Interested Candidates must send a comprehensive CV with matric, qualifications (Degrees/Diplomas etc.) and full academic transcripts to: HR@accensis.co.za

Package & Remuneration

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Salary:

- Market-Related for the role. Also, dependent on experience and qualifications.

- Benefits included in CTC are CAMAF medical aid, Old Mutual Pensions fund and Old Mutual life/funeral cover.

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Start date:

- As soon as possible. Notice period’s will be taken cognisance off.

Desired experience and qualifications

• Completed BComm Accounting Degree (Essential)
• Completed SAICA/SAIPA Articles (Essential)
• 2 Years’ post articles/training experience in audit/accounting environment (Essential)
• At least 1 years supervisory experience (Essential)
• Working knowledge of VAT and Income Tax
• SAGE Cloud payroll (Advantageous)
• Case Ware (Advantageous)
• Xero (Advantageous)
• Simple Pay (Advantageous)
• Excellent MS Office skills, especially MS Excel
• Excellent communication skills; Professionalism
• An understanding of industry/similar industry and the related business risk and the capacity to apply this understanding to benefit the organization.

MUST BE WILLING TO TRAVEL WITH THE JOB

Duties and Responsibilities

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SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

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1. Staff Leadership and Co-ordination

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- Provides leadership and direction to staff.

- Provides role clarity to staff and makes available necessary tools to facilitate performance.

- Ensures that there is clear focus and co-ordination of all activities; and that there are clearly communicated performance standards and objectives.

- Sets standards for individual and overall performance and takes steps to ensure it operates as a high performance and effective team.

- Monitors and provides regular feedback on the individual performance of immediate subordinates and takes appropriate action where necessary.

- Acts as a Coach and Mentor to direct reports.

- Ensures that there are clear lines of communication within the Business Unit at all times.

- Ensures that there are training and development plans in place for staff.

- Ensures self-development and training & development of all staff in the Business Unit. • Assesses staffing requirements on an ongoing basis, appoints appropriately qualified personnel and ensures that they are fully utilised in terms of their skill set and experience.

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2. Financial Management

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• Provides input into the Business Unit's annual budget.
• Monitors costs, disbursements and overhead expenditure and makes recommendations to the CEO and Directors.
• Follows-up with Debtors Consultant that invoices are submitted to clients timeously and that payments are received.
• Manages staff billing and completion of time-sheets and takes decisive action where there are deviations.
• Manages and ensures staff recoverability rate.
• Achieves productivity targets and WIP ratio.

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3. Project Management

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• Manages every project from asking client information and kick-off meeting through to fee collection.
• Charts out project objectives, plans and schedules, sets performance requirements, and selects project participants.
• Devises project work plans and makes revisions as and when need arises.
• Implements Systems, Policies and Procedures i.r.o. operations.
• Ensures compliance with project requirements such as quality control, etc. through the Consultants.
• Provides regular reports to the CEO and Directors on the status of the project..
• Monitors the project budget, tracks expenses and minimizes exposure and risk in the project.
• Ensures that minimal hours are written off on projects.
• Ensures that project deadlines are met.
• Ensures that activities move according to predetermined schedule.
• Communicates regularly with clients and other stakeholders on project status.
• Maintains strict adherence to the budgetary guidelines and quality standards.
• Ensures all required project documentation is accurately and timeously completed.
• Deals effectively with client issues and resolves same timeously.
• Ensures that clients' compliance needs that are outsourced to Accensis are met.
• Monitors and evaluates the Business Unit’s performance in terms of:

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4. Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness

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• Accountable for the full write up of accounting records on small to medium and large sized firms in the private sector and public sector, in a variety of industries.
• Ensures compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards for small and medium sized entities and the Income Tax Act.
• Ensures detailed time budgets are prepared and allocates projects to team members, planning meetings/agendas.
• Monitors actual versus budgeted costs and reports/takes decisive action where there are deviations.
• Communicates and resolves issues which might impact on the completion of the project with the relevant Partner.
• Prepares write-up’s on cloud based software for all clients.
• Prepares financial statements
• Working paper file preparation and reviews
• Reviews financial statements for sole trader, partnership, private companies, close corporations and trusts and group consolidations.
• Reviews taxes payable by individuals, companies and trusts.
• Visits clients regarding service offering.
• Manages monthly accounting clients.
• Submissions of various tax returns and reconciliations to SARS (VAT, PAYE, Income Tax)
• Manages the completion of all client VAT and PAYE monthly, ensuring that they are completed, submitted and paid timeously.
• Initiates and effects journal entries including the relevant calculations and presents supporting documentation.
• Oversees the maintenance of the general ledger and relating accounting records.
• Reviews payments' supporting documentation.
• Reviews cash flow information, all balance sheet and income statement reconciliations (including creditors, debtors, banks, stock reconciliations, VAT, payroll).
• Reviews the fixed asset register and wear and tear registers.
• Assists with the implementation and maintenance of internal financial controls and procedures.
• Assists with ad-hoc queries as and when necessary.

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If you have not heard from us after two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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Kindly note that the Accensis Chartered Accountants (SA) Registered Auditors is required to process any Personal Information (as defined by the Protection of Personal Act, 2013 “POPIA”) submitted via this document. The provision of the Personal Information is a requirement in terms of the Accensis recruitment and selection process. The retention of any personal information is as a consequence of the firm being bound by legislative requirements and / or good governance practices as well as record keeping for statistical purposes.