Senior Accountant

At BDO, we believe in investing in our people to help them grow, both professionally and personally. The foundation of our business is strong relationship with colleagues, clients and other stakeholders and we work hard every day to make this a reality. Our commitment is to create unlimited growth by giving our people continuous opportunities and our clients unparalleled support.

BDO’s global organisation extends across 167 countries and territories, with 91,054 people working out of 1,658 offices – and we’re all working towards one goal: to provide our clients with exceptional service. Our firms across the organisation cooperate closely and comply with consistent operating principles and quality standards.

BDO Johannesburg is looking for Senior Accountants to work in the Business Services and Advisory Department.

• Responsibility for portfolio of clients (Individuals, Trust, Companies and Close Corporations)
• Processing of all accounting, cashbooks, suppliers invoices, sales invoices, payroll journals and other relevant journals captured in the accounting records of the clients on a real‑time basis
• Familiarity with digital platforms that integrate with cloud‑based accounting packages
• Performing health checks on the integration between operating systems and financial data and ensuring all reports/information are reflected in the accounting records of an entity
• Ability to perform month‑end checks, ensuring all balance sheet reconciliations are performed and all agreed to external monthly support
• Provide support and direction to your team, if any, of intermediate and junior accounts
• Be ultimately responsible for ensuring all support to trial balance is maintained
• Preparation of monthly management accounts
• Processing monthly general journals
• Monthly reconciliation of expenses
• Finalisation of monthly accounts
• Responsible for facing clients and presenting management accounts to them wherein you showcase your accounting technical ability
• Be the Outsourced Financial Manager to your clients ensuring that all necessary areas of compliance are dealt with
• Preparation and submission of statutory returns (VAT 201, EMP 201, EMP
  501 and return of earnings)

• Compile Annual financial statements in terms of IFRS for SMEs
• Perform the following engagements:
  Compilation Engagements in terms of ISRS 4410, Independent Review Engagements in terms of ISRE 2400, Accounting Officer Engagements in terms of Close Corporations Act
• Ensuring that proper planning is performed before execution
• Ensuring BDO SOPs are followed at all times
• Reviewing working paper files performed by your team
• Proposing journals to client
• Communicating with clients and making engagement arrangements, discussing engagement results
• Performing tax computations for companies, close corporations and trusts (including SBC's, special allowances (s12C, S12E, etc.))
• Experience in the following accounting software: SAP, One Stream, Sage, and Xero.

• Managing WIP and budgets on engagements
• Updating manager and partner on progress of engagements
• Mentoring junior & intermediary staff both on the job and general
• Assist other staff members where needed
• Attending to any other matters arising, such as tax queries etc. in collaboration with other departments within the organisation
• Outsourced assignments when needed
• Seek opportunities to grow department and client base
• Be fluent in both Afrikaans and English
• Other duties as may be required in line with the position

• BCom Financial Accounting and Tax as majors (preferred Hons. BCom accounting but not a requirement)
• Competed SAIPA or SAICA articles preferred
• Working knowledge of most commonly used accounting packages (for reporting purposes and ad‑hoc processing)
• Detailed knowledge of cloud‑based accounting platforms

• Ability to lead a team
• Work in a team and independently
• Good communication skills, internal and external, both written and verbal
• Good IT skills to grow the digitisation process within BDO
• Ability to travel

The appointment will be made in terms of the firm’s Employment equity Policy. Only short‑listed candidates will be contacted.