ACCOUNTANT (REMOTE POSITION)
Position available for a qualified accountant. The candidate will be required to work independently with his/her client portfolio, ensuring outstanding client service and deliverability. The position is fully remote, but the ideal candidate will be based in Cape Town for quarterly staff meetings in Blouberg.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Managing client relationships and ensuring compliance
- Preparing and submitting income tax provisional tax for individuals, Trusts and companies
- Monthly processing of accounting transactions and VAT reporting for a dedicated client portfolio consisting of a wide variety of small to medium sized clients, including individuals, trusts, closed corporations and companies.
- Complete the full outsourced bookkeeping function for allocated clients including all processing work, relevant reconciliations i.e. bank reconciliations, creditors reconciliations, VAT reconciliations etc.
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts/reports and related documentation
- Preparing accounting work relating to annual financial statements.
- Examine, analyse and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements (IFRS & IFRS for SMEs).
- Compiling Annual Financial Statements and performing Independent Reviews
- Client liaison and dealing with general queries from clients.
CIPC related duties
- Preparation and submission of company registrations and amendments with the CIPC (including directors; amendment of MOI; auditors; addresses)
- Drafting resolutions and mandates relating to registrations and amendments
- Preparing and maintaining share register and share capital accounts. Includes share allotments; share transfers and share buybacks and drafting all related resolutions.
- Submissions of annual returns, financial accountability statements/iXBRL and compliance checklists where applicable
- Closed corporation amendments with the CIPC (member/address changes; accounting officer changes) and drafting all related resolutions and mandates.
- Maintaining members register and member accounts for close corporations. Includes member transfers and members interest buybacks and all its related resolutions.
- Liaising with clients for signature of required forms/documents; requesting and reviewing all required supporting documentation for CIPC transactions
Additional trust duties
- Preparation and submission of trust formation and registrations; amendments and de-registrations with the Master of the High Court
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Eligible or registered Professional Accountant (SA) – As a minimum a candidate must have at least 3 years of completed SAIPA articles
- Previous work experience in Cloud Accounting would be highly beneficial
- Experience in cloud accounting programmes – e.g. Xero, Dext (Receipt Bank), DraftWorx, GreatSoft, Simple Pay, etc.
- Understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (preferably) and International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-sized Entities (required)
- Must be fully computer literate and comfortable with online communication, storage and co-working systems (Zoom; Teams; Outlook; Dropbox etc).
- Ability to operate independently with limited technical guidance – the ability to work independently and proactively is a prerequisite
- Must have strong time-management and organisational skills to manage multiple client accounts simultaneously and keep track of all assigned clients' deadlines and upcoming tasks
- Must have a suitable home-office environment for a full-time remote position, including reliable internet connectivity and backup power solution
- Excellent work ethic and communication skills to enable efficient remote working.
Correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates. No telephonic enquiries please. Should you not hear from us within four weeks of your submission, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary:
· R360 000 - R480 000 per year
Education:
Experience:
- Completed SAIPA Articles (Required)
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: R360 000,00 - R480 000,00 per year
