Financial Accountant/ Accountant

CipherWave prides itself on customer service and technical ability and as such is looking for the successful candidate to join the Finance team as a Financial Accountant/ Accountant.

The main purpose of an Accountant is to maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with relevant financial, tax and statutory regulations, thereby supporting the strategic and tactical deliverables of the Company, culminating in the overall financial health of the organisation.

• The primary function of the position is to efficiently manage financial records, supporting reconciliations and financial reporting in compliance with IFRS and legislative requirements, ensuring validity, completeness and accuracy.
• Maintain up-to-date Fixed Asset Registers.
• Review all Creditors reconciliations to ensure validity, accuracy and completeness, prior to payment processing.
• Review of Debtors age analysis, further implement necessary corrective action in line with credit risk policies.
• Review Debtors reconciliations to ensure validity, accuracy and completeness and further implement timeous resolution of any/all queries.
• Timeous and accurate processing and reconciliation of all bank accounts.
• Review monthly payroll transactions for approval, ensuring adherence to all legislative requirements.
• Prepare and timeously submit all Statutory Reports for review and payment:
  • SARS (Income tax, VAT, PAYE)
  • Department of Labour (WCA and Equity Reports)
  • CIPC and ICASA
  • Statistics South Africa
• Assist with financial analysis for strategic decision-making purposes.
• Maintaining financial internal controls and ERP systems.
• Provide strategic input to improve and optimise financial processes across the organisation.
• Assisting with internal and external auditors pertaining to all audit requests.

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar financial role’.
• Experience with managing teams and preparing Balance Sheet Recons.
• Relevant Tech-Industry experience advantageous.

• Odoo Software experience highly desirable.
• Tertiary Qualification – B Comm (BCompt preferrable).
• Professional affiliation advantageous.

• Analytical thinker, proficient in handling numerical data.
• Applied knowledge of Corporate and Legislative laws pertaining to finance and payroll.
• Administrative and Financial acumen; attention to detail imperative.