Job Description

An opportunity exists at Mazars in South Africa; an international professional services firm. The job role will consist of ensuring the complete accounting function up until trial balance level and to produce annual financial statements for a variety of client portfolios as well as performing independent reviews in accordance with the review standards. The role will also require the successful candidate to review the work of those reporting to them.If you have the right experience, want to work for a key player in the industry and have the drive to succeed and to build the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Process and reconcile monthly client transactions from source documents
• Review monthly client transactions
• Produce monthly management account reports and statutory returns (VAT)
• Review monthly management account reports and statutory returns (VAT)
• Prepare annual compilation working paper files
• Review annual compilation working paper files
• Compile annual financial statements (including tax computations)
• Review annual financial statements in Caseview or Excel (including tax computations)
• Perform independent reviews in accordance with the review standard
• Review independent reviews in accordance with the review standard
• Attend to client queries
• Attend to manager / senior manager / partner queries
• Ad hoc work as required
• Provide on the job training, guidance and mentorship to staff
• Attend training as per national training plan
• Performance management
• Employee management
• Completion and submission of timesheets, leave and overtime and SOP
• Approve timesheets, leave and overtime
• Job planning and allocation of work
• Authorise competencies for SAIPA trainees as per logbook
• Budget vs actual analysis and reasons for overruns
• Career and succession management including recruitment
• Prepare quotes
• Facilitate training initiatives and ensure training plan for the department is in place and executed
• Department strategic leadership
• Prepare annual budget for department, monitor actual results to budget on a monthly basis and provide reasons for variations

• Qualification: Recognised 3 year degree as per the SAIPA/SAICA requirements
• Minimum experience: At least 5+ years experience within an accounting / auditing environment of which 2 years in a senior role;
• Completed SAIPA or SAICA articles: Required
• Professional membership: Required

Mazars