Revenue Accountant

Meet Ozow 

Ozow is a leading fintech company redefining digital payments across South Africa and beyond. We’re committed to making payments more accessible, secure, and frictionless for businesses and consumers. As a fast-growing tech business, we value innovation, accountability, and collaboration – and we’re building a team that thrives on solving meaningful challenges. 

About the Role 

We are looking for a technically strong, analytically minded Revenue Accountant to join our Finance team. This role is responsible for managing end-to-end revenue and accounts receivable processes, ensuring high-quality data, reliable controls, and strong governance in a complex, high-volume payments environment. 

You will play a key role in maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and completeness of revenue reporting, supporting FP&A with dependable inputs, and strengthening operational processes as Ozow continues to scale. 

Key Responsibilities 

Operational Execution 

• Manage the full accounts receivable cycle, including invoicing, collections, allocations, and reconciliations. 
• Maintain accurate ageing schedules and proactively follow up on overdue merchant accounts. 
• Track, validate, and report revenue earned across high-volume transaction sources. 
• Monitor merchant accounts and attend to internal and external queries timeously. 
• Prepare audit support for all revenue and AR-related processes. 
• Support ad-hoc revenue and data analysis as required. 

Technical Accuracy & Compliance 

• Ensure timely and accurate revenue recognition in line with IFRS and internal accounting policies. 
• Maintain strong governance over billing processes, credit notes, adjustments, and approval workflows. 
• Uphold documentation, audit trails, and control standards across the revenue function. 
• Support internal and external audits with clear, well-prepared schedules and reconciliations. 

Analytics & Continuous Improvement 

• Calculate and validate revenue impacts of credit notes, adjustments, merchant changes, and settlement variances. 
• Provide accurate revenue data and reconciliations to support FP&A forecasting, budgeting, and month-end reporting. 
• Identify anomalies or irregularities in revenue flows and work collaboratively to resolve root causes. 
• Enhance and document SOPs, process maps, and governance frameworks to improve consistency and reduce manual intervention. 
• Recommend improvements to streamline and strengthen the revenue and AR cycle. 

Systems, Data & Automation 

• Utilise Xero, data tools, and fintech platforms to automate AR and revenue processes where possible. 
• Work confidently with large data sets across multiple systems. 
• Support financial system improvements, integrations, and automation initiatives, including AI-driven solutions. 

You Are an Ideal Candidate If You Have 

• 5+ years’ experience in Revenue Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Debtors, or a similar analytical finance role. 

• A relevant accounting qualification (degree or diploma) with solid foundational accounting knowledge. 

• Advanced Excel skills, including data manipulation, complex lookups, pivot tables, and high-volume reconciliations. 

• Proven experience working with large data volumes and complex, multi-step processes. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to build rapport and manage relationships across internal teams and external merchants. 

• Strong analytical ability, attention to detail, and a high sense of ownership. 

• Experience with Xero (advantageous). 

• Experience in fintech, payments, or transaction-based environments (advantageous). 

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth business where accuracy, accountability, and teamwork are essential.