Remote AI-Driven Accountant (CaseWare, IFRS for SMEs)

Overseas; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 1,163,000 - 1,828,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

USD salary paid bi-monthly

Paid time off

Holidays observed

Remote work setup

CaseWare license and AI training

Job summary

Overseas is seeking an Accountant (CaseWare) to prepare annual financial statements and to document the steps and judgments behind the work for AI-driven training. You will build and test AI workflows, mapping accounts, and validating outputs while handling year-end packs for a simulated portfolio of small owner-managed companies.

You will work directly with the founder and an AI partner, deliver high-quality AFS to professional standards, and contribute to an ongoing AI-enabled accounting

Qualifications

• Hands-on CaseWare experience including file setup, trial balance import and mapping, roll-forward, adjusting journals, and updating notes and comparatives.
• 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.
• Working knowledge of IFRS for SMEs and the Companies Act.
• 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.

Skills

CaseWare

IFRS for SMEs

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Education

BCom in Accounting

National Diploma in Accounting

Tools

Draftworx

Xero

Pastel

Sage

Job description

Overseas is seeking an Accountant (CaseWare) to prepare annual financial statements and to document the steps and judgments behind the work for AI-driven training. You will build and test AI workflows, mapping accounts, and validating outputs while handling year-end packs for a simulated portfolio of small owner-managed companies.

You will work directly with the founder and an AI partner, deliver high-quality AFS to professional standards, and contribute to an ongoing AI-enabled accounting