285 Accounting Analyst jobs in South Africa

• Label and Tag AI Conversations: Accurately annotate AI agent conversations using internal tools such as LangSmith or other proprietary platforms.
• Review and QA AI Outputs: Analyze and correct AI-generated outputs related to contracts, accounts receivable transactions, reconciliations, and similar data.
• Identify and Escalate Issues: Flag logic errors, inconsistencies, or unclear agent behavior, and escalate them to leads or relevant stakeholders.
• Document and Report Edge Cases: Help document unique cases, recurring patterns, or workflow challenges to support model training and improvements.
• Contribute to Workflow Development: Support the creation of efficient tagging workflows and quality assurance best practices.
• Maintain Quality and Productivity: Meet or exceed daily output goals while ensuring consistent quality, accuracy, and attention to detail.
  
  
  

• 1 to 3 years of experience in data entry, finance operations, customer support, quality assurance, or tagging/labeling roles
• Strong reading comprehension and ability to follow detailed workflows and task instructions
• Good written English communication skills for internal documentation and feedback
• Familiarity with accounting or finance terms (e.g., invoices, cash applications, aging reports) is a plus
• Comfortable using tools such as Airtable, Google Sheets, and AI annotation platforms
• Highly reliable, self-motivated, and organized
• Ability to thrive in a fully remote and fast-paced team environment
  
  
  

• Airtable
• Google Sheets
• AI Annotation Tools (e.g., LangSmith or similar proprietary platforms)
  
  
  

Role: Senior Financial Analyst

Type: Full-time, Independent Contractor
Location: Remote
Work hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (US Pacific time - must have overlapping hours; flexible for some non-client-facing work).
Position Overview

We are seeking a mid-to-senior level finance professional who can balance hands-on bookkeeping with higher-level financial strategy. This hybrid role requires someone comfortable managing day-to-day accounting tasks while also providing financial insights, profitability analysis, and strategic guidance.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise, experience with vendor management and operational budgeting, and the ability to implement improvements that drive business growth. This role is best suited for someone who can "get their hands dirty" in the details while advising leadership on financial strategy.
Key Responsibilities

• Bookkeeping & Systems Management
  
  • Manage bookkeeping in QuickBooks .
  • Integrate financial data with patient metrics to inform decision-making.
• Financial Analysis & Reporting
  
  • Conduct financial analysis on patient volumes, cancellations, and revenue trends .
  • Prepare weekly and monthly financial health reports for leadership.
  • Provide strategic advice on budgeting, cash flow, forecasting, and profitability improvements .
• Vendor & Operations Management
  
  • Manage vendor relationships , negotiate pricing, and handle ordering.
  • Oversee expense management and monitor budget adherence.
  • Possible light collections follow-up with vendors or partners.
• Process Improvements
  
  • Identify and implement efficiencies in financial workflows .
  • Ensure accurate, timely, and reliable reporting across systems.

• Proven accounting and bookkeeping expertise (QuickBooks required).
• Strong experience in financial reporting and strategic analysis .
• Proficiency in budgeting, forecasting, and expense management .
• Vendor management and procurement negotiation skills.
• Familiarity with U.S. financial and tax norms (independent contractor level).

• Entrepreneurial mindset - able to balance strategic insight with hands-on execution.
• Strong communicator for internal collaboration and vendor discussions.
• High-level critical thinking, problem-solving, and proactivity .
• Deadline-driven, detail-oriented , and highly organized.
• Trustworthy and discreet , with strong confidentiality standards.

• 7-10 years of professional experience in accounting/finance.
• CPA qualification preferred, but not required.
• Prior experience in both bookkeeping and financial strategy roles.
  
  Future potential to grow into CFO-level as the business scales.

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Role: Senior Financial Analyst

Type: Full-time, Independent Contractor

Location: Remote

Work hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (US Pacific time - must have overlapping hours; flexible for some non-client-facing work).

Position Overview

We are seeking a mid-to-senior level finance professional who can balance hands-on bookkeeping with higher-level financial strategy. This hybrid role requires someone comfortable managing day-to-day accounting tasks while also providing financial insights, profitability analysis, and strategic guidance.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise, experience with vendor management and operational budgeting, and the ability to implement improvements that drive business growth. This role is best suited for someone who can “get their hands dirty” in the details while advising leadership on financial strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Bookkeeping & Systems Management
• Manage bookkeeping in QuickBooks.
• Integrate financial data with patient metrics to inform decision-making.
• Financial Analysis & Reporting
• Conduct financial analysis on patient volumes, cancellations, and revenue trends.
• Prepare weekly and monthly financial health reports for leadership.
• Provide strategic advice on budgeting, cash flow, forecasting, and profitability improvements.
• Vendor & Operations Management
• Manage vendor relationships, negotiate pricing, and handle ordering.
• Oversee expense management and monitor budget adherence.
• Possible light collections follow-up with vendors or partners.
• Process Improvements
• Identify and implement efficiencies in financial workflows.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and reliable reporting across systems.
  

• Proven accounting and bookkeeping expertise (QuickBooks required).
• Strong experience in financial reporting and strategic analysis.
• Proficiency in budgeting, forecasting, and expense management.
• Vendor management and procurement negotiation skills.
• Familiarity with U.S. financial and tax norms (independent contractor level).
  
  

• Entrepreneurial mindset — able to balance strategic insight with hands-on execution.
• Strong communicator for internal collaboration and vendor discussions.
• High-level critical thinking, problem-solving, and proactivity.
• Deadline-driven, detail-oriented, and highly organized.
• Trustworthy and discreet, with strong confidentiality standards.
  
  

• 7-10 years of professional experience in accounting/finance.
• CPA qualification preferred, but not required.
• Prior experience in both bookkeeping and financial strategy roles.
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Accounting/Auditing and Finance
• Industries Staffing and Recruiting

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• Expertise in SAP FI CO configuration and set-up
  
• Strong analytical skills and ability to provide integrated SAP solutions
  
• Experience in SAP Profit Centre Accounting and cross-module integration
  
• Proficiency in CATTs, Quick Test, Conversion Tools, LSMW
  

Qualifications Required:

• SAP FI Certification (Proof must be submitted with CV)
  

• Minimum 8+ years of SAP experience
  
• Multiple successful SAP FI CO implementations
  

• 8+ years SAP experience
  
• Multiple SAP FI CO implementation projects
  

Lead Accounting (Calypso Business Unit)

The Lead Accounting professional within our Calypso Business Unit will serve as a pivotal expert, leveraging deep Capital Markets knowledge and expertise to design, develop, and implement robust functional accounting solutions. This role is critical for ensuring our Calypso implementations meet and exceed client financial reporting and accounting requirements, while driving continuous improvement in our system analysis capabilities.

Key Objectives:

• Strategic Solutioning: Translate complex client business and accounting requirements into precise functional system solutions within Calypso, with a strong focus on back office and accounting functionalities.
• Quality Assurance: Guarantee the highest quality of implemented Calypso accounting solutions, ensuring they meticulously address original client needs.
• Knowledge Leadership: Act as a subject matter expert, fostering continuous learning and development within the team to advance business and system analysis competence.

• Education: Financial Accounting/Management, Business Studies/Management, or a related field. Postgraduate degrees are advantageous.
• CIB Experience: Minimum of 7 years of practical business or functional experience with a strong track record. Preferable exposure to key business functions such as front office, back office operations, accounting, and/or middle office.
• Capital Markets Expertise: Deep subject matter expertise in Capital Markets across multiple asset classes and business functions. Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle, valuations, and P&L reporting, especially within Treasury environments.
• Technical Accounting Proficiency: Demonstrated fundamental knowledge of business analysis and system configuration at a senior level, specifically as it pertains to accounting principles and financial workflows within Capital Markets systems.

• Requirements Leadership: Lead the elicitation of intricate client accounting system requirements, translating them into comprehensive functional specifications.
• Solution Architect: Design and architect sophisticated functional Calypso accounting solutions, ensuring alignment with client financial operations.
• Configuration & Development Oversight: Guide and oversee system configuration and potentially development of system software to deliver precise accounting solutions.
• Comprehensive Testing: Define, validate, and document robust functional testing strategies for accounting modules, encompassing unit, functional/integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
• Documentation & Verification: Produce high-quality documentation for all aspects of system analysis, including requirements, solutions, and testing, coupled with rigorous solution verification to ensure adherence to accounting specifications before deployment.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Effectively engage with all relevant stakeholders, including finance and accounting teams, to ensure seamless functional delivery. Possess exceptional communication skills to convey complex information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Prioritisation & Collaboration: Demonstrate strong prioritisation skills to manage multiple concurrent accounting-related tasks and foster a collaborative environment within the team to achieve superior collective outcomes.
• Post-Implementation Support: Provide expert system maintenance and client assistance for implemented accounting solutions.

Job category: Banking, Finance, Insurance. Stockbroking

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

The JSE recognises that its success and strength depend on the quality of its employees. We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards of performance. Our employee wellness programme is designed to encourage work-life balance for employees. We naturally seek to empower staff and encourage diversity and opportunities for all.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Commercial Analyst – Project Accounting to join our team.

Job summary

To prepare and analyse timely and accurate project information for the stakeholders, prepare project budgets and forecasts aligned to JSE’s strategic objectives, and provide expert financial guidance on account information in support of commercial decision making for the JSE.

• Prepare and present on a monthly basis the project information (actuals and forecast numbers) for reporting in various Manco meetings.
• Prepare and present on a quarterly basis the project information together with the APMO (Agile Project Management Office) team for reporting in the quarterly Exco LPM meeting.
• Prepare the separate financials for each ongoing project on a monthly basis where the projects actuals and forecast are tracked against the budget.
• Attend the various project sponsor meetings and present the separate financials on a monthly basis.
• Perform month-end functions:
• Prepare capitalisation calculations and journals for internal and external resources on a monthly basis.
• Prepare relevant accrual journals, and reclassification journals for the projects on a monthly basis.
• Track the various WIP accounts of ongoing projects on a monthly basis and ensure project cost is accurate.
• Prepare forecast for the projects based on resource forecast received and any known risk on a monthly basis.
• Prepare depreciation forecast on a monthly basis.
• Prepare information required for Exco deck and notes pack for monthly reporting.
• Work closely with the HR team to obtain the necessary resource information required to assist with the capitalisation journal.
• Hold monthly meetings with the project managers/project owners to ensure that actual costs tracked are complete and accurate, review and discuss the time booked for the month.
• Discuss progress of the project/risks pertaining to the project and review how actuals are tracking against budget.
• Provide input into formalisation of the Finance Department’s divisional budget and assist in the coordination and consolidation thereof in order to ensure that the information provided meets the expectation of the finance team.
• Produce and maintain monthly timely and accurate project accounting information with supporting commentary on variances, statistics and other required analysis.
• Facilitate the entire project planning and budgeting process creating and ensuring strict adherence to the budget timetable, populating the budgets with business units, timeous communication of material issues and changes, and creating standardised high-quality presentations with supporting commentary and analysis.
• Review and approve project-related contracts received from the procurement team.

• Maintain sustainable working relationships with stakeholders through ongoing engagement to ensure an understanding of their needs and maintain an open channel of communication at all times in supporting the department to achieve its business objectives.
• Develop and sustain relationships with administrative staff to facilitate the effective procurement to pay process with service providers/vendors/suppliers.
• Gauge stakeholder satisfaction through regular meetings and 360 feedback reports which will include any positive or negative feedback received from the stakeholders regarding the professionalism and timeous nature of interaction.

• Manage own delivery against agreed deliverables and set timelines, identify obstacles to delivery and take appropriate action where required.
• Analyse the monthly, year to date as well as annual actuals information and compare against budget and forecast in order to determine and explain variances.
• Perform monthly review and analyses of the annual view in order to determine the variances to track the expenses and revenue against the original budget and last month estimate.
• Perform the rolling forecast activities in order to track the revenue and expenses against the budget and adjust the expenses and revenue for the future months as per discussions with business stakeholders.
• Compile management accounts packs that will include financial as well as non-financial information for stakeholder review in support of commercial decision-making.
• Compile the budget pack in alignment with the JSE strategy, which will contain both financial and non-financial information in order to present the budget to the board, audit and HR committees for approval.
• Analyse project accounts to identify potential risks and advise stakeholders on risks identified as well as corrective action to be taken in order to mitigate risks.
• Create cost control awareness activities during budget and rolling forecast meetings to prevent unbudgeted expenditures and improve cost efficiencies within the various divisions.
• Consult with relevant manager to review progress against department plans and targets and to identify areas where corrective actions are required in order to ensure delivery of agreed results.
• Provide financial information in assistance to the compilation of the business cases for future JSE initiatives in order to ensure profitability and long-term sustainability as well as to identify potential financial risks and opportunities.
• Act as back-up to other Commercial Analysts to ensure a continued flow of the FP&A business processes and functions.
• Identify obstacles and major challenges through continuous review of processes and standards in order to ensure effective operational alignment to strategic priorities.
• Attend to ad-hoc financial information requirements and queries as requested by the stakeholders to assist with commercial business decisions and in continuation of business and increased productivity.
• Support Financial Accounting during external audit periods to ensure successful conclusion of the audit. Support includes providing audit related information, attending audit meetings and queries.

• Improve personal capability and professional growth in line with JSE objectives by discussing development needs and proposed solutions with management.
• Be an effective team member encouraging teamwork and freely sharing knowledge.
• Visibly live the JSE values contributing to the achievement of divisional objectives.
• Manage self in terms of development, delivery and act as a self-starter.

• Identify, share and implement value-adding improvement/innovative ideas and solutions contributing to divisional and JSE results.
• Review relevant finance processes and procedures on a continuous basis and provide input in order to ensure that the most efficient methods are implemented and applied.

• BCom Degree
• Post-graduate (Honours / CTA) Degree / Accounting / CIMA (Chartered Institute for Management Accountants) would be advantageous.
• At least 3 years’ relevant industry experience, as a Project Accountant or a similar role.

• Income tax
• Other relevant industry standards and regulations