Financial Accountant – G4S Botswana

Accountant
Gaborone
October 31, 2026
Full Time

Job Description

Job Summary

Employer: G4S Botswana
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Gaborone, Botswana
Category: Accounting
Closing Date: 2026-11-06

Purpose

To record business transactions, prepares official financial statements, and ensures company compliance with tax laws and accounting standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Review all journal entries and ensure that they are in line with normal business activities, adequately supported, accurately captured and compliant with accounting standards.
  • Timely post all journals from the assistant accountants
  • Prepare month end journals related to taxes (VAT, SAT, Customs and WHT)
  • Ensure all journals are adequately supported, authorised and properly filed.
  • Reviews and authorizes monthly general ledger reconciliations.
  • Feeds into group reporting through business planning and consolidation platform (BPC).
  • Prepares monthly internal reports (Internal Trade Reviews).
  • Reviews and approves the general ledger journals.
  • Manages the monthly accounts payables closing process.
  • Liaises with external auditors and regional office auditors.
  • Participates in the preparation of cash flow and working capital forecast.
  • Manages internal controls relating to the finance function.
  • Execute monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes on time for all AP and payroll entries.
  • Ensures that the payroll recon is prepared monthly.
  • Maintains the tax compliance register and ensures that all taxes are submitted and paid on time.
  • Owns VAT computation and authorization. Manages the relationship with BURS.
  • Oversees the payroll process from communication of payroll cut offs with the business capturing and review of payroll to ensure timely and accurate processing.
  • Oversee the end-to-end operations of the accounts payable team, including invoice processing, payment runs, and expense report management.
  • Support the month end reporting process and provide reports to management as needed.
  • Supervise direct reports and provide mentorship and coaching.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
  • Studying toward a professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, BICA)
  • Post graduate qualification in taxation will be an added advantage.
  • 3-5 years’ experience in systems administration and management experience
  • Experience in supervisory position would be added advantage
  • Knowledge of Financial principles, practices, financial controls and audit standards

How to Apply

To apply, please scan and attach your updated CV and cover letter, with at least three (3) reference letters, certified copies of qualifications and certified copies of national identity card to atscareers.g4s.com not later than 6 November 2026.

Applications must be addressed to;
The Human Resources Director
G4S (Botswana) Limited
P.O Box 1488
Gaborone

NB: Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks from the closing date above, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful.

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