Management Accountant – G4S Botswana

Job Description

Management Accountant Purpose

To manage and maintain the accuracy and integrity of a company’s financial records, manage account reconciliations, posting journal entries, and coordinating and supporting the month-end closing process.

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 leases, uniform, prepayments, royalties, other receivables, provisions in line with supporting documents and ensure compliance with accounting standards.
• Responsible for the month end calendar and facilitation of month end close.
• Communicates the month end timetable to the team and ensures 100% compliance to set deadlines.
• Execute monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes on time.
• Maintains general ledger and balance sheet accuracy.
• Responsible for the rollforward of the monthly balance sheet reconciliations and ensures all recons are updated and reviewed accurately and the balance sheet recons fully tie to the trial balance with no variances.
• Communicates to the team identified issues at month end and insures their resolution.
• Participates in the preparation of cash flow and working capital forecast.
• Responsible for accurate maintenance of the following schedules: Insurance prepayments, PPE, Inventory, Uniform, Leases, Royalties, Claims provisions.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the quarterly audit rollforward schedules: Leases, Uniform, PPE, Cost of sales, Prepayments.
• Reviews and approves supplier and bank reconciliations.
• Reviews supplier payments and authorizes supplier and other third-party payments.
• Maintains relationships with key suppliers and manages day’s payables outstanding and alignment to day’s receivables outstanding.
• Manages supplier payment terms.
• Oversees bank reconciliations, ensures they are adequately signed, and ensures all bank mandates are up to date quarterly with immediate action on changes.
• Reviews and approves petty cash and ensures all direct debit files are executed on time as first line approver and checker.
• Facilitating month end reporting and ensuring the team complies with set deadlines.
• Local and regional reporting support: Provision of management reports and completion/submission of regional reports on request.
• Participate in the design, development, review, implementation, and monitoring of departmental safety plans, safety forums, meetings, and talks.
• Report, discuss, and follow up on safety incidents, and attend safety education and refresher programmes.
• Comply with workplace safety policies, procedures, and distribute safety information.
• Supervise direct reports, provide mentorship and coaching, conduct performance evaluations, set clear KPIs, manage individual development plans, and foster a continuous learning environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Studying toward a professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, BICA).
• 4-6 years’ experience in systems administration and management experience.
• 2 years experience in supervisory role would be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of Financial principles and practices, financial controls, and audit standards.
• Knowledge of how to perform and review reconciliations.
• Sound knowledge of accounting standards, tax legislation, financial regulations, and how to implement financial control.

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.