Are you an experienced accounting professional looking to advance your career? MGI Bass Gordon has an exciting vacancy for an Accountant who has completed their SAICA articles or has 5–10 years’ bookkeeping experience in the professional services industry.
What You’ll Do:
Compilations and Independent Reviews in terms of IFRS for SMEs and Accounting Officers’ engagements and Trust Compilation Engagements
- Prepare budgets for approval by manager or partner before beginning work
- Import and map client financial information into Caseware
- Process relevant year-end journal entries to finalise Trial Balance for drafting of Annual Financial Statements (AFS)
- Prepare Tax and deferred tax computations and capture appropriate journals and AFS disclosures in this regard
- Draft quality annual financial statements in terms of the applicable accounting framework (most commonly IFRS for SME’s)
- Prepare quality working paper files, which meets the standards of the Firm
- Prepare all documents that are required to be signed by client, ensuring that these are in brown cover when handing the file in for review
- Prepare all quality control documents that are required to be signed off by the partner(s)
- Prepare analysis of time spent to budget with detailed explanations of any deviations prior to handing in file
Technical Performance and Financial Performance
- Have excellent knowledge of accounting and IFRS for SMEs
- Ensure that allocated engagements are completed within the approved budget depending on the issues encountered
- Ensure that all budget overruns are communicated timeously to the partner or manager
- Communicate the planning to colleagues of the engagement allocated
- Perform quality compilations, independent review, and accounting officers’ engagement
- Perform a detailed review of the working papers, which meets the standards of the firm, where required
- Ensure that the technical issues are identified before the file being reviewed
- Produce high quality documents that are factual and grammatically correct
- Effective use of technology to ensure the performance of an efficient assignment
- Produce high-quality financial statements that are appropriate to the business concerned
What We’re Looking For:
- A relevant Accounting Degree.
- SAICA articles completed or 5–10 years’ bookkeeping experience
- Proficiency in CaseWare, MS Excel, and tax computations.
- Strong technical knowledge of IFRS for SMEs.
- Exceptional attention to detail, time management, and communication skills.
- A passion for client service and a drive to deliver excellence.
- Xero experience is a plus!
Why Join Us?
At MGI Bass Gordon, we embrace diversity and encourage members of designated groups to apply. We offer a supportive environment where your expertise is valued, and your contributions drive success for our clients and team.
Ready to take the next step? Apply now and become part of a dynamic team dedicated to creating meaningful impact!
Please note only applicants alread based in Cape Town, with the right to work in South Africa, will be considered.