SAICA Trainee Accountant - Cape Town

Outsourced CFO is recruiting for SAICA Trainee Accountants to join our team!

As a SAICA Trainee Accountant, your role is designed to offer you comprehensive training and mentorship as you develop key accounting and financial management skills. Over the course of the three-year program, your responsibilities will evolve from basic tasks to more advanced functions, with a gradual reduction in supervision, allowing you to take on increasing responsibility and independence.

Job description:

Client Services:

• Assist with preparing supporting schedules and compiling basic financial statements under supervision.
  

• Provide limited assistance with independent review working papers and report to seniors.
  

• Help prepare and develop templates for financial gap analysis, completing sections for senior review.
  

• Support cloud accounting tasks, including screening investors, preparing pitch decks, and ensuring tax compliance.
  

• Assist consultants with client deliverables like budgeting, cash flow forecasting, financial statement reviews, and audit preparation under supervision.
  

• Screen investors and provide reporting to seniors, along with handling ad-hoc client requests.
  

Client Engagement:

• Engage, build, and maintain strong relationships with existing clients.
  

• Attend and participate in regular client meetings as instructed.
  

• Communicate potential over- or underruns to POD leaders.
  

Planning & Client admin:

• Plan monthly deliverables for your assigned portfolio.
  

• Submit timesheets on time, before COB on Fridays.
  

• Ensure weekly and monthly sign-offs for all projects in your portfolio.
  

• Regularly update CRM and Zoho projects with client details.
  

People & Company culture:

• Regularly attend and participate in company team events.
  

• Develop and maintain a positive, productive company culture.
  

• Promote and ensure adherence to company values.
  

• Foster a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and mutual respect.
  

Training & skills development

• Ensure scheduled training is completed.
  

• Provide training to team members and trainees at a junior capacity.
  

• Stay updated with the latest accounting industry changes and trends.
  

• Track and ensure timely submission of LOR and PDS.
  

Requirements

The ideal candidate for this position will have a Bcom Accounting Degree Honours/ CTA equivalent and be based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Characteristics of the ideal candidate

• Initiative & Independence
  

• Multi-tasking & Problem Solving
  

• Teamwork & Interpersonal Relationships
  

• Dependability & Reality Testing
  

• Attention to Detail & Stress Tolerance
  

• Planning & Analytical Thinking