Assistant Accountant (Audit Firm Client Services)

Month-end, year-end and audit prep all run through you at a private school trust in Midrand. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a private school trust on the Midrand side of Gauteng.

• Prepare the audit file and answer auditor queries
• Draft annual financial statements under IFRS or IFRS for SMEs
• Prepare monthly management accounts with variance commentary
• Improve controls, such as segregation of duties on supplier changes
• Review creditors, debtors and payroll journals from the clerks
• Calculate provisional tax and check the VAT201 before submission
• Build budgets and rolling forecasts with department heads

• At least 3 years of post-qualification accounting experience
• Understanding of South African income tax and VAT
• BCom Accounting or equivalent degree
• Experience on an ERP such as Sage X3, Sage 300, Syspro or SAP Business One
• Working knowledge of IFRS or IFRS for SMEs
• Strong Excel skills, including large data sets and lookups

• Power BI or a similar BI tool
• Completed articles at an audit firm
• CA(SA) with SAICA, or AGA(SA) or Professional Accountant (SA) with SAIPA

• Paid professional body membership fees
• Hybrid schedule outside month-end week
• Medical aid and retirement fund contributions
• Performance bonus linked to company results

• Recruiters check Excel skill live, so be ready to build a pivot table and a reconciliation in the interview.
• Show what you improved, such as "cut month-end close from 10 days to 6"; results beat task lists.