Accountant (SAIPA or AGA(SA) qualification)

We have a vacancy for an accountant. The incumbent must have a SAIPA or AGA(SA) qualification.

The candidate must have excellent accounting knowledge as per the job description below.

Technical Performance and Financial Performance

Have an excellent knowledge of accounting
Manage the allocated engagements, ensuring that they are completed within the approved budget depending on the issues encountered
Ensure that all budget overruns are communicated timeously
Ensure that the staff on managed engagements charge all the client related time worked
Communicate the planning to colleagues of the engagement allocated
Delegate appropriate work assignments to staff (when available) based on their experience and ability.
Supervise, manage or perform (where required) a quality compilation and accounting officers’ engagement
Perform a detailed review of the working papers, which meets the standards of the firm
Ensure that the technical issues are identified prior to the file being reviewed by you
Produce high quality documents which are factual and grammatically correct
Effective use of technology to ensure performance of an efficient assignment
Produce high quality financial statements that are appropriate to the business concerned
Monitoring and training staff as required.
Write Ups

Prepare budgets for approval by manager or partner prior to beginning work (all trainees and seniors also)
Capture client financial information on Pastel or CaseWare
Process relevant year end journal entries
Prepare Trial Balance
Prepare quality working paper file, which meets the standards of the Firm
Draft quality annual financial statements
Prepare all documents that are required to be signed by client, ensuring that these are in the brown cover when handing the file in for review
Prepare analysis of time spent to budget with detailed explanations of any deviations prior to handing in file
Compilations in terms of IFRS for SMEs and Accounting officers’ engagements and Trust Compilations

Prepare budgets for approval by manager or partner prior to beginning work
Capture client financial information on Pastel or CaseWare
Process relevant year end journal entries
Prepare Trial Balance
Prepare quality working paper file, which meets the standards of the Firm
Draft quality annual financial statements in accordance with the applicable accounting practice
Prepare all documents that are required to be signed by client, ensuring that these are in brown cover when handing the file in for review
Prepare analysis of time spent to budget with detailed explanations of any deviations prior to handing in file
Statutory Returns

VAT calculations
Completion of VAT Returns
Ensure that these are completed and submitted timeously