Financial Accountant at AltGen South Africa

Position Overview

• An established renewable energy EPC company is looking for a skilled Financial Accountant to join its finance team in Cape Town. The role is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the financial control environment, supporting month-end close activities, preparing management accounts, maintaining balance sheet reconciliations, and ensuring accurate financial reporting in line with IFRS and statutory requirements. The successful candidate will work closely with the wider finance team to support audits, tax compliance and financial controls across the business.

Responsibilities
Financial Reporting

• Prepare and maintain all balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules, investigate variances and clear reconciling items.
• Maintain fixed asset registers and process capitalisation, depreciation and disposal transactions.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, including the income statement, balance sheet and supporting schedules.
• Prepare and post monthly journals, ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial records, including the correct accounting treatment of prepayments.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and supporting accounting records.
• Investigate and explain SG&A and operating expense variances.
• Provide supporting commentary for significant account movements.
• Report monthly actual results in the OneStream consolidation system.
• Compile information required for financial analysis and reporting.
• Ensure correct coding to accounts and cost centres.
• Identify cost inefficiencies, overspends or control gaps and recommend corrective action.
• Support external audit processes and respond to audit queries.
• Provide ad hoc financial information, explanations and support to internal departments.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, IFRS and the Companies Act.
• Perform additional financial accounting duties for other group entities as required.

Wages Processing & Wage Control Oversight

• Review wages to ensure accuracy and correct allocation to projects.
• Review wage journals posted to the general ledger.
• Ensure PAYE and related statutory submissions are accurate and submitted on time.
• Coordinate wage payment runs and ensure appropriate authorisation controls are followed.
• Review wage control accounts monthly and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain appropriate wage documentation and audit trails.

Tax

• Prepare and submit VAT returns and supporting reconciliations.
• Assist with the collation of documentation required for company filings and tax audits.

Requirements

• BCom Accounting or equivalent qualification.
• 1–3 years’ experience in a financial accounting role.
• Understanding of IFRS and financial reporting principles.
• Experience with month-end processes, reconciliations and management accounts.
• Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP B1 or Sage Business Cloud Accounting is advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.