Financial Accountant

We are seeking a hands-on, detail-oriented Financial Accountant who will play a critical role in driving operational financial excellence, compliance, and insight across our global operations. This role is ideal for a proactive, systems-savvy finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment takes pride in accurate, audit-ready numbers, is confident navigating modern finance systems, and is committed to continuous improvement in accounting processes.

The Financial Accountant will own Tydeco's transactional accounting and month-end balance sheet integrity across our South African and US entities, with a particular focus on consulting services revenue: client retainers, deferred and unbilled revenue, timesheet billing and revenue recognition under IFRS 15 and ASC 606. The role works closely with project, sales and operations teams to make sure that what is delivered is billed, and that what is billed is recognised and reconciled correctly.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical, a strong communicator, and thrives when given ownership and autonomy. If this is you, we invite you to apply.

As a platinum Sage partner, Tydeco and our partner entity Tydeco U specialize in delivering cutting-edge ERP solutions such as Sage Intacct and Sage 300 Cloud, and HRP solutions such as Sage VIP and SBCPP. We also offer Outsourced Accounting solutions to help clients streamline financial operations and scale with confidence. Our dedication to innovation, excellence, and client success ensures businesses not only adopt our solutions but thrive in competitive markets. If you're ready to make an impact in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, we invite you to be part of our journey.

This position will report to the Finance Manager. This is a fully remote, South Africa-based position, with occasional travel as business needs require.

Key Responsibilities

Global Support

• Operate within a global framework, ensuring adaptability to support teams, meet deadlines and participate in virtual meetings across multiple time zones based in South Africa and the U.S., as needed.
• Collaborate with international stakeholders, adjusting to varying schedules and priorities as needed.
• Maintain flexibility in scheduling to accommodate time-sensitive tasks and cross-regional collaboration.

Core Accounting & Financial Operations

• Manage general ledger activities including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and adjustments, applying the correct Sage Intacct dimensions (entity, location, department, class and project).
• Perform monthly and year-end close procedures and ensure deadlines are met across financial cycles.
• Maintain the fixed asset register, record depreciation entries, and support asset audits as needed.
• Process customer invoices and receipts, maintain the debtors ledger, allocate payments accurately, and follow up overdue accounts with client-facing teams.
• Manage client retainers by reviewing contract terms, preparing invoices, tracking receipts and amounts applied to services, and reconciling unused balances to client records and the general ledger. Investigate discrepancies and follow up outstanding balances.
• Track implementation billing milestones (upfront, milestone and final-execution invoices) against project delivery, make sure milestone invoices are raised on time, and recognise and reconcile unbilled revenue (contract assets) where services have been delivered but not yet invoiced. Identify over-utilised retainers and reclassify debit balances appropriately.
• Maintain revenue deferral schedules by client and contract across Tydeco's revenue streams: fixed-fee and hourly implementations, SLA and RSA support contracts recognised over the contract term, software subscriptions and licences, andoutsourced accounting services. Prepare monthly revenue recognition journals in line with IFRS 15 / ASC 606 and company policy, reconcile opening balances, additions, releases and closing balances to the general ledger, and retain supporting documentation.
• Manage timesheet billing by checking completeness, approvals and client or project allocation. Validate billable hours against agreed rates, budgets and contract terms, prepare invoices, and resolve missing time, rate discrepancies and billing queries with project teams.
• Make sure customer invoices are coded correctly in Sage Intacct, including the correct client and service project, revenue type and Deal Type (e.g. new sale, renewal, SLA, add-on, outsourced), so that revenue and project profitability reporting is accurate.
• Calculate rebates on eligible vendor invoices using supplier agreements, qualifying spend, exclusions, thresholds and agreed rates. Maintain calculation schedules, record approved accruals, track claims and credit notes, and reconcile receipts to expected rebates.
• Process supplier invoices through Ramp, validating supporting documents, account coding, project allocation and approvals. Resolve duplicate or disputed invoices, follow up outstanding approvals, monitor payment status, and reconcile invoices and payments to accounting records.
• Prepare monthly creditor reconciliations by matching supplier statements to the payable ledger. Investigate missing invoices, unallocated payments and credit notes, resolve differences with suppliers, maintain supporting schedules, and escalate overdue or disputed balances.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for bank, credit card, receivable, payable, accrual, prepayment, client retainer, deferred revenue, unbilled revenue, intercompany, VAT, payroll, leave pay provision and commission accrual accounts. Substantiate balances, investigate and clear reconciling items, post approved adjustments, and submit supporting schedules for review within close deadlines.
• Record intercompany transactions and prepare intercompany reconciliations across the South African and US entities, resolve differences monthly, and support consolidation and elimination entries in a multi-currency environment.
• Prepare and review internal financial statements to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Assist in developing, improving, and maintaining financial controls and documentation.

Reporting, Analysis & Audit Support

• Assist with monthly management reporting, including profit and loss, balance sheet, bank, credit card and cash flow reports.
• Conduct variance analyses and support budget tracking and reforecasting efforts.
• Prepare the year-end audit file and supporting schedules for the annual external audit, and respond to auditor queries, particularly on revenue, client retainers, and deferred and unbilled revenue.
• Collaborate with leadership on ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed for financial planning and strategic decisions.

Internal Collaboration, Process Alignment & Systems Collaboration

• Work cross-functionally with operations and finance teams to align accounting practices with business needs.
• Partner with system administrators and ERP users to troubleshoot accounting data issues and ensure financial reporting integrity.
• Monitor the flow of financial data across integrated platforms and support reconciliation efforts.
• Use Asana to track finance tasks, project milestones, billing deliverables and month-end deadlines. Maintain task owners, due dates and supporting documents, coordinate dependencies with project teams, and escalate overdue items affecting reporting or billing.
• Support vendor onboarding, banking updates, and compliance processes in line with company policies.
• Participate in global accounting meetings, ensuring consistency and compliance across financial processes.
• Prepare monthly VAT201 reconciliations and returns, and support provisional tax, payroll tax and other statutory filings for the South African entities, with equivalent support for US compliance as required.
• Provide support to leadership by preparing financial data, reports, and insights for internal decision-making.

Key Attributes

• Resilience and Adaptability: You excel in a global, fast-moving environment, balancing month-end deadlines, billing cycles and audit requests without compromising quality or timeliness.
• Attention to Detail: Your experience in multi-entity, multi-currency accounting ensures accuracy in financial reporting, reconciliations, and compliance efforts. You take pride in delivering audit-ready financials.
• Firm, Constructive Collaboration: You work closely with project managers, consultants and sales teams, and are confident following up missing timesheets, unbilled milestones and incorrect coding until they are resolved.
• Revenue and Contract Understanding: You read contracts, statements of work and SLAs with an accountant's eye, understand how consulting and support revenue should be billed and recognised, and can explain the impact of contract terms on the balance sheet.
• Problem-Solving and Analytical Excellence: With a data-driven mindset, you analyze financial trends, identify opportunities for efficiency, and use tools such as Sage Intacct, Ramp, Asana and Excel to drive operational improvements.
• Ownership and Accountability: You own your reconciliations and close deliverables end to end, clear reconciling items rather than carrying them forward, and proactively raise issues and process improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on accounting experience as an Accountant or Senior Accountant, including at least 2–3 years in a professional services, consulting, software or agency environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Professional designation, SAIPA Professional Accountant or ACCA) strongly preferred; completed articles advantageous.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, specifically IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (and ASC 606 for US entities), including performance obligations, revenue recognised over time, contract assets and contract liabilities.
• Demonstrable hands-on experience owning deferred revenue, client retainer and unbilled revenue (WIP) schedules and reconciliations.
• Proven track record of preparing month-end balance sheet reconciliations to audit standard.
• Working knowledge of South African VAT and statutory compliance.
• Strong Excel skills (Advanced level)
• Experience preparing year-end audit files and dealing directly with external auditors.
• Strong systems orientation and attention to process improvement and control
• Strong analytical skills with a proactive problem-solving mindset.

Preferred Experience

Proficiency in Sage Intacct (strongly preferred), including projects, dimensions and multi-entity consolidation

Background in IT consulting, software implementation, SaaS or outsourced accounting businesses.

Familiarity with ERP implementations and financial technology integrations.

Experience with Ramp, Asana or similar spend-management and work-management tools.

Work Environment

This is a remote role, with occasional travel based on business and management needs. This is a full-time position that requires the ability to work a flexible and regular full-time schedule. It requires the ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods of time and communicate effectively with a diverse audience in person, by phone and by computer.

About Us

Tydeco is an equal opportunity employer, along with our partner entities AWCape, Applico, and Lescault and Walderman Inc. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, maternity, or any other legally protected characteristics.

We reserve the right to not fill this role