Bookkeeper

PwC; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Pietermaritzburg is seeking a Senior Associate in audit and assurance. You will be responsible for managing clients, preparing financial statements, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of bookkeeping experience and a strong background in client management. This role requires excellent communication and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years bookkeeping experience in a professional environment.
• 1-2 years related experience required.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the management of several clients, reporting to Managers.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and tax computations.
• Develop internal relationships and your PwC brand.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Client Management

Communication

Analytical Thinking

Data Analysis

Tools

Pastel

Xero

Caseware

Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Job Summary

At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls. In financial statement audit at PwC, you will focus on obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes the auditor’s opinion.

Role Summary

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive accounting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Qualifications / Certifications required

• Minimum 5 years bookkeeping experience in a professional environment.

Experience required

1-2 years related experience

Responsibilities of role

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
• Train and lead staff
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen,
• Responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts (to prepare VAT returns), Final trial balances, Financial statements and tax computations for a portfolio of clients, in order to meet client, SARS and any other deadlines.
• Time management through an electronic timekeeping system (time sheets)
• Responsible for monitoring the costs on the client jobs assigned to him/her.
• Prepare cost analyses and bills, upon completion of assignments.
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

Additional Job Description

• Completion of VAT returns would be an advantage.
• Experience on Caseware would be an advantage.
• Experience with farmers and farming tax would be an advantage.
• An organised individual who is able to take responsibility for their portfolio with minimum supervision and multi task where necessary.
• Excellent communication and time management skills

Role related attributes

• Minimum 5 years bookkeeping experience in a professional environment.
• Must have worked with a portfolio of clients, having been responsible for client correspondence (speaking directly to clients to obtain information etc) as well as correspondence with third parties (eg. Banks).
• Able to gather all financial information required to prepare annual financial statements; drafting of year end journals; preparation of annual financial statements; compilation of tax computation and calculation of tax liability; and compilation of accounting working papers. The above are required for individuals, partnerships, close corporations, small companies, and trusts.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts on Pastel or Xero, including ability to reconcile bank and VAT control account to VAT return where necessary.
• Proficient at using Excel, Microsoft Word, google suite, pastel, Xero and Caseware
• Be able to work in a High-performance team

Education

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Certifications

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Required Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting Policies, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Client Management, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Complying With Regulations, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, External Audit.

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting Policies, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Client Management, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Complying With Regulations, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, External Audit.

Other Information

Desired Languages: (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements: 0%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No

Government Clearance Required? No

Job Posting End Date: December 12, 2025