Senior Accountant

An established and growing medium-sized audit and accounting firm is seeking to employ a Senior Accountant to join them at their Malmesbury office. This is an ideal opportunity for an adept and ambitious finance professional to join a practice with excellent growth potential. The firm also has branches in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town.

The firm is looking for a self-confident individual with a completed accounting degree, SAIPA/SAICA articles and preferably with supervisory experience. The candidate will work as part of a team but must also be willing to take initiative and capable of working independently.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate who wants to progress in the firm to management and eventual ownership.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform high-level accounting duties.
• Perform high-level tax compliance.
• Preparation and Review of Management Accounts.
• Preparing accounting work relating to annual financial statements.
• Preparation and Review of financial statements in Caseware.
• Compilations of Annual Financial Statements on Case Ware.
• Writing up of more complex accounting records of clients.
• Review monthly bookkeeping / VAT of SAIPA Trainees.
• Preparation and Review of tax returns.
• Reconcile Debtors and Creditors on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for calculating VAT, PAYE and other necessary SARS requirements on a monthly basis.
• Payroll and other monthly reviews
• Manage, train, and supervise SAIPA staff to achieve set goals.
• Provide daily assistance, guidance and training with regards to bookkeeping, related taxes and SARS submissions to SAIPA Trainees.
• Reviewing work done by supervised staff before partner review, where applicable.
• Ad hoc accounting and tax work
• Client interaction and relations.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Professional Accountant PA(SA), Associate General Accountant AGA(SA) or CIMA designations preferred or working towards.
• Degree in Accounting or similar.
• Completed SAICA, SAIPA, ACCA, or CIMA articles.
• Post articles experience will be a positive.
• Supervisory experience will be a benfit.
• Experience with Case Ware.

Remuneration:

• R360,000 to R480,000 pa ctc, negotiable on experience.