Job Title : Accountant
Department : Finance
Reporting to : Senior Accountant
Salary : R467 827.00 – R584 784.00 TCTC
Paterson Level : C3
Advert Date : 28 November 2025
Job Purpose:
To provide financial accounting support in the utilization of financial resources and the implementation of fully functioning internal control policies and systems.
Minimum Qualification requirements & Experience:
• Recognised BCom Accounting Degree or equivalent qualification.
• 3+ years of financial accounting experience.
Key Performance Areas:
- Manage monthly standard and general journals.
• Preparation of standard journals and any other non-routine general journals.
• Prepare, review, and post monthly and year end journals.
• Ensure all journals are supported by accurate documentation.
- Manage general ledger reconciliation.
• Preparation of monthly general ledger reconciliation, mainly balance sheets accounts. (Trade payables recons).
• Perform and review reconciliations of all general ledger accounts.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items.
- Management of Fixed Assets process.
• Ensuring that asset recording is in line with Brand South Africa asset management policy and National Treasury regulations.
• Adding and tagging new assets.
• Perform asset verification.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and record acquisitions, disposals, and transfers.
• Process monthly depreciation and conduct periodic asset verification and process any impairments where necessary.
- Manage creditors’ account.
• Prepare accounts payable- administer creditors’ payments, reconciliation of statements, handle creditors’ queries, manage creditors’ age analysis.
• Prepare and administer the invoice tracking report to ensure that the creditors are paid within 30 days from the day of receipt of the invoice.
• Oversee accounts payable processing, reconciliations, and supplier payments.
• Resolve outstanding supplier queries to maintain sound supplier relations.
- Manage revenue collection.
• Manage revenue collection mainly emanating from billing the invoices for images utilized on behalf of Brand South Africa as well as the partnerships from collaborations billed as per the MoU’s.
• Ensure timely billing and collection of revenue.
• Reconcile customer accounts and follow up on outstanding receivables.
• Implement controls to minimize revenue leakage.
- Manage the cashbook and cash flow.
• Prepare payments and receipts, bank reconciliation, bank balance monitoring, petty cash management.
• Maintain accurate records of all cashbook transactions.
• Monitor daily cash flow and prepare forecasts to ensure sufficient liquidity.
• Reconcile bank accounts monthly and investigate discrepancies.
- Provide financial accounting administration services.
• Process invoices, prepare creditors’ reconciliations, prepare payments requisitions, administer creditors’ age analysis report and attend to creditors’ queries.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, standards, and internal controls.
• Assist with preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reports.
• Support statutory reporting requirements.
- Administer petty cash.
• Process payments and receipts, prepare a petty cash reconciliation.
• Manage petty cash disbursements and replenishments.
• Ensure petty cash transactions are properly authorized and recorded.
• Reconcile petty cash balances regularly.
- Provide general finance administration support.
• Maintain the accounting record management system.
• Administer the travel agency account: compile spreadsheets for reconciliations account, process request for motivations from users.
• Administer the petrol card: authorise petrol expenditure, prepare reconciliation of slips and petrol card.
• Assist with procurement and payment processes.
• Support departmental filing, document control, and financial correspondence.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required.
- Preparation of year end audit file.
• Preparation of soft and hardcopy audit file for auditors;
• Assets, Trade payables and recons, cash and cash equivalents and recons, Petty cash recons, expense related.
• Prepare supporting schedules and reconciliations for the annual audit.
• Liaise with external auditors and provide required documentation.
• Address audit queries promptly and ensure deadlines are met.
Required Technical Skills, Competencies and Attributes:
• Financial accounting tools and systems.
• Professional continuous accounting updates (keep up to date with accounting practices).
• Knowledge of financial management frameworks.
• Knowledge of PFMA, IFRS, TR, GRAP, Income Tax Act and other statutory requirements.
• Knowledge of supply chain management prescripts.
• General knowledge of broader political, economic and social environment.
• Advanced MS Office (Word, Excel)
• Advanced accounting practices
• Advanced corporate governance practice
• Competent Payroll administration
• Basic presentation Skills
• Excellent supplier management
• Basic project management skills
• Basic strategic capability
• Excellent planning and analytical ability
• Advanced organisational skills
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment to meet deadlines
• Professionalism
• Attention to detail
• Honesty and integrity`
• Diversity awareness
• Teamwork
• Impact and influence
Brand South Africa is committed to ensuring and maintaining workplace diversity and the attainment of employment equity, having due regard to qualifications and appropriate experience. Brand South Africa encourages applications from Indian Females, Colored Males and Females, White Males and Females as well as people with disabilities .
Please note that certified copies of qualifications will be requested from the shortlisted candidates ONLY.
The processing of your personal information by Brand South Africa will be done in accordance with the POPI Act 4 of 2013. Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. Brand South Africa reserves the right not to make an appointment.
To apply for this position, submit qualifications and a comprehensive CV through the following link: https://affirmativeportfolios.co.za/brand-sa/
The closing date for applications is 12 December 2025
For enquiries please contact: destinyp@affirm.co.za or 011 883 5035
*Should you not hear from us within three months from the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful
