Purpose of the role

Forming part of a team providing accounting, tax, and general advisory services to a client portfolio. This entails assisting a manager in the fields of accounting and regulatory requirements with a specific focus on relationships with clients to guarantee and surpass their expectations of service delivery.

The key responsibilities of the position are:

Take overall responsibility for assigned work and be able to work independently

Support and coach junior team members to develop themselves on a personal and technical level

Interrogating current practices and proposing enhancements to improve efficiencies with a specific focus on technology

Identify information required and requesting it from clients and/or relevant sources

Take responsibility of monthly financial accounting services

Preparing reconciliations of financial statement line items

Compilation of financial statements

Proposing appropriate accounting treatments in line with applicable financial reporting standards

Provisional and income tax calculations

Reconciliation and submission of input/output VAT

Review of work performed by junior team members

Ability to identify errors and propose appropriate remedies

Adhering to deadlines in a timeous manner

In addition, the following internal tasks will also be required:

- Accurate record keeping and adhering to set budgets

- Adhering to internal strategic goals and operational activities in terms of approved policies and procedures 

- Take ownership of personal develop through development plans and requesting continuous feedback on their progress in relation to these plans (performance management)

- Complying to risk management and related policies and procedures

Ensuring that quality assurance standards/measures are met, both internally set standards and the requirements of external bodies