Accountant

Who We Are

We are the market leader in commercial real estate services and investments and provide an integrated suite of high-quality real estate services to our clients across Africa and the Middle East, including facilities management, advisory & transaction services, project management. We support predominantly corporate clients who buy services on a contracted basis all across the Middle East and Africa - even globally, depending on their portfolio.

Why choose us

Imagine more than just the future of work; with CBRE Excellerate, you can create it. As part of our global powerhouse, you'll find a culture that fosters an entrepreneurial mindset, where your best work is not just encouraged but celebrated. Collaborate with talented individuals, harness the support of unparalleled resources, and enjoy the journey as you grow both personally and professionally.

About The Role

A key role to assist with the financial administration, transactional invoice processing, and debtor management across South Africa (SA) and Rest of Africa (ROA) divisions. This role ensures accurate, compliant, and timely reporting, daily bank clearing, and comprehensive account reconciliations to maintain up-to-date financial records for Advisory & Transaction (A&T) services

What Will You Bring

• Senior Certificate with Accounting as a subject.
• Bookkeeping and/or National Diploma in Accounting.
• Studying or completed studies with accounting as a major subject.
• +/-2 years' experience is essential.

Skills Required

• Senior Certificate with Accounting as a subject.
• Bookkeeping and/or National Diploma in Accounting.
• Studying or completed studies with accounting as a major subject.
• +/-2 years' experience is essential.

What You Be Doing

Financial Administration & Invoicing:

• Raise resource recovery, monthly, travel, and ad hoc invoices for key clients
• Process client creations on SAP after verifying company registration documents and SLAs.
• Ensure invoice requests from the Contracted Account team have necessary Divisional Manager approvals.
• Compile and submit invoice normalization data to relevant parties.

Debtor Management & Bank Clearing:

• Ensure all bank transactions pertaining to A&T are allocated and cleared on a daily basis.
• Maintain and update the Invoice Summary tracker tool weekly to measure divisional monthly targets.
• Update debtor's reports and comments for both SA and ROA, submitting them prior to Debtors meetings.

Vendor, Broker & Third-Party Liaison:

• Track fees share and 3rd party invoices in relation to client billing, complete payment approval requests, and submit to AP
• Resolve vendor payment and individual broker commission queries.
• Maintain broker commission payment schedules.
• Confirm expected payment dates and perform outstanding payment follow-ups.

Financial Reporting, Journals & Reconciliations:

• Process weekly Morocco bank transaction journals) and update statements for review.
• Load monthly payroll journals based on instructions and approvals.
• Complete balance sheet recons and specific reconciliation processes
• Pull and report on CO15 monthly figures.

Ad Hoc Queries & Client Care:

• Request KYC information for onboarding new clients.
• Address ad hoc queries from internal operational divisions, clients, and management.

Compliance & Audit Support:

• Provide relevant supporting documents for internal/external audit queries.
• Enforce SOP compliance across all billing and financial workflows.

Decision Making Authority

Transactional Validation & Financial Control

• Verify and approve the accuracy of proforma invoices, credit notes, and debtor allocations prior to final submission.
• Reject incomplete or non-compliant payment requests or invoice details received from third parties or operational teams.
• Allocate and adjust debtor payments against outstanding balances based on verified remittance advices.
• Validate financial source documents and post relevant general ledger journal entries for reconciliation purposes after Finance Manager (FM) approval.
• Maintain and update daily activity tracking spreadsheets and division invoice logs and weekly invoice summary tracker tools to ensure data integrity.

Query Resolution & Escalation

• Direct, investigate, and resolve day-to-day client, vendor, and broker accounting queries within company guidelines.
• Collimate and flag variances in the monthly broker commission payment schedules before final management sign-off.
• Escalate unresolved billing disputes, outstanding debtor bottlenecks, or commission variances to the Team Leader.

Compliance & Stakeholder Engagement

• Enforce compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) regarding invoice generation and debt reporting, and client onboarding (including collecting required company registration documents, SLAs, and KYC information)
• Request necessary supporting documentation from internal operations teams and external stakeholders to complete balance sheet reconciliations and audit requirements.

CBRE Excellerate is committed to striving for diversity and equitable representation in our workforce. Preference may thus be given to suitably qualified candidates as identified in our employment equity plan. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.