Senior Accountant

Looking for your next move as a Senior Accountant in Modimolle? A role has just opened that gives you real responsibility and a clear path forward in Limpopo.

What This Role Involves

The Senior Accountant position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Limpopo. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Modimolle and across the finance jobs space.

Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Modimolle team.

Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Modimolle teams, and the new Senior Accountant will feel that from the first week.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the finance jobs group in Modimolle.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the finance jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Modimolle much easier.

Diversity and Inclusion

Inclusion is a core part of how the team operates. This is an equal-opportunity employer, and candidates from all communities — including women, youth and persons living with disabilities — are encouraged to apply for this role in Modimolle.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Modimolle.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Limpopo.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Meet the Team

You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the finance jobs side of the business inside out. The Modimolle group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Beyond that, the team mix in Modimolle reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

Your Workplace

On top of that, the environment is structured and deadline-driven, with peaks around month-end, year-end and audit cycles. The wider team is collaborative, but focused work is the norm.

In addition, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Modimolle site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Limpopo. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Why This Role

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Modimolle contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the finance jobs space in Limpopo.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Limpopo.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Modimolle teams.

Practically speaking, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Modimolle keep progressing.

Your Future Here

This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the finance jobs team in Modimolle have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Modimolle team member.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Modimolle have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Limpopo.

Day in the Life

Most days begin by working through your inbox, prioritising urgent supplier or audit queries before settling into the books. You move between reconciliations, journal entries and review meetings, breaking out spreadsheets when something doesn’t tie up. Mid-morning calls with operations or sales help you understand the numbers behind the numbers, and the afternoon is usually given to deeper work: management reports, tax submissions or supporting a junior with a tricky reconciliation. By the time you log off, you have nudged the business closer to a clean month-end.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Modimolle.

On top of that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Limpopo operations throw up the unexpected.

Practically speaking, the Modimolle office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

Core Functions

• Implement and monitor internal controls to mitigate financial risk
• Process payment runs and resolve supplier queries timeously
• Capture supplier invoices, journals and bank transactions accurately
• Liaise with external auditors, banks and regulatory bodies
• Assist with budget preparation and quarterly re-forecasting cycles
• Assist with VAT, PAYE and provisional tax submissions to SARS

Who We’re Looking For

• Solid working knowledge of IFRS for SMEs and SA tax basics
• 2-4 years’ experience in a similar finance role
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical thinking
• Sound ethical conduct and discretion when handling sensitive data
• Strong understanding of VAT, PAYE and SARS e-filing
• Understanding of internal controls and segregation of duties
• Hands-on experience with Sage, Pastel, SAP or Xero

Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.