Senior Accountant
Spotter Labs
Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Spotter Labs is open worldwide, so South Africans can apply. 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
We are seeking a highly skilledSenior Accountantwith robust US GAAP and controllership experience to anchor our accounting function during a pivotal period of growth and transformation.Our current team handles day-to-day transactional processing and routine bookkeeping efficiently. However, as we advance through an active audit, a major software migration, and broader process improvement initiatives, we require a senior-level technical expert. Your primary focus will not be high-volume transactional work, but rather providing the deep accounting judgment, rigorous review capabilities, and control structures needed to ensure absolute technical accuracy and audit readiness.You will partner directly with leadership to bridge the gap between day-to-day operations and high-level strategic financial oversight.
Key Responsibilities & Challenges to Solve
Technical GAAP & Specialized Accounting
* Fixed Assets & Capitalization:Oversee PPE accounting, refine and enforce capitalization policies, manage asset disposals, evaluate impairment considerations, and ensure the fixed asset register is flawlessly maintained.
Fixed Assets & Capitalization:Oversee PPE accounting, refine and enforce capitalization policies, manage asset disposals, evaluate impairment considerations, and ensure the fixed asset register is flawlessly maintained.
* Technical GAAP Review:Act as the critical second line of defense. Review complex transactions, contract assessments, and financing arrangements, making definitive accounting treatment decisionsbeforethey become audit findings.
Technical GAAP Review:Act as the critical second line of defense. Review complex transactions, contract assessments, and financing arrangements, making definitive accounting treatment decisionsbeforethey become audit findings.
Controllership, Month-End, & Oversight
Controllership, Month-End, & Oversight
* Month-End Close & Accruals:Partner with leadership to strengthen accrual methodologies, strictly enforce cut-off procedures, and significantly reduce the manual adjustments identified during close.
Month-End Close & Accruals:Partner with leadership to strengthen accrual methodologies, strictly enforce cut-off procedures, and significantly reduce the manual adjustments identified during close.
* Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Controls:Establish and enforce elevated reconciliation standards, design stronger review controls, and foster clear ownership across all key accounts.
Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Controls:Establish and enforce elevated reconciliation standards, design stronger review controls, and foster clear ownership across all key accounts.
* Audit Management & Documentation:Prepare detailed audit schedules, reports, and technical documentation for review by management and external auditors, ensuring full compliance with US GAAP standards.
Audit Management & Documentation:Prepare detailed audit schedules, reports, and technical documentation for review by management and external auditors, ensuring full compliance with US GAAP standards.
Process Improvement & System Transformation
Process Improvement & System Transformation
* System Migration & Workflow Design:Active partner in our upcoming software migration. Document current processes, identify internal control gaps, redesign workflows, and ensure complex accounting requirements are accurately mapped into the new system.
System Migration & Workflow Design:Active partner in our upcoming software migration. Document current processes, identify internal control gaps, redesign workflows, and ensure complex accounting requirements are accurately mapped into the new system.
* Fraud Prevention & Risk Mitigation:Continually assess financial risk, investigate discrepancies, and implement improvements to internal control systems to prevent errors and fraud.
Fraud Prevention & Risk Mitigation:Continually assess financial risk, investigate discrepancies, and implement improvements to internal control systems to prevent errors and fraud.
Qualifications & Requirements
Qualifications & Requirements
* Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and required experience with QuickBooks Online. Experience with NetSuite is preferred, along with familiarity navigating complex accounting systems and software migrations
Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and required experience with QuickBooks Online. Experience with NetSuite is preferred, along with familiarity navigating complex accounting systems and software migrations
* Experience:Proven experience as a Senior Accountant, Financial Auditor, or Assistant Controller with deep, hands-on expertise inUS GAAPand complex capitalization policies.
Experience:Proven experience as a Senior Accountant, Financial Auditor, or Assistant Controller with deep, hands-on expertise inUS GAAPand complex capitalization policies.
* Analytical Depth:Exceptional analytical skills with a proven ability to interpret complex financial data and apply
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.
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.
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.
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.
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About Spotter Labs
Spotter Labs is a company in the ELD Specialist industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 7 open positions on Hirezar. View all Spotter Labs jobs →