Trainee Accountant - Kimberley

Our client in the Financial Services sector is urgently seeking to appoint a dynamic Trainee Accountant for their Kimberley branch.

• Enrolled in a BCom degree and/or equivalent accounting degree with the intention of completing SAIPA articles; or BCom degree and/or equivalent accounting degree, ready to commence with SAIPA Articles
• Proficient in English and Afrikaans
• XERO, Dext, Hubdoc
• Must be situated, or willing to relocate to Kimberley
• Forming part of a team providing accounting, tax, and general advisory services to a client portfolio.
• This entails assisting a manager in the fields of accounting and regulatory requirements with a specific focus on relationships with clients to guarantee and surpass their expectations of service delivery.
• Accounting
• Process transactions from source documents onto Xero software
• Perform general ledger reconciliations and produce a trial balance
• Prepare and maintain fixed asset registers
• Perform tax and deferred tax computations
• Other ad-hoc accounting related tasks
• VAT Submissions
• Populates VAT returns and reconciliations and submits to Manager for review
• File returns and notify clients to make payments
• Follow-up with client to ensure payments were made
• Compiles annual financial statements based on appropriate accounting standards
• General Administration
• Monitors work-in
  -progress of clients
• Attends to queries from SARS and clients