Consultant - Advisory (Independent Review & Compilation)

SNG GrantThornton; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

SNG Grant Thornton in South Africa seeks a Senior Consultant to lead client engagements, focusing on bookkeeping, accounting, and financial consulting for individuals, trusts and close corporations.

You will supervise junior staff, review work papers, draft financial statements in CaseWare, and provide strategic advisory based on ISRS/IFRS guidance.

The role requires strong communication, team leadership, and a proactive approach to delivering accurate, timely financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and ability to mentor junior staff.
• Sharp analytical mind with deep accounting knowledge.
• Experience in bookkeeping and financial consulting.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of clients (individuals, trusts, and CCs).
• Lead and perform compilation engagements and independent reviews according to ISRS 4410/ISRE 2400.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs and engagement planning.
• Review junior staff work papers and independent review files.
• Propose journals to clients and communicate engagement results.
• Prepare accounting duties and maintain records for multiple entities.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Draft financial statements using CaseWare and IFRS disclosure requirements.
• Perform tax computations for companies, CCs, and trusts.
• Manage WIP and budgets, update managers/directors, mentor staff.
• Assist with tax queries and outsourced projects as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Analytical thinking

Accounting expertise

Communication skills

Education

BCom Financial Accounting and Tax majors

SAIPA or SAICA articles

Tools

Pastel

Xero

CaseWare

Draftworx

Syft

Greatsoft

Job description

Who We’re Looking For

Are you the kind of consultant who sees the bigger picture—someone who transforms financial data into strategic insights that drive client success?

We are lookingfor a Senior Consultant who’s ready to lead from the front. If you bring a sharp analytical mind, deep accounting expertise, and a passion for helping businesses grow, we want to hear from you. We seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Consultant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in bookkeeping and financial consulting, with the ability to provide expert advice and guidance to our clients.

1. Responsibility for portfolio of clients (individuals, trust companies and cc's)

2. Perform the following engagements:

• Compilation Engagements in terms of ISRS 4410 Independent Review Engagements in terms of ISRE 2400 Accounting Officer.
• Engagements in terms of the Close Corporations Act Ensuring that proper planning is performed before execution.
• Ensuring SNG Grant Thornton SOPs are always followed.
• Reviewing junior staff working papers for sections allocated to them.
• Reviewing independent review files performed by junior staff.
• Proposing journals to clients.
• Communicating with clients, making engagement arrangements, and discussing engagement results.
• Accounting duties
• Preparation, processing, and maintenance of accounting records for numerous individual companies, cc, and trusts from source documents
• Balance sheet reconciliations.
• Preparation of review/compilation files and finalization of accounts.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Reconciliation of intercompany loan accounts.
• Preparation of interest schedules on loan accounts.
• Processing monthly general journals, monthly reconciliation of expenses Drafting AFS per IFRS and IFRS for SMEs.
• Drafting financial statements in terms of relevant accounting disclosure requirements using CaseWare.
• Performing tax computations for companies, close corporations, and trusts (including SBC's, special allowances (s12C, S12E, etc.).
• Preparation and submission of statutory returns Managing WIP and budgets on engagements.
• Updating manager and director on the progress of engagements.
• Mentoring junior staff both on the job and generally Ad-hoc processing on Pastel Director, Xero or directly in Draftworx.
• Assist other staff members where needed attending to any other matters arising, such as tax queries, etc.
• Outsourced projects when needed & other duties as may be required in line with the position.

Qualifications

• BCom Financial Accounting and Tax as majors
• SAIPA or SAICA articles.

Required Skills/ Competencies

• For reporting purposes and ad-hoc processing, familiarity with commonly used accounting software is preferred) (Pastel Director Xero, Caseware, Draftworx, Syft, Greatsoft)
• Detailed knowledge of Draftworx.
• Ability to lead a team.
• Work in a team and independently.
• Good communication skills, internal and external, both written and verbal.

If you are a dedicated and experienced professional looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity, we would love to hear from you.