Job Vacancies at CBRE Excellerate

What you will bring:

• Grade 12 (with Maths)
• Microsoft Excel (knowledgeable user)
• Financial Administration/Management Experience
• Financial Qualification (a preferred)

Skills required:

• Financial Administration Skills
• Good Communications Skills
• Initiative & Problem-Solving Skills
• Well Developed Report Writing Skills
• Computer Literate: MS Office Advanced
• Good Understanding of Contracts (Preferred)

Knowledge required:

• Cost Control knowledge (Accruals, Provisions)
• Accounts Receivable knowledge (UBR, UER, Invoicing, Credit Notes)
• Accounts Payable knowledge (Open PO’s, GRN drivers)
• Financial Management knowledge (advantage)
• Financial Reporting principles

Competencies required:

• Positive Attitude
• Ability to create working relationships
• Results orientation and achieving deadlines
• Drive, will power and consistency
• Attention to detail and strong organizing skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Initiative and problem solving
• Client Service Orientation
• Quality Assurance
• Facilities Management Business Awareness

What you will be doing:

• Support the Business Unit Lead in managing all contractual aspects of their portfolio. 
• Execute all Key Performance Areas as stated on this form and in line with the Company approval framework and client policies and procedures. 

Closing Date 22 September 2026

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About The Role

• The Cost Accountant is responsible for providing financial and cost analysis across the Cleaning and Security Divisions. The role focuses on monitoring site profitability, analysing financial performance and variances, managing cost centres, supporting costing activities and ensuring accurate financial information to support management decision-making.
• The Cost Accountant will also be responsible for monitoring consumable and labour costs, administering CAPEX processes, maintaining costing parameters, supporting pricing activities and assisting with new site and supplier costing.
• The Cost Accountant will report directly to the Financial Manager.

What You Will Bring

Qualifications

• Matric Certificate.
• Finance or Accounting qualification.
• Previous experience using accounting software; SAP Business One (SAP B1) will be advantageous.
• Good computer literacy, particularly in Microsoft Excel and spreadsheet-based financial analysis.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• 2-3 years’ Experience in cost accounting, financial analysis and management reporting.
• Experience analysing Profit and Loss statements, site profitability and financial variances.
• Experience with budgeting, costing, forecasting and financial planning.
• Knowledge of labour, consumable and chemical cost monitoring.
• Experience with fixed asset management and CAPEX administration.
• Experience with costing, pricing and financial reporting.
• Knowledge of cost centre management and financial controls.
• Experience within the Cleaning, Security or service-related industry will be advantageous.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Excellent reconciliation and attention-to-detail skills.
• Strong problem-solving and investigative abilities.
• Ability to interpret financial information and identify trends, variances and potential risks.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to prepare and present financial information clearly to Management.
• Strong business acumen and commercial awareness.
• Ability to handle confidential financial information with discretion.

What You Will Be Doing

• Review and analyse Profit and Loss (P&L) statements per site and client, identifying loss-making sites, high gross profit margins, misallocations, and active and inactive sites nationally.
• Compile, review and analyse high-level monthly Income Statement/P&L reports per Key Account Manager nationally.
• Compile Income Statements per Division/Service nationally.
• Re-cost current Security and Cleaning sites based on employee complement, services rendered and current billing.
• Monitor and investigate overhead misallocations, including salary and vehicle allocations.
• Prepare and monitor consumable/chemical-to-wage revenue reports.
• Audit consumable usage and labour costs against approved site budgets.
• Investigate unfavourable variances and provide feedback and recommendations to Management.
• Prepare and report on site profitability for Management.
• Create and maintain cost centres.
• Check and correct multi-value and linking errors.
• Update and maintain costing module parameters and shift patterns.
• Create and maintain stock codes for warehouse items.
• Create and maintain price lists on SAP.
• Assist with new supplier costing processes, including chemical and pricing comparisons.
• Prepare price increase impact reports for Management.
• Assist with costing projects and other financial analysis as required.
• Review and approve CAPEX expenditure within the applicable approval threshold.
• Maintain and accurately record fixed assets at site level.
• Review stock transfers between warehouse and stores and assess accuracy.
• Facilitate the movement and transfer of assets between sites.
• Liaise with Operations to verify the existence and accuracy of fixed assets at site level.
• Assist with contract management for existing and new sites.
• Compile the Top Client Report on a quarterly basis for Management reporting.
• Provide financial and costing support to the Financial Manager.
• Prepare ad-hoc financial reports and analysis as required.
• Ensure all financial information and reports are accurate, complete and submitted within required deadlines.

Closing Date 24 September 2026

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About the role:

• We are seeking a proactive, detail-driven Accounts Payable (AP) Manager to lead AP operations for a national client. This role is responsible for overseeing end-to-end AP processes, ensuring timely and complete vendor payments, maintaining clean creditors’ ageing, and delivering accurate and reliable reporting.
• The AP Manager will drive strong internal controls, identify and mitigate financial and operational risks, ensure completeness of monthly payments, and continuously improve processes and ways of working. The role also includes strengthening vendor and account master data integrity, while driving optimisation and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• The AP Manager will work closely with the Account Finance Lead, Lease Administration Team, and Utilities Team to ensure accurate validation of lease charges, utility costs, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting, while maintaining strong alignment across financial and operational stakeholders.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of Accounts Payable experience, including 2+ years in a leadership or management role.
• Strong experience managing creditors’ ageing, reconciliations, and payment completeness.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and AP automation tools.
• Demonstrated experience in process optimisation, control enhancement, and automation initiatives
• Proven ability to improve data integrity and drive operational excellence.

Skills Required:

• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• High attention to detail and financial accuracy.
• Advanced Excel capability and strong ERP proficiency.
• Strong analytical skills, particularly in ageing analysis, trend identification, and risk detection.
• Ability to drive process improvements, optimisation, and automation adoption.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Team Leadership & Management Skills:

• Proven ability to lead, manage, and develop an Accounts Payable team.
• Strong work coordination and workload allocation capability to ensure deadlines and payment cycles are met.
• Ability to set clear performance expectations and monitor delivery against KPIs (e.g., ageing, payment completeness, turnaround times).
• Coaching and mentoring skills to support professional development and succession planning.
• Ability to drive accountability, ownership, and a strong control culture within the team.
• Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills within team and stakeholder environments.

Knowledge required:

• End-to-end Accounts Payable processes: invoice processing, payment runs, reconciliations, accruals.
• Creditors’ ageing management and working capital principles
• Internal controls, compliance frameworks, and audit requirements
• Vendor and account master data governance and controls.
• Financial reporting related to AP, including completeness of monthly obligations
• Tax and VAT compliance related to supplier invoices.
• Process optimisation methodologies and AP automation best practices.
• Strong SAP AP knowledge

What you will be doing:

• Oversee and manage all AP processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of payments.
• Drive and maintain clean creditors’ ageing, ensuring outstanding balances are actively managed and resolved.
• Identify control weaknesses, operational risks, and inefficiencies, and implement corrective actions.
• Strengthen vendor and account master data controls, ensuring data accuracy and governance.
• Lead process optimisation and support automation initiatives within AP.
• Manage and coach the AP team, ensuring accountability and adherence to best practices.
• Collaborate with the Account Finance Lead, Lease Administration Team, and Utilities Team to validate charges and ensure completeness of financial obligations.
• Escalate material risks or control gaps to senior management where required.

Closing Date 25 September 2026