Senior Accountant Job at Excellerate JHI

About the role

• Join our company where you will play an important role in positioning finance as a strategic business partner. Your responsibilities will center around enhancing finance’s influence in decision-making processes, overseeing financial operations and delivering insightful reporting to clients.

What you will bring

Inherent requirements for the position (non-negotiable)

• Minimum BCom with Accounting III 
• At least 2-5 years of relevant working experience in accounting or finance roles, ideally within the property management or real estate industry.
• Proficiency in SAP and MS Office Suite, particularly Advanced Excel, Intermediate Word, and Outlook.
• Additional demonstrable requirements:
• Strong organizational abilities with attention to detail.
• Proven ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines effectively.
• Experience in complex financial analysis and reporting.
• Thorough understanding of financial policies and procedures.
• Familiarity with capital expenditure processes and management.
• Proficient in tax principles, including VAT, and their application.
• Sound understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Analytical mindset with a strategic approach to financial management.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration across teams.
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and integrity in financial matters.

What you will be doing

As an important member of our team, you will undertake a variety of responsibilities crucial to the smooth operation and financial oversight of our property management division. Key duties include:

Financial Reporting: 

• Provide Management information and reports, 
• Communication with clients,
• Statutory reporting,
• Handling of queries relating to the financial reporting

Budgeting and Forecasting: 

• Budget management
• Coordination including the establishment of deviations
• Compilation, in conjunction with
• Business, of annual budgets
• Reporting on deviations
• Handling of queries
• Budget Class rates – Compare tariffs
• against budgets, Identify tendencies,
• Updating of tariffs.
• Amend monthly projections

Manage Audit requirements

• Handle queries on audit reports
• Preparation of audit packs
• Arrange audits as required
• Manage Data Integrity
• Contracts – check contract summary for accuracy
• Manage integrity of data
• Lease Audits

Balance sheet control

• Maintain General ledger account list
• Clearing of take on accounts
• Monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet items
• Maintain Intercompany loan account between JHI and Client, invoicing & collection thereof
• Maintain fixed asset registers
• Follow up of long outstanding items
• Reporting on Balance sheet

Take on & Hand overs of buildings

• Capturing of take on balances
• Hand overs: Coordination of financial process
• Attend monthly client meetings
• Monthly feedback to management regarding the Management meeting.
• Verify expenses against Project lists
• Ensure use of correct accounts
• Calculating and invoicing of management fee.
• Review Commissions for accuracy & posting of batches

Legal Compliance

• Complete VAT returns
• Complete income tax returns (where necessary)

Manage of GPS sundry debtor (incl commissions)

• Provide input in GPS property management budgets

Cash management

• Owner payments
• Cashflow recons