Senior Financial Accountant

About the role

Hogan Lovells is looking for a Senior Financial Accountant in Johannesburg to join its global, collaborative team. The role handles financial matters for the London and local shared service offices and coordinates financial affairs in international offices, covering transaction processing, reporting, control and decision support. It manages core financial reporting while leading projects to make accounting workflows faster, more accurate and automated.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts for the London office and support Business Team directors, incorporating trial balances and cash books of non-UK offices into consolidated accounts
• Process accounting adjustments and journals, review balance sheet control accounts and forecasts, and contribute to quarterly Group management accounts and the LLP's IFRS financial statements
• Create audit files, load supplier payments, and assist with statutory returns (VAT, provisional tax, income tax, CIPC)
• Analyse trends and variances, interpret results for finance and non-finance staff, and hold meetings with senior managers and department heads
• Assist in preparing the annual budget for London support departments, non-UK offices and the global budget, test budget systems and tools, and train other accountants
• Review and mentor junior accountants, develop ad-hoc finance projects, and work with international finance teams

Required profile

• Grade 12 or equivalent, and a Bachelor of Commerce or Business Science in Accounting (Honours, CIMA or SAIPA recommended)
• Minimum 5 years' experience in financial accounting at operational level and 1-2 years of supervisory experience
• Clear criminal record and South African citizenship; preference for Employment Equity and disability candidates
• Exceptional attention to detail, ability to work independently and under pressure, and commitment to ethical behaviour and IFRS compliance

Required skills

• Intermediate Microsoft Office, including highly proficient Excel with pivot tables and VLOOKUPs
• Power BI required; 3E, Chrome River / Emburse Enterprise and OneStream recommended
• Experience with multi-currency data, workflow automation and audit schedules