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Step into a Senior Accountant role in Hermanus and make your mark across Western Cape. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
What This Role Involves
This Senior Accountant role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Hermanus. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the finance jobs pipeline across Western Cape.
The role suits a candidate who values consistency and clear communication. The Hermanus operation runs on accurate work, steady relationships and a genuine respect for the people in the team.
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 Hermanus much easier.
Your Future Here
Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The finance jobs space in Hermanus offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Western Cape.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Hermanus have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Western Cape.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Hermanus team member.
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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Hermanus.
Equally, the Hermanus 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.
Key Responsibilities
- Review expense claims against company policy and approval limits
- Reconcile bank accounts, supplier statements and intercompany loans
- Liaise with external auditors, banks and regulatory bodies
- Support the year-end audit by preparing requested working papers
- Process payment runs and resolve supplier queries timeously
- Capture supplier invoices, journals and bank transactions accurately
- Maintain accurate general ledger entries and trial balance integrity
What You’ll Need
- Sound ethical conduct and discretion when handling sensitive data
- Awareness of B-BBEE financial reporting requirements
- Understanding of internal controls and segregation of duties
- Experience supporting external audits is an advantage
- 2-4 years’ experience in a similar finance role
- B.Com or National Diploma in Accounting, Finance or related field
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.