Accounting & Administration | Cape Town | Average Salary Survey 2024

Sales And Office Administrator

Posted 15 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Office Administration
Capture invoicing
Stock management
Event coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	4-8 Years	Intermediate	841,000 ZAR

Office Administrator

Posted 12 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administer processes of obtaining and submitting documentation to medical aids for review to obtain authorizations for funding and submit claims for processing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	411,400 ZAR

Financial Manager

Posted 08 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Head of finance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	759,500 ZAR

Analyst

Posted 11 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	746,600 ZAR

Senior Fund Administrator

Posted 19 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing various admin tasks for the client."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	457,500 ZAR

Finance Business Partner

Posted 04 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analysis, reporting, financial controlling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,039,200 ZAR

Secretary

Posted 26 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Admin."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	1,080,600 ZAR

Senior Accountant

Posted 26 August 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	928,700 ZAR

Compensation And Benefits Officer

Posted 23 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"• Correct processing of time and attendance and payroll input 
• Maintenance of employee personal information 
• Reconciliations of various accounts 
• Payments to employees and third parties
 • Reporting • Testing of current and new systems 
• Implementation of new systems 
• Drafting user manuals and Work instructions 
• Support internal and external auditors
• Ad hoc projects and requirements
•	Full payroll Function, Ensuring for accuracy of payroll
•	Preparation and processing, benefits maintenance, Statutory returns, and various special payments
•	Full National Bargaining Counsel function
•	Prepare, balance and submit the monthly reports to Finance Department
•	Prepare balance and submit the monthly 3rd Party payments
•	Sage Administrator
•	Staff payments and bank uploads Via Fihrst Management Services and authorization
•	Full medical Aid administrating and recons 
•	ABC Exports
•	Pay Slips Printing and processing
•	Basic HR functions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	4-8 Years	Advanced	394,400 ZAR

Credit Manager

Posted 15 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Credit management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	16-20 Years	Advanced	912,500 ZAR

Payroll Administrator

Posted 12 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full function Payroll processing
Payroll queries
Benefits queries and processing
Overtime
SARS processing/Tax year End
Assist with information gathering with various HR deliverables (i. e. EE plan reporting, SDL reporting etc). 
Preparation of salary, bonus and increase schedules and supporting employee letters. 
Preparation of accumulated leave schedules and payments. 
Onboarding and exiting employees from system. 
Dealing with provident fund company and medical aid service providers. Calculate overtime payments due. 
Calculating commissions, bonuses, tax and deduction. 
Ensure that staff leave is monitored and that staff are informed when they go into minus days. 
Review and calculate time sheets data and hours worked. 
Assist with the preparation of payslips and any requirements around payroll. 
Submission & distribution of IRP 5's."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	2-4 Years	Advanced	467,500 ZAR

Accountant

Posted 09 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Member of South African Institute of Professional Accountants. 
Payroll. Drafting of Annual Financial Statements. Tax, VAT."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	325,400 ZAR

Accountant

Posted 08 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounting tasks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	332,800 ZAR

Finance Manager

Posted 18 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounting, management, business development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	1,017,900 ZAR

Office Administrator

Posted 20 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Office management, IT, facilities management, certificates."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	12-16 Years	n/a	401,800 ZAR

Junior Accountant

Posted 17 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"South African Institute of Professional accountants."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	294,300 ZAR

Audit Senior

Posted 13 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Upon completion of my articles at the Auditor General of South Africa I was employed as an audit senior. 
In addition to my previous role as trainee auditor my audit senior duties included:
? Project management, 
? Overseeing the audit process, 
? Management of trainees (including CWC), 
? Compiling reports, 
? Raising audit queries, 
? Ensuring my team has the necessary resources required to complete the audit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	551,900 ZAR

Regional Office Manager

Posted 04 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"General Office Duties, Monthly Reports, Operational Meetings, Conflict Resolution, Training."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	20+ Years	n/a	318,800 ZAR

Accountant - Non Rsa

Posted 31 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Chartered Accountant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,122,100 ZAR

Assessment Administrator

Posted 23 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accreditation administration, online courses coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	164,300 ZAR

Accountant

Posted 22 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bookkeeping to final accounts, Preparation of financial reports, Budgets, CashFlow forecasts, Assets Registers, Payroll, Loan Schedules, Foreign currency transactions. 
Pastel Accounting, Sage Evolution, QuickBooks, Freshbooks, Spreadsheets,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	367,900 ZAR

Admin Clerk

Posted 15 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Admin work deal with clients and suppliers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	145,100 ZAR

Financial Manager

Posted 24 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"I am currently managing the overall financial function and position of my company from daily transactions, management accounts, payroll administration, debtor and creditor management and assisting with external annual financial reviews. I have gained my work experience from working in the audit firm, hospitality and agricultural support services industry. This enabled me to acquire the necessary core competencies needed to manage and help lead a company from a financial point of view. 

I have thorough experience in using the normal computer programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as using more financial specific software such as Sage Pastel Accounting and Payroll packages. 

I have a Bachelors Degree in Management Accounting from the University of Stellenbosch as well as a Diploma in Management Accounting and I am actively studying to complete my CIMA qualification towards the designation of a Charted Global Management Accountant (CGMA)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	558,000 ZAR

Cashbook Clerk

Posted 24 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I have been in the role of a Cashbook Administrator since 2007. 
My duties and responsibilities have mainly been reconciliations of all bank accounts within the business. Ensuring that all payments being made and received, has been processed in the various bank accounts. And ensuring the various cashbooks balances to the bank balances. 
In order to broaden my career in the accounting field, I have been studying part-time to attain my ND: Financial Accounting NQF L6. My studies are modular based; and examined by the ICB (Institute of Certified Bookkeepers)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	360,900 ZAR

Financial Manager

Posted 08 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage a financial function."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,622,100 ZAR

Administrative Clerk

Posted 27 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Records and Archives Management
Processing of Claims
Data Processing
Liaise with various municipalities/authorities
Training Facilitator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	12-16 Years	n/a	210,900 ZAR

Accountant

Posted 15 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"ACCOUNTANT OF 16 BRANCHES."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	551,500 ZAR

Executive Assistant

Posted 09 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"EA FOR 2 YEARS FOR A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	224,400 ZAR

Financial Manager

Posted 18 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounting, tax planning, cashflow."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	770,500 ZAR

Cost Accountant

Posted 05 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Costing accouting, reporting and management administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	405,500 ZAR

Practitioner

Posted 05 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Chartered accountant- financial statements, audit, internal audit, project management, group accountant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	567,700 ZAR

Financial Accountant

Posted 29 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reporting, processing and submitting of returns and payments."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	446,100 ZAR

Training Officer

Posted 14 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Training and teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	438,000 ZAR

Financial Director

Posted 08 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Director in charge of finances."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,622,100 ZAR

Audit Supervisor

Posted 21 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Running audits and audit teams."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	508,300 ZAR

Group Financial Manager

Posted 28 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Group accounting, group consolidation, group audits, IFRS technical, global tax reviews, adhoc projects, payroll administration, group budgets. forecasting, EBITDA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	824,700 ZAR

Financial Manager

Posted 05 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Budgeting, cash management, reporting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,380,000 ZAR

Manager

Posted 15 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing financial audits of companies."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	812,700 ZAR

Contract Administrator

Posted 31 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"•	Works with cost control and maximising income across various projects, reporting accurately to assist management on performing corrective measures. 
•	Accurately supplies budget reports and project notes to allow maximisation of profits. 
•	Plans and manages costs to maximise profit for organisation, including adjusting payments for subcontractors and other hired labour staff. 
•	Compiles and presents cost report, wastage report and post contract analytics, maintaining all records accurately and in organised manner. 
•	Provides commercial oversight, manages tender process of N/S Subcontractors, Compile subcontract appointments, maximise opportunities and mitigate commercial risks, instil commercial awareness to team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	690,000 ZAR

Team Leader - Fund Accounting

Posted 17 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fund accountant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	699,200 ZAR

Staff Accountant

Posted 29 March 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounts Reconciliation, Financial Reporting, General ledger journals."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	559,700 ZAR

Trainee Accountant

Posted 05 February 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Prepare financial statements
Audit government entities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	460,000 ZAR

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