Financial Accountant

Play an active part in creating a sustainable future by joining Climate Fund Managers' team based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Climate Fund Managers (CFM) is a leading blended finance fund manager dedicated to securing a sustainable future by investing across global emerging markets. CFM has a long-term vision to structure cutting edge financing facilities around thematic areas of climate change mitigation and adaptation, including renewable energy, water, sanitation, and oceans. CFM is established as a joint venture between the Dutch development bank FMO and Sanlam InfraWorks – part of the Sanlam Group of South Africa.

We provide financing solutions across the entire project lifecycle (development, construction, and operational stages). With our offices in The Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and Latin America we believe in a world where sustainable investing and profitability are not mutually exclusive.

The Role:

The primary focus of the Financial Accountant is to manage our various legal entities as well as support the Senior Finance Manager, the creditor and sundry debtors’ requirements of the businesses, reconcile bank accounts and prepare VAT returns. The role includes assisting the Junior Finance Manager with review and posting of other creditors clerks work, taking full ownership of the assigned legal entity and audit and supporting the entities and audits. This role is based in our Claremont, Western Cape, South Africa office.  The role reports into the Senior Finance Manager and may require periodic travel within CFM’s regional offices.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage Accounts Payable

• Verify invoices

• Review expense claims, credit card reconciliations and creditors reconciliations

• Code and allocate invoices per chart of account and capture entries in the accounting system (Microsoft Dynamics) for review

• Capture payments made and reconcile creditors age analysis, ensuring creditors paid per payment terms

• Maintain creditors database

• Assist in preparing expense reports for monthly reporting

• Maintain records of creditors invoices and other supporting information for audit and tax purposes

• Manage Sundry Debtors

• Prepare sundry debtor recovery invoices for review

• Banking & Treasury

• Prepare bank payments, including international payments

• Reconcile bank accounts (USD, EUR, ZAR, SGD,COP)

• Journal Entries

• Prepare and post entries for Bank, Debtors, Creditors, and general journals

• Maintain records for audit and tax purposes

• Operations support and reporting

• Assist with the internal and external audit

• Assist with business planning and forecasting

• VAT/Corporate Tax

• Assist with preparation of VAT returns

• Audit

• prepare audit pack for Singapore entity

  • Ensure supporting documentation readily available for audit;
  • prepare reporting packs, annual integrated report and annual financial statements in terms of IFRS;
  • Assist with Latin America audit

• Assist CFM team with special ad-hoc reporting requirements and requests.

Skills and Expertise

• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Detail orientated by nature, meticulous with strong analytical and numerical skills
• Pragmatic, solution driven attitude
• Hands-on mentality and pro-active attitude
• Ability to prioritise and to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and work under pressure
• Ability to handle confidential information in a discreet, professional manner
• Ability to generate financial reports in Excel by incorporating information from different data sources
• Good accounting technical knowledge and financial reporting skills
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills;
• Ability to package and communicate financial information in a clear and concise manner.
• Results-orientated individual who works with a strong sense of urgency and thrives in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications and Experience

• An accounting degree, CIMA or SAIPA candidate
• Minimum 2-3 years’ experience within financial accounting
• Experience working in accounting packages (particularly Microsoft Dynamics advantageous)
• Proficient in MS Office suite (Word, Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)