Job description
About impact.com:
impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products— Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.
Your Role at impact.com :
As a Group Accountant at impact.com, you’ll play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting and statutory compliance across our global entities. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional finance teams and external partners to deliver timely, high-quality financial information that supports sound decision-making and operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on precision, enjoys problem-solving, and wants to contribute to the financial integrity of a fast-growing global SaaS company.
What You’ll Do:
- Ensure accurate financial records through monthly reviews, reconciliations, and journal entries for assigned entities.
- Provide insights and commentary on financial performance to support management reporting and decision-making.
- Drive statutory compliance by managing audits, financial statement preparation, and tax-related reporting.
- Collaborate with FP&A and cross-functional teams during close, forecasting, and budgeting cycles to ensure accurate financial results.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, controls, and efficiency across multiple geographies.
- Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors, service providers, and internal stakeholders.
What You Bring:
- NNewly qualified CA(SA) or equivalent, with relevant post-articles experience or other accounting/finance experience
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience in general ledger reconciliations, journal entries, and financial analysis.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Suite; experience with NetSuite is a plus.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and time management — you thrive on accuracy and deadlines.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable collaborating with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Proactive, solution-oriented mindset — you identify problems early and take initiative to improve processes.
- Interest in working across multiple regions and time zones within a fast-paced, international SaaS environment.
- Experience with US GAAP, multi-entity operations, or tax compliance is advantageous.
Nice to Have:
Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA
Benefits and Perks:
At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We’re committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
Medical Aid and Provident Fund
- Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
- Group scheme with Momentum for provident fund
Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company’s growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses.
Fitness Club Reimbursement
Internet Allowance
Note: Benefits may vary by location and are subject to local regulations.
impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
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