CA Graduate Experience 2026 | SAICA Trainee Accountant | Stellenbosch

PKF Cape Town (Bellville and Stellenbosch); Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Join one of South Africa’s respected accounting firms as a SAICA Trainee Accountant in 2026. This role offers mentorship and training in a dynamic work environment that values diversity and personal development. Ideal candidates will be pursuing or have completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting, ensuring a solid foundation for a successful career in chartered accountancy.

Benefits

Mentorship and ongoing training

Generous benefits

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled for PGDA or completed PGDA.
• Strong academic performance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Serve diligently in the training office as a CA(SA) or AGA(SA).
• Pursue studies and comply with training office policies.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to professional conduct.

Skills

Good academic record

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (PGDA)

Job description

Experience your future in our world at PKF Cape Town and join us as SAICA Trainee Accountant in 2026!

WHY PKF?

To put it bluntly! We don’t believe that one size fits all. Certainly not when it comes to chartered accountancy services. Our clients are made up of individuals, privately owned businesses and corporations of different sizes that span a wide range of industries. Our ability to meet the needs of such a diverse clientele lies in the breadth and depth of our team.

We create a positive workplace setting which has cultivated talent through offering opportunities, mentorship, training and, above all, celebrating employee diversity.

Not only do we offer a career with one of South Africa’s most respected accounting firms, but we also offer mentorship and on-going training, generous benefits, and a nurturing, dynamic work environment designed to challenge and motivate. When you join PKF, you join an international network of like-minded firms that share similar values with regards to people investment and people development.

PKF is one of the largest mid-tier accounting networks in the country, making us big enough to provide an excellent career foundation, and small enough for you to make a difference. Develop your true potential and receive unique opportunities needed for your personal growth and development as a trainee accountant!

• Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (PGDA) or currently enrolled for Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (PGDA)
• A good academic record

To apply, upload the following

• Your full CV
• Copy for your full academic records
• Copy of your matric certificate
• Copy for your identity document
• Please ensure that you provide all the required documents to avoid rejection of your application

Duties and responsibilities of a trainee accountant

• Diligently serve the training office in the profession of a CA(SA) or AGA(SA) and, where applicable, an RA;
• Diligently pursue his studies in the theory and practice of the profession and notify the training officer immediately should he cease to be registered for a course that would lead to the eventual award of an accredited degree or an accredited bridging program;
• Not engage in any other business or occupation during the currency of his training contract without the express written authority of the training officer;
• At all times keep the affairs of the training office and its clients confidential and not breach any codes of professional conduct, disciplinary rules or by-laws that apply to the profession of a CA(SA) or an AGA(SA) and, if applicable, an RA;
• Comply with the provisions of these Regulations;
• Comply with the training office policies and procedures;
• Complete any timesheets;
• Complete any assessment documents timeously and correctly as prescribed in Regulation 27; and
• Fully cooperate with the training officer in disclosing to SAICA any circumstances which in the opinion of the training officer, may constitute punishable conduct on the part of the trainee accountant and making available to SAICA all information regarding disciplinary procedures in the training office in which the trainee accountant may have been involved, including the record of those procedures.