Reference: JHB003415-SS-1
A leading engineering and infrastructure group is looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join their finance team supporting operations across Africa.
A leading engineering and infrastructure group is looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join their finance team supporting operations across Africa.
Duties & Responsibilities
This role is ideal for a finance professional who has worked in construction, engineering, infrastructure, or project-based environments, with strong exposure to multi-entity reporting, IFRS compliance, and cross-border finance operations.
You will play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting operational teams, and strengthening financial governance across multiple African jurisdictions.
We are particularly interested in professionals with experience in:
Duties:
Job Experience & Skills Required:
Qualifications:
Experience:
Skills & Competencies:
If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles / positions.
You will play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting operational teams, and strengthening financial governance across multiple African jurisdictions.
We are particularly interested in professionals with experience in:
- Construction, engineering, or infrastructure environments
- Project accounting, contract accounting, or project cost reporting
- Multi-country African operations
- Group reporting and consolidations
- Budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance analysis
Duties:
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting for regional operations across Africa
- Prepare and review management accounts, financial statements, and reporting packs
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes for regional entities
- Manage intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and group reporting requirements
- Ensure compliance with IFRS standards and statutory tax requirements across multiple African jurisdictions
- Monitor working capital, cashflow, and financial performance across projects or business units
- Partner with commercial and operational teams to support financial decision-making
- Strengthen financial controls, governance, and reporting processes across the region
- Support strategic initiatives and regional expansion projects
Job Experience & Skills Required:
Qualifications:
- Matric (Grade 12)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance (BCom Accounting or equivalent)
- Professional qualification CA(SA), CIMA, ACCA or similar advantageous
Experience:
- 5–10 years’ accounting experience, preferably within construction, engineering, infrastructure, mining, or project-based industries
- Strong experience with multi-entity and multi-country financial reporting
- Solid understanding of IFRS, tax compliance, and statutory requirements across African jurisdictions
- Proven ability to work with multi-currency ledgers and complex reporting environments
- Advanced Excel and ERP systems experience
- Strong analytical, reporting, and stakeholder engagement skills
Skills & Competencies:
- IFRS Financial Reporting
- Management Accounts
- Project Accounting
- Multi-Country / Africa Reporting
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Intercompany Transactions
- Multi-Currency Accounting
- Financial Controls & Governance
- ERP Systems (SAP / Oracle / Sage / Dynamics)
- Variance Analysis
If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles / positions.
Package & Remuneration
Annually