Systems Accountant at Capitec Bank

About the role

• You'll own key accounting functions and give us an accurate financial picture across all our systems. Your work keeps our banking data honest — and drives operational excellence every day.You'll also be a go-to expert for others, sharing your technical know-how and guiding your team.

What You'll Do
Lead and guide

• Quality-check the technical work of team members
• Mentor and coach others in your area
• Drive standards and make sure the team applies them consistently
• Handle escalated matters and share your expertise on frameworks and policies

Reconcile

• Run daily reconciliations of settlements to various source systems, and perform daily, weekly and monthly reconciliations across bank accounts, general ledger and intercompany accounts
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies quickly, and keep automated reconciliation processes running smoothlyJob Profile Preview.pdf
• Work with stakeholders to spot and act on process improvement opportunitiesJob Profile Preview.pdf

Handle exceptions

• Analyse, investigate and resolve exceptions in financial data, transactions and reports — timeously
• Keep exception-handling procedures documented for audit purposes and train your team on best practices

Post journals

• Prepare and post journal entries daily in line with accounting principles and regulatory requirements — recorded by close of business
• Review entries for accuracy and completeness, following proper documentation and approval procedures

Settle third parties

• Run the full settlement process for third-party transactions — payments, receipts and reconciliations — every day
• Make sure all transactions are settled accurately and on time, in line with contractual and regulatory requirements

Report and analyse

• Keep the daily system register and balance sheet register up to date, and meet all month-end deadlines
• Support financial audits by preparing schedules and responding to auditor queries
• Complete ad hoc analytics tasks assigned by your team leader by agreed deadlines

What you'll need
Minimum qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Financial Accounting or Finance

Preferred

• A relevant postgraduate qualification in Accounting, Financial Accounting or Information Systems
• 3+ years' experience in reconciliation

Knowledge

• Computerised accounting systems and principles (SAP) · Financial analysis and interpretation
• Management of accounts