Financial Accountant
Ozow
Accounting & Finance
Cape Town, South Africa
Posted on Monday, July 10, 2023
More about this Ozow fantastic position
As a Financial Accountant at Ozow you fill an important and necessary role in the business. You will be a key member of our Finance Team, ensuring we run a world-class financial operation. We are looking for someone who is attentive to detail, thorough, and possesses a strong work ethic.
Roles and responsibilities
- Performing monthly balance sheet, income statement and changes in financial position/budget variance analyses
- Preparing financial analyses and reports
- Balance Sheets reconciliation
- Review of bank reconciliations & fixed assets
- Review of costs allocations
- Journal processing
- Support month-end and year-end close process
- Contributing to the development of new or amended accounting systems, programs, and procedures
- Supporting senior management with reporting requirements
- Assisting with annual audit preparations
- Performing other accounting duties and supporting junior staff as required or assigned
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience as an Accountant or similar role
- Work experience in the FinTech industry
- At least a BA in Accounting or similar relevant field
- Hands on experience with accounting software
- Strong attention to detail
- A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Advanced Excel skills
- Good time-management skills
- Great interpersonal and communication skills
In office perks
- Free healthy breakfast, lunches and snacks (Cape Town)
- Free healthy lunches and snacks (Johannesburg)
- Free laundry service (Cape Town and still to launch in Johannesburg)
- Monthly socials (Cape Town and Johannesburg)
- On-site Barista (Cape Town)
- Workplace Concierge (Cape Town)
- Ozow Library (Cape Town)
- Ozow Playroom (Cape Town)
Perks for South African based employees
- Medical aid subsidy (permanent staff)
- Group Risk Insurance (permanent staff)
- Paid annual leave
- Employee Health and Wellness Assistance
- Gym / Fitness sessions
- Ozow Cookbook
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Mentorship programme
- Community initiatives
- Quarterly team retreats and annual company retreats
- Employee gifting
- Access to cutting edge technology
- Hybrid
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