Revenue & Treasury Accountant

SUMMARY:
Our client, in the travel & tourism industry, based in Northern Suburbs Cape Town, is seeking a Revenue & Treasury Accountant to join their Finance Team.

As the Revenue & Treasury Accountant - Team Lead, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of revenue recognition and cash management processes across our group of tour operating companies.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of at least four finance professionals
• Allocate and review workloads to ensure timely delivery of invoicing, reconciliations, and reporting activities
• Conduct regular team meetings to align on priorities, address challenges, and foster collaboration
• Set clear performance objectives and support professional development through coaching and training
• Review and sign off on key deliverables to ensure accuracy and compliance with group policies
• Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance within the team
• Support recruitment and onboarding of new team members as needed
• Prepare and maintain weekly cash flow forecasts, highlighting key inflows and outflows
• Ensure reconciliations are performed of all bank accounts and credit cards
• Liaise with banks on payments, FX, and account structures as required
• Coordinate internal funding between entities where needed Identify opportunities for improved liquidity management and payment efficiency
• Manage money market deposits to maximise returns on surplus cash balances, ensuring optimal liquidity and yield
• Controls, Reporting & Process Improvement
• Support internal and external audits, particularly around revenue and cash-related areas
• Recommend and help implement process improvements to reduce manual work and improve accuracy
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements
• Contribute to systems and automation initiatives
• Debtors ageing profile targets
• Accuracy of weekly cash forecasts
• Completion of reconciliations by set deadlines

• Qualified accountant (SAIPA/ AGA(SA)/ ACCA / CIMA or equivalent), or Accounting related degree with appropriate experience
• Experience in a multi-entity business; travel, tour operations or hospitality sector experience a plus
• Experience leading finance teams through change
• Sound understanding of revenue recognition principles
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage high-volume data accurately
• Proficiency with accounting systems (Dynamics Business Central desirable but not required), Excel and Google sheets
• Comfortable working collaboratively across teams and juggling competing priorities
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset