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SAICA Trainee Accountant - Cape Town
Outsourced CFO
South Africa
On-site
ZAR 50,000 - 200,000
Full time
23 days ago
Job summary
A leading financial services firm in Cape Town is seeking a SAICA Trainee Accountant to join their team. This role offers comprehensive training and mentorship over a three-year program, transitioning from basic tasks to advanced functions. The ideal candidate will hold a Bcom Accounting Degree Honours or CTA equivalent and possesses strong interpersonal skills. This role requires full in-office commitment at the Cape Town City Centre office.
Benefits
Mentorship program
Positive company culture
Team events
Qualifications
- Bcom Accounting Degree Honours or CTA equivalent.
- Based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Responsibilities
- Assist with preparing financial statements under supervision.
- Build strong relationships with existing clients.
- Plan monthly deliverables for your assigned portfolio.
Skills
Initiative
Multi-tasking
Teamwork
Dependability
Attention to Detail
Planning
Education
Bcom Accounting Degree Honours/CTA equivalent
Job description
Job Description
Outsourced CFO is recruiting for SAICA Trainee Accountants to join our team!
As a SAICA Trainee Accountant, your role is designed to offer you comprehensive training and mentorship as you develop key accounting and financial management skills. Over the course of the three-year program, your responsibilities will evolve from basic tasks to more advanced functions, with a gradual reduction in supervision, allowing you to take on increasing responsibility and independence.
Job description:
Client Services:
Client Engagement:
Planning & Client admin:
People & Company culture:
Training & skills development
Requirements
The ideal candidate for this position will have a Bcom Accounting Degree Honours/ CTA equivalent and be based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Characteristics of the ideal candidate
Benefits
Our OCFO values:
Head Office: Cape Town City Centre, Western Cape (Fully in office based role)
Fixed Term Contract - Subject to a three-month probation period.
Starting Date: February 2026 / February 2027 / February 2028
Outsourced CFO is recruiting for SAICA Trainee Accountants to join our team!
As a SAICA Trainee Accountant, your role is designed to offer you comprehensive training and mentorship as you develop key accounting and financial management skills. Over the course of the three-year program, your responsibilities will evolve from basic tasks to more advanced functions, with a gradual reduction in supervision, allowing you to take on increasing responsibility and independence.
Job description:
Client Services:
- Assist with preparing supporting schedules and compiling basic financial statements under supervision.
- Provide limited assistance with independent review working papers and report to seniors.
- Help prepare and develop templates for financial gap analysis, completing sections for senior review.
- Support cloud accounting tasks, including screening investors, preparing pitch decks, and ensuring tax compliance.
- Assist consultants with client deliverables like budgeting, cash flow forecasting, financial statement reviews, and audit preparation under supervision.
- Screen investors and provide reporting to seniors, along with handling ad-hoc client requests.
Client Engagement:
- Engage, build, and maintain strong relationships with existing clients.
- Attend and participate in regular client meetings as instructed.
- Communicate potential over- or underruns to POD leaders.
Planning & Client admin:
- Plan monthly deliverables for your assigned portfolio.
- Submit timesheets on time, before COB on Fridays.
- Ensure weekly and monthly sign-offs for all projects in your portfolio.
- Regularly update CRM and Zoho projects with client details.
People & Company culture:
- Regularly attend and participate in company team events.
- Develop and maintain a positive, productive company culture.
- Promote and ensure adherence to company values.
- Foster a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and mutual respect.
Training & skills development
- Ensure scheduled training is completed.
- Provide training to team members and trainees at a junior capacity.
- Stay updated with the latest accounting industry changes and trends.
- Track and ensure timely submission of LOR and PDS.
Requirements
The ideal candidate for this position will have a Bcom Accounting Degree Honours/ CTA equivalent and be based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Characteristics of the ideal candidate
- Initiative & Independence
- Multi-tasking & Problem Solving
- Teamwork & Interpersonal Relationships
- Dependability & Reality Testing
- Attention to Detail & Stress Tolerance
- Planning & Analytical Thinking
Benefits
Our OCFO values:
- Family first
- Integrity matters
- Switched on Thinking
- Excellence in everything
- Growth and success
Head Office: Cape Town City Centre, Western Cape (Fully in office based role)
Fixed Term Contract - Subject to a three-month probation period.
Starting Date: February 2026 / February 2027 / February 2028
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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