Job Title: Finance Lead
Grade: P07
Purpose of the Role:
The purpose of the Financial Lead Accountant is to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting in a fast‑paced FMCG environment, while providing insightful financial information to support operational and strategic decision‑making.
The role is responsible for leading month‑end and year‑end reporting processes, overseeing management reporting, maintaining balance sheet and fixed asset integrity, and ensuring compliance with IFRS, statutory, and tax requirements.
Key Deliverables
- Monthly management reporting packs with commentary
- Reviewing of monthly journals and balance sheet recons
- Reviewing of Fixed Asset recon and WIP recon monthly
- Preparation of Annual Financial Statements in line with IFRS
- Managing audit queries and liaising with external & ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory deadlines
- Tax, Compliance & Governance- Monthly review of VAT 201 and submissions as well as Income Tax calculations
- Fully responsible for reviewing fixed asset function
- Maintenance of the fixed asset register
- Capitalisation, depreciation, disposals, and impairments
- Fixed asset reconciliation
- Compliance with accounting standards and company capex policies
- Reviewing of STATSSA files and submission
- Lead, review, and coach junior accounting staff (Performance review of your team bi-annually)
- Acting as a strategic partner to the FM/CFO
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical ability with attention to detail in high‑volume transactions
- Commercial mindset with the ability to translate financial results into actionable business insights
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to manage multiple deadlines during month‑end, budget, and year‑end cycles
- High levels of integrity, accountability, and ownership
- Deadline driven
- Strong technical and financial acumen
Qualification and Experience Required
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or Commerce (essential)
- Professional qualification such as CA(SA)
- Strong working knowledge of IFRS and statutory reporting requirements
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with ERP systems (Oracle-JDE)
Experience:
- 4–6 years’ experience in financial accounting or reporting, with at least 2–3 years in a senior or lead role, preferably within FMCG environment.
- Proven experience in preparing and reviewing monthly management reporting packs, including:
- Revenue, margin, and volume analysis
- Cost of sales, operating expense, and promotional spend analysis
- Clear variance analysis with insightful commentary for management
- Extensive experience in review of journals and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring:
- Accurate month‑end close
- Compliance with accounting standards and internal controls
- Hands-on experience in Annual Financial Statement (AFS) preparation, including:
- Drafting of AFS in line with IFRS
- Managing audit queries and liaising with external auditors
- Ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory deadlines
- Ability to lead, review, and coach junior accountants, ensuring high-quality outputs and adherence to deadlines
- Experience working in a fast‑paced, deadline-driven FMCG environment with continuous reporting cycles
- Adhoc reporting and analysis as required that will add value to the business in decision-making
- Tax, Compliance & Governance:
- Review VAT calculations and submissions
- Handle Income Tax and Provisional Tax calculations (Tax computation and Deferred Tax calculations)
- Ensure compliance with all statutory, regulatory and tax requirements.
- Liaise with external advisors.
Additional Information:
- Consideration will be given to Isanti’s EE goals.
- Appointment is subject to qualifications and integrity checks.
- If you don’t hear from us a month after the closing date, please assume your application was unsuccessful.
Closing Date: 12 June 2026
Work Location: In person
