Job Title: Senior Accountant

Team: Finance

About Sedna:

Sedna is at the forefront of revolutionising global trade, serving as the North Star for businesses navigating the complexities of international commerce. Our AI-powered platform is designed to make global trade more efficient, transparent, and sustainable. As we continue to grow and innovate, we are looking for exceptional talent to join our journey and contribute to our mission of transforming global trade.

You can find out more about us on our website: https://sedna.com/

About the role:

The Senior Accountant will be responsible for accounting, month-end close process, consolidation and reporting function of the group.

Your responsibilities:

• Accounting and maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger across the subsidiaries,, as well as analysis in relation to those areas on a monthly basis.
• Overall responsibility for driving the monthly close process, ensuring that the e
  entities in the group are closed accurately and timeously in line with the Group close objectives each month.
• Work with shared services for financial operations to ensure payroll, AP, AR etc is correctly reflected in financial reporting.
• Act as a first reviewer on the allocated areas within the close process to ensure the output of the processes above is in line with expectations before Group Finance Manager reviews.
• Balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring balances are maintained on a monthly basis as part of the close process.
• Collaborate and support the FP&A function on an ad hoc basis.
• Manage the group audit, as well as regulatory compliance reporting and tax filings.
• Assist with the statutory audits as it relates to the functions performed at a group level
• Assist with ad hoc requests and prepare any necessary internal reporting as needed.
• Proactively anticipate and identify issues and design solutions to address them.
  
  

What We're Looking For:

• Qualified CA(SA)
• Big 4 background with 1-2 years of post-qualification experience in industry.
• Experience as a self-starter who can manage multiple projects in a complex environment with evolving priorities and deadlines.
• Proficiency with Excel analysis and manipulation of large data sets, including use of pivot tables and lookup formulas.
• Strong attention to detail, high degree of accuracy, and the ability to deliver clean and concise outputs.
• Experience performing general ledger account reconciliations and analysis.
• Ability to proactively identify problems, design solutions, and implement changes.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work cross-functionally across departments, and with external auditors/consultants.
• Proficient in processing transactions in an ERP system, including Sage Intacct or similar systems such as Netsuite/Quickbooks/Xero
• Strong knowledge of international accounting, reporting and auditing standards.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced international environment.
  
  

Our Values:

Finally, culture is important to us, so we also look for candidates who share our values:

Stay Ahead, Stay Agile

• We don’t just adapt-we anticipate change and act with confidence.
• Curiosity, data, and customer insights help us stay ahead of the curve.
• We embrace challenges as opportunities and remain resilient under pressure.
• By staying open to new ideas and ways of working, we lead the future.

Execute With Focus

• We turn strategy into action, delivering measurable results that matter.
• Every initiative counts-discipline and ownership drive business impact.
• We make smart decisions with speed, balancing pace and precision.
• Clear priorities keep us focused on what moves the needle.

Work Together, Win Together

• Collaboration is our superpower-we succeed as one team, internally and with customers.
• We co-create solutions, seek feedback, and build the future of the OS together.
• Strong relationships are built on trust, respect, and shared goals.
• By aligning across teams and with customers, we unlock greater impact.