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Senior Accountant

Somewhere

Fully Remote
📍 Johannesburg
🇿🇦 SA Friendly: 1.0/1.0

🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Senior Accountant

Employment Type:Full-time, Independent Contractor

Work Model:Fully Remote

Work Hours:US business hours alignment

Why This Role, Why Now

As our business has scaled across multiple entities and brands, our day-to-day accounting needs have outgrown fractional bookkeeping support. We are hiring a dedicated, in-houseSenior Accountantto completely own the books across our corporate ecosystem, run a clean and timely monthly close, and produce reliable financial statements leadership can act on. You will work directly with the CEO and alongside our external CPA firm, which handles annual income-tax filings.

Position Summary

The Senior Accountant owns the recurring, full-cycle accounting function across our multiple legal entities. This is a highly hands-on, remote role responsible for managing accounts payable/receivable, handling multi-entity cash and merchant reconciliations, tracking inventory/COGS, and managing state-level sales tax compliance.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized, autonomous operator who takes deep pride in absolute data accuracy and can deliver an enterprise-wide consolidated view without needing close supervision.

Key Responsibilities

1. Day-to-Day Accounting & Ledger Integrity
* Accounts Payable (AP):Manage the end-to-end AP workflow—including vendor bill ingestion, internal department approvals, and payment execution—entirely inside Bill.com.
Accounts Payable (AP):Manage the end-to-end AP workflow—including vendor bill ingestion, internal department approvals, and payment execution—entirely inside Bill.com.
* Accounts Receivable (AR):Oversee invoicing pipelines, apply incoming payments accurately, and systematically follow up on outstanding balances.
Accounts Receivable (AR):Oversee invoicing pipelines, apply incoming payments accurately, and systematically follow up on outstanding balances.
* General Ledger Maintenance:Manage the core general ledger and chart of accounts, keeping all transactions accurately categorized within QuickBooks Online (QBO).
General Ledger Maintenance:Manage the core general ledger and chart of accounts, keeping all transactions accurately categorized within QuickBooks Online (QBO).
* Payroll Reconciliation:Reconcile ADP payroll runs to the general ledger each pay cycle(Note: payroll processing itself is handled separately).
Payroll Reconciliation:Reconcile ADP payroll runs to the general ledger each pay cycle(Note: payroll processing itself is handled separately).

2. Reconciliations, Multi-Entity Consolidation & Month-End Close
* Account Reconciliations:Perform comprehensive monthly bank, credit card, and merchant-processor reconciliations across all operational accounts.
Account Reconciliations:Perform comprehensive monthly bank, credit card, and merchant-processor reconciliations across all operational accounts.
* Complex Journal Entries:Prepare and post standard journal entries, accruals, adjustments, and inter-company allocation entries.
Complex Journal Entries:Prepare and post standard journal entries, accruals, adjustments, and inter-company allocation entries.
* Month-End Close Ownership:Drive the month-end close calendar to deliver a clean, predictable, and on-time close cycle.
Month-End Close Ownership:Drive the month-end close calendar to deliver a clean, predictable, and on-time close cycle.
* Financial Reporting & Revenue Recognition:Produce monthly entity-level financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and consolidate them across all entities (MIA, MLT, HG, Amigos) into a unified enterprise view. Ensure proper revenue recognition metrics across DTC e-commerce (Shopify, WooCommerce), retail POS (Lightspeed), and wholesale channels.
Financial Reporting & Revenue Recognition:Produce monthly entity-level financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and consolidate them across all entities (MIA, MLT, HG, Amigos) into a unified enterprise view. Ensure proper revenue recognition metrics across DTC e-commerce (Shopify, WooCommerce), retail POS (Lightspeed), and wholesale channels.

3. Inventory, COGS & Sales Tax Compliance
* Inventory Control:Monitor inventory valuation and systematically record the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) across retail and e-commerce streams.
Inventory Control:Monitor inventory valuation and systematically record the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) across retail and e-commerce streams.
* Florida Sales Tax Ownership:Own the Florida sales tax lifecycle end-to-end—preparing/filing returns, remitting payments, and serving as the direct point of contact with the Florida Department of Revenue for retail stores.
Florida Sales Tax Ownership:Own the Florida sales tax lifecycle end-to-end—preparing/filing returns, remitting payments, and serving as the direct point of contact with the Florida Department of Revenue for retail stores.
* Tax Coordination:Partner with our external e-commerce sales tax firm (which files out-of-state returns) to ensure retail data and digital e-commerce metrics tie out p

Tips for South African Applicants

Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Somewhere

Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 686 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →