{"id":9797,"date":"2025-05-06T23:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/senior-accountant-cape-town-cbd\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T00:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T00:24:17","slug":"senior-accountant-cape-town-cbd","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=9797","title":{"rendered":"Senior Accountant (Cape Town CBD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job specifications:<\/p>\n<p>\tResponsibility for portfolio of clients (Individuals, Trust, Companies and Close Corporations)<br \/>\n\tProcessing of all accounting, cashbooks, suppliers invoices, sales invoices, payroll journals and other relevant journals are captured in the accounting records of the clients on a real time basis<br \/>\n\tFamiliarity with digital platforms that integrate with cloud-based accounting packages<br \/>\n\tPerforming health checks on the integration between operating systems and financial data and ensuring all reports\/information are reflected in the accounting records of an entity<br \/>\n\tAbility to perform month end checks, ensuring all balance sheet reconciliations are performed and all agreed to external monthly support<br \/>\n\tProvide support and direction to your team, if any, of intermediate and junior accounts<br \/>\n\tBe ultimately responsible for ensuring all support to trial balance is maintained<br \/>\n\tPreparation of monthly management accounts<br \/>\n\tProcessing monthly general journals<br \/>\n\tMonthly reconciliation of expenses\u00a0<br \/>\n\tFinalisation of monthly accounts<br \/>\n\tResponsible for facing clients and presenting management accounts to them wherein you showcase your accounting technical ability<br \/>\n\tBe the Outsourced Financial Manager to your clients ensuring that all necessary areas of compliance are dealt with<br \/>\n\tPreparation and submission of statutory returns (VAT 201, EMP 201, EMP501 and return of earnings<\/p>\n<p>Requirements<br \/>\nAdditional competencies:<\/p>\n<p>\tCompile Annual financial statements in terms of IFRS for SMEs<br \/>\n\tPerform the following engagements Compilation Engagements in terms of ISRS 4410 Independent Review Engagements in terms of ISRE 2400 Accounting Officer Engagements in terms of Close Corporations Act<br \/>\n\tEnsuring that proper planning is performed before execution<br \/>\n\tEnsuring BDO SOPs are followed at all times\u00a0<br \/>\n\tReviewing working paper files performed by your team<br \/>\n\tProposing journals to client<br \/>\n\tCommunicating with clients and making engagement arrangements, discuss engagement results<br \/>\n\tPerforming tax computations for companies, close corporations and trusts (including SBC&#8217;s, special allowances (s12C, S12E, etc.))<\/p>\n<p>Skillset required<\/p>\n<p>\tManaging WIP and budgets on engagements\u00a0<br \/>\n\tUpdating manager and partner on progress of engagements\u00a0<br \/>\n\tMentoring junior &amp; intermediary staff both on the job and general<br \/>\n\tAssist other staff members where needed\u00a0<br \/>\n\tAttending to any other matters arising, such as tax queries etc in collaboration with other departments within the organisation<br \/>\n\tOutsourced assignments when needed\u00a0<br \/>\n\tSeek opportunities to grow department and client base<br \/>\n\tOther duties as may be required in line with the position \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Skills requirements: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tBCom Financial Accounting and Tax as majors (preferred Hons. 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