Junior Finance Manager Full Time Jobs

Junior Finance Manager job vacancy in Johannesburg.

Are you a newly qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) looking to move beyond traditional accounting and build your commercial experience within the fast-paced iGaming and sports betting industry?

Our client is looking for a Junior Finance Manager to join their team and take ownership of key financial management, reporting, controls and compliance activities.

This is a hands-on opportunity suited to a newly qualified CA(SA) or finance professional with up to two years’ post-qualification experience who is ready to apply their technical accounting expertise in a commercial environment.

You’ll work closely with senior leadership and multiple business functions, gaining exposure to everything from Profit and Loss and cash flow management to gaming-related reconciliations, taxation, regulatory reporting and commercial decision-making.

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting, including Profit and Loss, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Support the preparation and analysis of management accounts.
• Oversee key financial reconciliations, including banking, suppliers, payments and customer/gaming wallets.
• Monitor cash flow and contribute to short- and medium-term forecasting.
• Support annual budgeting and ongoing budget vs actual analysis.
• Investigate financial variances and provide meaningful insights to senior management.
• Partner with the CEO, Director and departmental leaders on financial and commercial decisions.
• Assess the financial impact of promotions, operational initiatives and supplier arrangements.
• Maintain and strengthen financial controls, processes and segregation of duties.
• Oversee supplier payments and ensure appropriate authorisation and cash-flow alignment.
• Support VAT, PAYE, income tax, gambling taxes and applicable levies.
• Assist with Gaming Board and other regulatory financial submissions.
• Coordinate annual external audit requirements and work with auditors, tax advisors, banks and other financial partners.
• Support payroll reviews and finance-related reconciliations.
• Help develop and improve finance policies, procedures and controls.
• Work closely with Operations, Risk and Compliance, Marketing and HR to support sound financial management across the business.
• Identify discrepancies, unusual transactions, control weaknesses and financial risks, escalating where necessary.

What We’re Looking For:

• Qualified CA(SA) with SAICA registration or eligibility for registration.
• Completed SAICA articles/training contract.
• Newly qualified CA(SA) or up to 2 years’ post-qualification experience.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS.
• Good understanding of financial statements and management accounts.
• Strong analytical, reconciliation and balance-sheet review skills.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow management.
• Working knowledge of South African taxation, including VAT, PAYE and income tax.
• Strong Excel and MS Office skills.
• Experience with accounting/ERP systems.
• Ability to work accurately with large volumes of financial data.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Previous commercial, iGaming or gambling experience is advantageous, but not essential.