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We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Company Accountant to oversee and manage all aspects of accounting, compliance, and financial reporting for Lux Afrique Boutique and its affiliated entities. The successful candidate must have a strong understanding of UK accounting standards and systems, particularly Xero , and ideally experience with UAE and South African accounting regulations.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Company Accountant to oversee and manage all aspects of accounting, compliance, and financial reporting for Lux Afrique Boutique and its affiliated entities. The successful candidate must have a strong understanding of UK accounting standards and systems, particularly Xero , and ideally experience with UAE and South African accounting regulations.

• Prepare and submit monthly VAT returns in compliance with HMRC regulations
• Prepare annual financial reports , including profit & loss, balance sheets, and year-end accounts
• Manage day-to-day accounting operations across the Lux Afrique Group
• Handle customer accounting queries , including reconciliations, refunds, and order disputes
• Process and oversee refund transactions and maintain accurate customer records
• Manage and process the company payroll for UK and international staff
• Maintain up-to-date financial records in Xero and ensure all entries are coded correctly
• Ensure compliance with UK accounting laws and tax obligations
• Oversee or support accounting matters in the UAE and South Africa , including VAT and cross-border reporting
• Liaise with external accountants, auditors, and HMRC where required
• Monitor cash flow and provide regular financial insights to management
• Manage company expenses, petty cash, and staff reimbursements
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting , and financial planning for events and projects
• Support ad-hoc financial tasks and any other duties required by senior management
  

• Proven experience as an accountant, ideally in a multi-entity or international business environment
• Strong understanding of the UK accounting system , including VAT, PAYE, and statutory obligations
• Proficiency with Xero (essential) and other financial software
• Knowledge of UAE and South African accounting systems and regulations (preferred)
• Experience handling payroll and HMRC submissions
• Strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple accounts/entities
• Qualified or part-qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) is a plus

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Accounting/Auditing and Finance
• Industries Retail

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Looking for more ownership, variety, and strategic influence in your next accounting role?

We're hiring a seasoned Company Accountant to join a growing business in the health and supplement sector. If you're comfortable leading the full finance function across multiple entities and enjoy rolling up your sleeves with day-to-day operations, this could be your next big move.

What the role is all about:

As Company Accountant, you'll take charge of everything from bookkeeping and statutory reporting to tax compliance and strategic financial support. You'll work closely with leadership to guide decisions and ensure financial rigour across the business, while also managing audits, imports, and inventory with precision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full-function bookkeeping to trial balance across multiple entities
• Manage debtors, creditors, cashbook, inventory, and fixed assets
• Oversee VAT, Companies Act compliance, and all statutory reporting
• Prepare monthly management accounts (IFRS for SMEs)
• Lead annual audits and BBBEE verifications independently
• Handle import accounting and ensure accuracy in inventory records
• Use Sage Business Online and Excel to manage and analyse financial data
• Collaborate on business-wide matters, including procurement and facilities

What we're looking for:

• BCom or Advanced Diploma in Accounting
• 5+ years' post-articles experience in a similar role
• Strong knowledge of VAT, IFRS for SMEs, and import accounting
• Hands-on Sage and Excel proficiency
• Ability to manage multiple entities and handle audits independently
• Experience in health/supplement industry (advantageous)
• Culturally adaptable with excellent team collaboration skills
• Confident, proactive, and comfortable in a fast-paced SME environment

What's in it for you:

• Senior-level role with autonomy and influence
• Exposure to all areas of the business, beyond just finance
• Opportunity to contribute to strategic growth and decision-making
• Work in a stable, growing industry with passionate people

Apply now if you're ready to step into a role that combines operational depth with strategic breadth.

If you don't hear back from us within 2 weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful. But stay in touch, follow us online and keep an eye out for future opportunities.

• Administration of all group companies in various jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with local and international regulations
• Preparing board and shareholder meetings, including agendas, materials, and taking accurate minutes.
• Prepare and distribute meeting agendas, minutes, and related documentation for board meetings and committee meetings.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Board members, executives, and external stakeholders on corporate governance matters.
• Maintaining and organising company records, both physical and digital.
• Assisting with document control, including drafting, reviewing, and editing legal documents and contracts.
• Providing support to the head of legal as required, including research, communications, and coordination with other departments.
• Perform additional administrative duties as necessary to support the legal
• Oversee the organisations compliance program, ensuring adherence to laws and regulations related to corporate governance.
• Maintain confidentiality of all corporate documents and communications, protecting the organisations interests.

• Qualification in Law, Business Administration, Finance or a related field preferred.
• Professional qualifications as a Company Secretary
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Company Secretary

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organisational, multitasking and interpersonal skills
• Proactive and detail-oriented
• Team player ability to work well in a diverse group
• Sound work ethic

• This role requires you to work in the office from Monday to Friday

Manager - Company Secretary page is loadedManager - Company Secretary Apply remote type Onsite locations Johannesburg, Sasol Place Tshwane, Aramist Ave time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: October 31, 2025 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition id JR-0007560

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

We are seeking a Manager to work with teams in both Jersey and in South Africa. The candidate will be expected to manage this team with the support of the local SA Management team.

The Role & Key Responsibilities:

• Coordination with Senior Management in SA andJersey to assist and coordinate workflows and planning for the team;
• Ensuring the team has a strong structure as it grows and that roles are responsibilities are clearly defined and agreed;
• Assisting the team with new structure and client take on;
• Participate with and take responsibility for client care focus and take lead CRM for certain clients;
• Ensuring that the client service delivery of the team is carried out to the highest level, driving deadline delivery and ensuring in adherence with client specific and Apex procedures;
• Review of Company Secretarial and administrative work done by team as appropriate;
• Providing technical support to the team;
• Joining client calls;
• Dealing with intermediaries;
• Encourage strong cross country relationships with teams and maintain relationships with other jurisdictions ensuring feedback is received on performance of team members;
• Assist with billing cycle (reviewing timesheets, reviewing invoices raised and ensuring aligned to fee reviews, WIP analysis, ensuring debtors are collected);
• Reviewing transaction documentation where necessary;
• Support with on-boarding of new investors/clients for the AML process;
• Pro-actively embed adherence of all operational frameworks within your teams by enforcing operational discipline through repeated use of procedures and checklists;
• Identify team training needs and arrange training sessions as appropriate;
• Maintaining oversight of day-to-day operations of team portfolio’s and ensuring all team members respond to clients' queries in a timely manner;
• Attendance when required at client board meetings and the subsequent drafting of complex minutes;
• Taking the lead on internal projects where required;
• General daily tasks of the team include but not limited to; payments, transactions, CoSec, Corp Gov, Board packs, client & investor communications, billing, AML/DD/KYC, reviews, FATCA, CRS.

Skills Required:

• Professional qualifications – LLB, BCom LLB.
• Admitted Attorney is relevant for the position;
• Post articles experience and strong administrative skills;
• Hold a professional qualification such as ICSA, CSSA or equivalent;
• 7 years of relevant industry/specialist experience in administration of trusts and working with corporate entities;
• High level of integrity and trust with confidential information;
• A proven record of commitment to professional and client services excellence;
• A minimum of 5 years trust or funds experience in a professional environment;
• Knowledge of offshore regulatory requirements;
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office suite;
• Support the company in delivering excellent service;
• Impeccable written and oral communication skills;
• Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills;
• Motivated and driven;
• Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy;
• Strong team player.

Disclaimer : Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies.

Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own.

When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

We are seeking a Manager to work with teams in both Jersey and in South Africa. The candidate will be expected to manage this team with the support of the local SA Management team.

The Role & Key Responsibilities:

• Coordination with Senior Management in SA and Jersey to assist and coordinate workflows and planning for the team;
• Ensuring the team has a strong structure as it grows and that roles are responsibilities are clearly defined and agreed;
• Assisting the team with new structure and client take on;
• Participate with and take responsibility for client care focus and take lead CRM for certain clients;
• Ensuring that the client service delivery of the team is carried out to the highest level, driving deadline delivery and ensuring in adherence with client specific and Apex procedures;
• Review of Company Secretarial and administrative work done by team as appropriate;
• Providing technical support to the team;
• Joining client calls;
• Dealing with intermediaries;
• Encourage strong cross country relationships with teams and maintain relationships with other jurisdictions ensuring feedback is received on performance of team members;
• Assist with billing cycle (reviewing timesheets, reviewing invoices raised and ensuring aligned to fee reviews, WIP analysis, ensuring debtors are collected);
• Reviewing transaction documentation where necessary;
• Support with on-boarding of new investors/clients for the AML process;
• Pro-actively embed adherence of all operational frameworks within your teams by enforcing operational discipline through repeated use of procedures and checklists;
• Identify team training needs and arrange training sessions as appropriate;
• Maintaining oversight of day-to-day operations of team portfolio’s and ensuring all team members respond to clients' queries in a timely manner;
• Attendance when required at client board meetings and the subsequent drafting of complex minutes;
• Taking the lead on internal projects where required;
• General daily tasks of the team include but not limited to; payments, transactions, CoSec, Corp Gov, Board packs, client & investor communications, billing, AML/DD/KYC, reviews, FATCA, CRS.

Skills Required:

• Professional qualifications – LLB, BCom LLB.
• Admitted Attorney is relevant for the position;
• Post articles experience and strong administrative skills;
• Hold a professional qualification such as ICSA, CSSA or equivalent;
• 7 years of relevant industry/specialist experience in administration of trusts and working with corporate entities;
• High level of integrity and trust with confidential information;
• A proven record of commitment to professional and client services excellence;
• A minimum of 5 years trust or funds experience in a professional environment;
• Knowledge of offshore regulatory requirements;
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office suite;
• Support the company in delivering excellent service;
• Impeccable written and oral communication skills;
• Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills;
• Motivated and driven;
• Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy;
• Strong team player.

Disclaimer : Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

We are seeking a Manager to work with teams in both Jersey and in South Africa. The candidate will be expected to manage this team with the support of the local SA Management team.

The Role & Key Responsibilities:

• Coordination with Senior Management in SA and Jersey to assist and coordinate workflows and planning for the team;
• Ensuring the team has a strong structure as it grows and that roles are responsibilities are clearly defined and agreed;
• Assisting the team with new structure and client take on;
• Participate with and take responsibility for client care focus and take lead CRM for certain clients;
• Ensuring that the client service delivery of the team is carried out to the highest level, driving deadline delivery and ensuring in adherence with client specific and Apex procedures;
• Review of Company Secretarial and administrative work done by team as appropriate;
• Providing technical support to the team;
• Joining client calls;
• Dealing with intermediaries;
• Encourage strong cross country relationships with teams and maintain relationships with other jurisdictions ensuring feedback is received on performance of team members;
• Assist with billing cycle (reviewing timesheets, reviewing invoices raised and ensuring aligned to fee reviews, WIP analysis, ensuring debtors are collected);
• Reviewing transaction documentation where necessary;
• Support with on-boarding of new investors/clients for the AML process;
• Pro-actively embed adherence of all operational frameworks within your teams by enforcing operational discipline through repeated use of procedures and checklists;
• Identify team training needs and arrange training sessions as appropriate;
• Maintaining oversight of day-to-day operations of team portfolio’s and ensuring all team members respond to clients' queries in a timely manner;
• Attendance when required at client board meetings and the subsequent drafting of complex minutes;
• Taking the lead on internal projects where required;
• General daily tasks of the team include but not limited to; payments, transactions, CoSec, Corp Gov, Board packs, client & investor communications, billing, AML/DD/KYC, reviews, FATCA, CRS.

Skills Required:

• Professional qualifications – LLB, BCom LLB.
• Admitted Attorney is relevant for the position;
• Post articles experience and strong administrative skills;
• Hold a professional qualification such as ICSA, CSSA or equivalent;
• 7 years of relevant industry/specialist experience in administration of trusts and working with corporate entities;
• High level of integrity and trust with confidential information;
• A proven record of commitment to professional and client services excellence;
• A minimum of 5 years trust or funds experience in a professional environment;
• Knowledge of offshore regulatory requirements;
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office suite;
• Support the company in delivering excellent service;
• Impeccable written and oral communication skills;
• Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills;
• Motivated and driven;
• Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy;
• Strong team player.

Disclaimer : Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.