AI-Driven Accountant (CaseWare) — Remote, USD Pay

Overseas; Durban; Remote; ZAR 698,000 - 1,130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

USD salary paid bi-monthly

Paid time off

Holidays observance

100% remote setup

CaseWare license & AI training

Job summary

Overseas is seeking an Accountant (CaseWare) to prepare annual financial statements for a simulated portfolio of small, owner-managed companies. You’ll document steps and judgments behind outputs to train an AI accounting model, working directly with the founder and an AI partner.

The role emphasizes designing AI-compliant workflows, testing them, and contributing to ongoing file and portfolio management in a long-term, permanent position. 100% remote setup and USD payment are offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on CaseWare experience including file setup, trial balance import and mapping, roll-forward, adjusting journals, and updating notes and comparatives.
• Working knowledge of IFRS for SMEs and the Companies Act.
• Comfortable with deferred tax, depreciation, and a company income tax computation.
• Strong Excel skills including lookups, lead schedules, and reconciliations.
• Clear, polite written English for client requests and review responses.
• Genuine interest in AI and in breaking accounting work into clear, teachable steps.

Responsibilities

• Check each client’s year-end pack including trial balance, account detail, bank certificates and statements, fixed asset register, and loan agreements, and request missing items.
• Agree last year’s signed AFS to this year’s opening balances and document differences.
• Match client account names to CaseWare account numbers and load the trial balance.
• Post year-end journals for depreciation, deferred tax, and tax adjustments with supporting documents.
• Roll forward the CaseWare file, update notes and comparatives, and prepare the tax computation.
• Clear AI partner review notes in writing and update the file.
• Prepare final signing pack with all documents for director approval.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Clear written English

Communication

Education

BCom in Accounting or Diploma

Tools

CaseWare

Draftworx

Excel

Xero/Sage/Pastel (exposure)

Job description

Overseas is seeking an Accountant (CaseWare) to prepare annual financial statements for a simulated portfolio of small, owner-managed companies. You’ll document steps and judgments behind outputs to train an AI accounting model, working directly with the founder and an AI partner.

The role emphasizes designing AI-compliant workflows, testing them, and contributing to ongoing file and portfolio management in a long-term, permanent position. 100% remote setup and USD payment are offered.