Management Accountant

Company Profile:
Candi is a dedicated rooftop solar company for businesses across Asia and Africa. We bring together international capital, through our Swiss-based platform, and local expertise in order to provide a unique offering to this unserved sector. In doing so, Candi aims to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets. www.candi.solar

Job Summary: The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic junior-level financial professional, who will help Candi to lead the revolution of solar. Given that Candi is taking solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, innovation and a new way of thinking.

Specifically, the job requires taking ownership for the South African team and will be responsible for supporting the Country Finance Lead with the following:

- Financial and management reporting

- Coordinating the supporting documentation for payments and loading of bank payments

- Loading bills and invoices onto Xero

- Monthly invoicing

- Coordinating project accounting with the Engineering and Asset Management divisions

- Management and collection of accounts receivable

- Weekly and monthly reconciliation on major accounts

- Inventory management

- Month-end & Year end close

- Balance sheet reconciliations and reporting on budget vs actual

- Supporting in budgeting, forecasting and cash management

- Taxation and VAT submission

- Updating company secretarial and statutory documents

- Liaising with auditors and supporting the business areas with financial information as required.

- Other ad hoc tasks as required.

Location: Fourways, Johannesburg, combined with working from home.

Hours: Full time. 12-month contract.

Job Requirements:

- Minimum 1 year of experience in Financial Accounting and a BCom degree in Accounting

- Bonus: Worked on Xero

- Strong technical, financial and management accounting skills

- Advance knowledge in Microsoft Excel and use of AI

- Good communication and reporting skills - must have the ability to communicate and interact with a team of people through reporting cycles and change processes

- Good project management and attention to detail.

- Being a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit is paramount

Working Culture:

- You agree to live out the Candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego , being authentic no matter what , that we work as one and follow the Candi principle that less is more

- A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.

- Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.

- You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually

- Candi is an equal opportunities employer

Candi is unique because...

- We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop solar energy.

- We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.

- We are an international team where remote working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.

Only qualified Candidates will be contacted.