Work-Force
Role: Internal Auditor. Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
What This Role Involves
The organisation is investing in its Stellenbosch operation, and this Internal Auditor position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the finance jobs function and contribute to the wider Western Cape business.
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 Stellenbosch team.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Internal Auditor is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Western Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.
Where You’ll Work
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.
Equally, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in Western Cape.
On top of that, 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.
Why Join Us
Crucially, the hiring organisation may provide onboarding or skills development for this finance jobs role in Stellenbosch; the available support will be confirmed in the final vacancy details for Western Cape.
Crucially, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
Notably, the package, working arrangements and any available support will be confirmed by the hiring organisation for this vacancy.
What Your Day Looks Like
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.
Notably, the Stellenbosch 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.
Importantly, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Western Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
Your Role
- Liaise with external auditors, banks and regulatory bodies
- Assist with VAT, PAYE and provisional tax submissions to SARS
- Capture supplier invoices, journals and bank transactions accurately
- Compile cash-flow forecasts and variance commentary for management
- Maintain the fixed asset register and process monthly depreciation
- Review expense claims against company policy and approval limits
Essential Criteria
- Solid working knowledge of IFRS for SMEs and SA tax basics
- Experience supporting external audits is an advantage
- 2-4 years’ experience in a similar finance role
- Strong understanding of VAT, PAYE and SARS e-filing
- B.Com or National Diploma in Accounting, Finance or related field
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.