Outsourced CFO is recruiting for SAICA Trainee Accountants to join our team!
As a SAICA Trainee Accountant, your role is designed to offer you comprehensive training and mentorship as you develop key accounting and financial management skills. Over the course of the three-year program, your responsibilities will evolve from basic tasks to more advanced functions, with a gradual reduction in supervision, allowing you to take on increasing responsibility and independence.
Job description:
Client Services:
Assist with preparing supporting schedules and compiling basic financial statements under supervision.
Provide limited assistance with independent review working papers and report to seniors.
Help prepare and develop templates for financial gap analysis, completing sections for senior review.
Support cloud accounting tasks, including screening investors, preparing pitch decks, and ensuring tax compliance.
Assist consultants with client deliverables like budgeting, cash flow forecasting, financial statement reviews, and audit preparation under supervision.
Screen investors and provide reporting to seniors, along with handling ad-hoc client requests.
Client Engagement:
Engage, build, and maintain strong relationships with existing clients.
Attend and participate in regular client meetings as instructed.
Communicate potential over- or underruns to POD leaders.
Planning & Client admin:
Plan monthly deliverables for your assigned portfolio.
Submit timesheets on time, before COB on Fridays.
Ensure weekly and monthly sign-offs for all projects in your portfolio.
Regularly update CRM and Zoho projects with client details.
People & Company culture:
Regularly attend and participate in company team events.
Develop and maintain a positive, productive company culture.
Promote and ensure adherence to company values.
Foster a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and mutual respect.
Training & skills development
Ensure scheduled training is completed.
Provide training to team members and trainees at a junior capacity.
Stay updated with the latest accounting industry changes and trends.
Track and ensure timely submission of LOR and PDS.
Requirements
The ideal candidate for this position will have a Bcom Accounting Degree Honours/ CTA equivalent and be based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Characteristics of the ideal candidate
Initiative & Independence
Multi-tasking & Problem Solving
Teamwork & Interpersonal Relationships
Dependability & Reality Testing
Attention to Detail & Stress Tolerance
Planning & Analytical Thinking
Benefits
Our OCFO values:
Family first
Integrity matters
Switched on Thinking
Excellence in everything
Growth and success
Head Office: Cape Town City Centre, Western Cape (Fully in office based role)
Fixed Term Contract - Subject to a three-month probation period.
Starting Date: February 2026 / February 2027 / February 2028
Skills Required
- Bcom Accounting Degree Honours/CTA equivalent
- Must be based in Cape Town, South Africa
What We Do
Outsourced CFO offers founders financial management services including CFO Services, Cloud Accounting, Automation Services & Talent Solutions, building world-class finance functions for scaling companies.
