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A senior financial accountant is needed in Johannesburg CBD by Rand Mutual Admin Services. This is a permanent role, advert reference RM-959, with a market-related salary, and applications close on 28 November 2026.
About the company and the work
Rand Mutual Admin Services is part of Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA), established in 1894, with more than 120 years of experience in administering claims. The senior financial accountant performs professional accounting work, including the compilation, consolidation and analysis of financial data, and works within established systems to deliver prescribed outcomes for a designated area of financial control. The role requires an understanding of accounting fundamentals and principles, as well as experience in bookkeeping, and it sits in the insurance sector.
Role details and duties
The duties stated in the advert include:
- Performing professional accounting work, including compilation, consolidation and analysis of financial data.
- Handling ledgers and the preparation of journal entries, fixed asset or inventory accounting, preparation of trial balances or financial statements, cost accounting and bank account reconciliations.
- Providing specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving related queries.
- Working within established systems to deliver prescribed outcomes for a designated area of financial control.
- Managing the preparation and distribution of specific segments of the organisation’s financial reporting.
- Developing and delivering financial guidelines and protocols to ensure the company complies with regulations.
- Investigating incidents and reports and providing expert advice to more senior colleagues on regulatory and compliance matters.
- Using risk management systems to ensure the organisation is not exposed to undue risks.
- Providing financial modelling input into business cases, costs and schedules to support growth.
- Conducting research using primary data sources and selecting information needed for the analysis of key trends.
- Preparing and coordinating the completion of various data and analytics reports.
Requirements
Only what the source states is listed here:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level.
- Undergraduate or honours tertiary degree, NQF level 7, in Finance, completed.
- Articles advantageous.
- Experienced practitioner able to work unsupervised (more than 1 year to 3 years, as described in the advert).
- Minimum 4 to 6 years’ experience as an accountant in an insurance or financial services sector.
- 1 to 2 years operating in a senior accountant role.
- 2 years of life insurance experience.
- Good knowledge of accounting principles in business and their application, including IFRS, the Income Tax Act and related requirements.
- Knowledgeable in fixed assets.
- Computer literate, including working knowledge of Excel and related formulas.
- Understanding of, and ability to prepare, reconciliations, resolve problems and identify errors.
- Accounting software knowledge and experience.
- Ability to engage at senior management level.
- Ability to work in a complex and dynamic environment.
The advert states no separate experience level label, so none is shown in the job details. Note that two requirement lines are truncated in the detail view; applicants should confirm the full wording in the original advert.
Where to find and apply safely
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Practical tips
Lead with your insurance or financial services accounting experience, your life insurance exposure and your fixed assets knowledge, since these are called out specifically. Be ready to show work on reconciliations, financial reporting segments and financial modelling, and to demonstrate Excel and accounting software skills at a senior level.
How the process works
When you apply through the original advert, your application goes to Rand Mutual Admin Services as an external application. The advert notes that the shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached.
Important information
This page is informational only and is not the employer. Details such as the salary, closing date and requirements are taken from the original advert, and the original advert is the final authority. The salary is stated as Market Related, the job type is Permanent, and the reference is RM-959.
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