and reporting to challenge business performance and forecasting
• Ensuring actions are taken to optimise business performance

AR and Credit Control:

• Communicating with relevant stakeholders within the organisation to ensure complete information provided (e.g. approval/PO/credit notes).
• Taking responsibility for the client invoicing process, including ensuring that fees are accurately calculated
• Regular review of client balances to identify overdue amounts
• Monthly review of all aged debtors including recording of client communication and payment updates

Experience Required:

Requirement:

• Full professional accountancy qualification (SAIPA, ACA, CA(SA), CIMA)
• Intermediate to advanced level on Microsoft Excel
• 10-12 years financial experience
• Very good interpersonal skills. This role will involve liaising with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Confident and self-sufficient individual able to manage their own workload effectively to meet deadlines.
• Enjoy the challenge of working in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment and as part of a high-performance team.
• Good verbal and written communication skills. Taking minutes and meeting notes will be required.
• Personal commitment to high quality work
• Able to demonstrate good attention to detail

Preferred but not essential.

• Experience of preparing statutory accounts and/or management accounts
• Experience with Group reporting with multicurrency transactions
• Experience with transfer pricing regulations
• Working technical knowledge of IFRS accounting standards either through previous preparation or experience in audit
• Experience working with finance software (e.g. Nav or D365 or similar) and or data analytic software (e.g. Qlik, PowerBI)

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with the world’s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.5 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).
Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.