AI-Driven CaseWare Accountant (Remote)

Hire Overseas; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 661,000 - 1,058,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payments

Paid time off

Holidays

100% remote setup

CaseWare license and AI training

Simulated client portfolio

Long-term permanent role

Job summary

Hire Overseas is seeking an Accountant (CaseWare) to prepare annual financial statements for a simulated portfolio of small owner-managed companies, from year-end trial balance through to the signing pack. This role emphasizes documenting steps and judgments to train an AI accounting system.

You will work 100% remotely with the founder and an AI partner, using CaseWare and IFRS for SMEs. If you have hands-on CaseWare experience and a passion for shaping AI-driven accounting workflows, this

Qualifications

• BCom in Accounting, National Diploma in Accounting, or equivalent
• 0 to 2 years of experience in an accounting practice including AFS preparation during articles or a learnership
• Hands-on CaseWare experience including file setup, trial balance import and mapping, roll-forward, adjusting journals, and updating notes and comparatives — this is a hard requirement
• 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
• Comfortable working with AI models and able to check and challenge what they produce

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 anything missing before starting
• Agree last year's signed AFS to this year's opening balances and document any differences and the reason for them
• Match client account names to CaseWare account numbers and lead sheet codes, build the import file, and load the trial balance
• Tie bank balances and interest to the bank's IT3(b), foreign balances to a documented exchange rate, and creditors and income in advance to the client's detail
• Post year-end journals for depreciation from the fixed asset register, deferred tax, prior-year tax adjustments, and client reclassifications, each with its supporting document
• 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 the final signing pack including final AFS, final trial balance, adjusting journals, tax computation, engagement letter, and loan agreements for director approval
• Flag turnover above the R2.3m VAT registration threshold when a client is not registered
• Save the final trial balance and journals with the signed AFS and move superseded versions out of the way
• Handle requests to simulated client management and bookkeepers to obtain missing or unclear records
• Rework the AFS when a simulated client raises changes after the signing pack goes out

Skills

CaseWare

Education

BCom in Accounting, National Diploma in Accounting, or equivalent

Tools

CaseWare

Job description

Hire Overseas is seeking an Accountant (CaseWare) to prepare annual financial statements for a simulated portfolio of small owner-managed companies, from year-end trial balance through to the signing pack. This role emphasizes documenting steps and judgments to train an AI accounting system.

You will work 100% remotely with the founder and an AI partner, using CaseWare and IFRS for SMEs. If you have hands-on CaseWare experience and a passion for shaping AI-driven accounting workflows, this