SAIPA/CIMA Trainee Accountant - Cape Town
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Outsourced CFO is recruiting for SAIPA/CIMA Trainee Accountants to join our team!
As a SAIPA/CIMA 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:
- Record and process cashbook, debtors, creditors, and assets, and prepare supporting schedules with guidance and supervision.
- Assist with payroll tasks, including payroll processing, reconciliations, and submissions (EMP201, EMP501, COIDA/WCA) under guidance and supervision.
- Assist with preparing supporting schedules for annual financial statements and compiling basic financial statements under supervision.
- Ensure SARS compliance, including preparation of VAT schedules, reconciliations, and submission of VAT201 under guidance and supervision.
- Engage with clients to build and maintain relationships.
Client Admin:
- Update CRM with client details.
- Assist with clients onboarding and offboarding.
Planning & Client admin:
- Plan monthly deliverables for your assigned portfolio.
- Submit timesheets on time, before COB on Fridays.
- Ensure daily sign-offs for all projects in your portfolio.
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.
- Engage with Cloud Accounting Manager for support on unfamiliar tasks.
- Provide deliverable training updates.
- Stay updated with the latest accounting industry changes and trends.
Requirements
The ideal candidate for this position will have a Bcom Accounting Degree or equivalent and be based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Characteristics of the ideal candidate
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
Our OCFO values:
- Family first
- Integrity matters
- Switched on Thinking
- Excellence in everything
- Growth and success
Head Office: Cape Town City Centre, Western Cape (Fully in office based role)
Fixed Term Contract - Subject to a three-month probation period.
Starting Date: February 2028 / February 2029