Remote CaseWare Accountant for AI-Driven AFS & Training

Overseas; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 998,000 - 1,664,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payout bi-monthly

Paid time off

Holidays observance

Remote work 100%

CaseWare license provided

AI training support

Simulated client portfolio ownership

Long-term permanent role

Job summary

Overseas is seeking an Accountant (CaseWare) to prepare annual financial statements for a simulated portfolio of small owner-managed companies. The role emphasizes documenting steps, decisions, and judgments to train an AI accounting system, with hands-on CaseWare work and IFRS for SMEs knowledge.

You will partner with an AI specialist from day one, work remotely, and contribute to end-to-end AFS cycles, from trial balance to signing pack, while maintaining high professional standards.

Qualifications

• 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
• Working knowledge of IFRS for SMEs and the Companies Act
• Comfortable with deferred tax, depreciation, and a company income tax computation
• Clear, polite written English for client requests and review responses
• Genuine interest in AI and in breaking accounting work into clear, teachable steps

Responsibilities

• Check each client's year-end pack including trial balance, account detail, bank certificates and statements, fixed asset register, and loan agreements
• 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
• Post year-end journals for depreciation from the fixed asset register, deferred tax, prior-year tax adjustments, and client reclassifications
• 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
• Build AI-enabled training data by documenting steps, decisions and judgments behind work

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Written English

Education

BCom in Accounting or National Diploma in Accounting

SAIPA/SAICA trainee tracking/aspiration

Tools

CaseWare

Draftworx

Xero/Sage/Pastel

Job description

Overseas is seeking an Accountant (CaseWare) to prepare annual financial statements for a simulated portfolio of small owner-managed companies. The role emphasizes documenting steps, decisions, and judgments to train an AI accounting system, with hands-on CaseWare work and IFRS for SMEs knowledge.

You will partner with an AI specialist from day one, work remotely, and contribute to end-to-end AFS cycles, from trial balance to signing pack, while maintaining high professional standards.