This role sits within a professional accounting and audit environment, supporting a diverse client portfolio with full-service financial, accounting, and compliance solutions. Established business and team, looking for an experienced accounting practice accountant to join them!
Why join this team?
- Work within an established, medium-sized professional services firm
- Exposure to a diverse client base ranging from entrepreneurs to large corporates
- Opportunity to manage your own client portfolio end-to-end
- Focus on quality, professionalism, and long-term client relationships
- Collaborative environment with strong technical standards
What you will be doing:
- Supervise and process client accounting records, including receipts, sales and purchase invoices
- Perform bank, petty cash, and cash control account reconciliations
- Maintain fixed asset registers and process asset disposals
- Prepare and post general journals such as depreciation, provisions, interest, salaries, stock, accruals, and bad debts
- Reconcile debtors and creditors statements
- Analyse trial balances and discuss results with clients
- Conduct analytical reviews of annual financial statements
- Produce draft financial statements and prepare related notes
- Identify provisions and contingent liabilities
- Calculate tax liabilities for individuals, sole proprietors, trusts, partnerships, close corporations, and small business corporations
- Reconcile VAT input and output to monthly trial balances
- Compile and present monthly management accounts to clients
- Prepare provisional tax calculations
- Request and follow up on client information
- Maintain strong client relationships and clear communication
- Manage a portfolio of clients independently
- Meet monthly deadlines consistently
- Apply working knowledge of payroll, VAT, and e-filing
| Location: | Cape Town, Southern Suburbs |
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| Job type: | Permanent |
| Emp type: | Full-time |
| Salary type: | Annual |
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Job published: | 17/04/2026 |
| Job ID: | 74509 |