The Role
The SAIPA/CIMA Trainee Accountant will undergo comprehensive training in accounting and financial management, handling tasks like bookkeeping, payroll, compliance, and client relationship management while developing independence in responsibility over time.
Summary Generated by Built In
Outsourced CFO is recruiting for SAIPA/CIMA Trainee Accountants to join our team!
As a SAIPA/CIMA 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:
- Record and process cashbook, debtors, creditors, and assets, and prepare supporting schedules with guidance and supervision.
- Assist with payroll tasks, including payroll processing, reconciliations, and submissions (EMP201, EMP501, COIDA/WCA) under guidance and supervision.
- Assist with preparing supporting schedules for annual financial statements and compiling basic financial statements under supervision.
- Ensure SARS compliance, including preparation of VAT schedules, reconciliations, and submission of VAT201 under guidance and supervision.
- Engage with clients to build and maintain relationships.
Client Admin:
- Update CRM with client details.
- Assist with clients onboarding and offboarding.
Planning & Client admin:
- Plan monthly deliverables for your assigned portfolio.
- Submit timesheets on time, before COB on Fridays.
- Ensure daily sign-offs for all projects in your portfolio.
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.
- Engage with Cloud Accounting Manager for support on unfamiliar tasks.
- Provide deliverable training updates.
- Stay updated with the latest accounting industry changes and trends.
Requirements
The ideal candidate for this position will have a Bcom Accounting Degree or equivalent and be based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Characteristics of the ideal candidate
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
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: January 2026 / January 2027 / January 2028
Skills Required
- Bcom Accounting Degree or equivalent
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The Company
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.
