Accountant

Job Description: Accountant

Location: Plattekloof, Cape Town

About ICG Medical:

ICG Medical is a leading global healthcare recruiter with a focus on nurses (all specialities), midwives and home care/healthcare workers. Our company vision is to improve patient care. The DNA make up of our business stems from our core values: Open, Family and Passion. The business is made up of three recognised healthcare recruitment brands: Greenstaff Medical, Clinical24 and Cromwell Medical. Each deliver tailored solutions for our candidates and clients from our offices in the UK, Ireland, India, South Africa, China, Philippines, Australia, Canada and the USA with more office openings on the horizon.

Job Summary:

As an Accountant, your primary focus will be on ensuring quality control over the financial transactions in the accounting system by using your expertise in the accounting field for all transactions up to Trial balance

Responsibilities

• Prepare accounts up to Trial Balance:
  • Timelines: Ensure all relative timelines are met with each processing division as per tasks set out on Numeric.
  • Balance sheets: Build and maintain strong relationships with the team and oversee and prepare certain balance sheet reconciliations for all UK Brands
  • Income statements: Ensure all relative transactions are posted accurately and correctly in the appropriate accounts within the accounting system.
  • Processing and review of transactions: Processing and reviewing certain transactions to ensure that it is posted accurately and correctly in the appropriate accounts within the accounting system. Transactions include, but are not limited to accruals, prepayments, deferred revenue and central cost allocations.
  • Reviewing of GL’s and performing corrections: Reviewing the P&L and ensure that the transactions were posted to the correct accounts. Compare with budget and report and or correct any exceptions.
• Accounts payable process: Review and administer the full AP process.
• Year-end and Month-end process: Assistance in preparing schedules and reports in support of the year-end and month-end processes that is included in the balance sheet recons. These schedules would include accruals, deposits, central allocations, bonus and commission accruals, prepayments and deferred revenue schedules.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Work closely with the finance team. Being a backup for certain staff members within the finance team.
• Administration: Any other relative administrative tasks that might be required from time to time

Requirements

• Core Attributes:
  • Adaptability & Agility: Thrives in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment, seamlessly shifting priorities to meet evolving business needs.
  • Accountability & Ownership: Takes full responsibility for task outcomes, demonstrating a proactive approach to problem-solving and seeing deliverables through to completion.
  • Analytical Attention to Detail: Meticulously reviews data to identify anomalies, applying professional scepticism to question inconsistent financial information.
  • Communication: Articulates financial information clearly and effectively to diverse, global team members.
  • Collaborative Spirit: Deeply committed to collective success, fostering a supportive environment where the team succeeds—and learns—together.
  • Precision & Accuracy: Produces high-quality, error-free financial work, recognizing that reliable data is the foundation of sound business decisions.
  • Time Management & Deadline Orientation: Consistently meets reporting and compliance deadlines through effective prioritization and organization.
• Core Skills:
  • General Ledger & Reconciliations: Proven ability to manage complex GL entries, intercompany transactions, and month-end reconciliations.
  • Systems & Tech Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in Excel (e.g., pivot tables, complex formulas) and experience navigating cloud-based ERP systems. (MS Business Central experience will be beneficial)
  • Full-Cycle AP Processing: End-to-end management of vendor invoices, ensuring accurate general ledger coding, departmental approvals, and timely system entry.
  • Communication: Articulates financial information clearly and effectively to diverse, global team members.
  • Collaborative Spirit: Deeply committed to collective success, fostering a supportive environment where the team succeeds—and learns—together.
  • Precision & Accuracy: Produces high-quality, error-free financial work, recognizing that reliable data is the foundation of sound business decisions.

• Core Experience and Education:
  • Academic Qualification: Degree or Advanced Diploma in Accounting
  • Experience: 5 years’ experience in a finance department with at least 2 years working as an accountant.