Senior Accountant (Hybird) Bloemfontein/Kimberley

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 If you do not hear from us within 3 days unfortunately your application has not been successful Requirements The prerequisites of the position related to qualification and work experience are: - Eligible to register as a Chartered Accountant (SA) or already registered; or - Registered Professional Accountant (SA); and - B.Com degree and/or equivalent accounting degree, completed SAIPA or SAICA articles; or - Matric (with maths and accounting as a subject), completed SAIPA or SAICA articles and at least 3-years relevant post article experience. Other requisites are: - Proficient in Afrikaans and English - MS Office Experience in the below are preferred, but not a requirement: - Draftworx - Xero - Dext or Hubdoc - Skytax (Accfin) - SARS e-filing Skills The ideal candidate should have the following skills: - Self-motivated - Analytical skills - Interpersonal skills - Great communication skills - Organisational skills - Time management skills - Problem solving skills - Report writing skills - Training presentation skills - Planning skills - Management and leadership skills