Trainee Accountant (SAICA Training Contract) – Permanent

Your reports shape real decisions at this mid-sized manufacturing group in Bellville, so they must be right. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

Home base is a mid-sized manufacturing group on the Bellville side of Western Cape.

• Review creditors, debtors and payroll journals from the clerks
• Maintain the fixed asset register and depreciation schedules
• Prepare the audit file and answer auditor queries
• Calculate provisional tax and check the VAT201 before submission
• Run cash flow forecasts and manage the weekly payment run
• Track stock costing, standard costs and production variances
• Improve controls, such as segregation of duties on supplier changes

• Working knowledge of IFRS or IFRS for SMEs
• Strong Excel skills, including large data sets and lookups
• Experience on an ERP such as Sage X3, Sage 300, Syspro or SAP Business One
• BCom Accounting or equivalent degree
• At least 3 years of post-qualification accounting experience
• You meet month-end deadlines without being chased

• CA(SA) with SAICA, or AGA(SA) or Professional Accountant (SA) with SAIPA
• Completed articles at an audit firm

• Study assistance for board exams
• Hybrid schedule outside month-end week
• Paid professional body membership fees

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