Accountant, CaseWare

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in South Africa.

📋 Description

• Prepare annual financial statements for a simulated portfolio of small, owner-managed businesses, starting from the year-end trial balance and culminating in the signing pack.

• Review year-end packs and request any missing information.

• Reconcile prior-year signed AFS with current-year opening balances and document any discrepancies.

• Associate client account names with CaseWare account numbers and lead sheet codes; create import files and load trial balances.

• Reconcile bank balances, interest, foreign balances, creditors, and income in advance with supporting documentation.

• Post year-end journals for depreciation, deferred tax, prior-year tax adjustments, and reclassifications.

• Roll forward CaseWare files, update notes and comparatives, and prepare tax computations.

• Address AI partner review notes and update files accordingly.

• Prepare final signing packs for director approval.

• Generate high-quality AFS training data and document accounting procedures, decisions, and judgments for AI.

• Design, enhance, and test AI accounting workflows; identify and rectify AI errors.

• Utilize AI models to map accounts, draft notes, and verify work.

• Highlight turnover exceeding the R2.3m VAT registration threshold when clients are unregistered.

• Manage final trial balances, journals, signed AFS, requests for missing records, and post-signing-pack modifications.

⛳️ Requirements

• BCom in Accounting, National Diploma in Accounting, or an equivalent qualification.

• 0 to 2 years of experience in an accounting practice, including AFS preparation during articles or a learnership.

• Practical experience with CaseWare, including file setup, trial balance import and mapping, roll-forward, adjusting journals, and updating notes and comparatives — a mandatory requirement.

• Familiarity with IFRS for SMEs and the Companies Act.

• Proficient understanding of deferred tax, depreciation, and company income tax computation.

• Strong Excel abilities, including lookups, lead schedules, and reconciliations.

• Excellent written English for client communications and review responses.

• A genuine interest in AI and the ability to break down accounting tasks into clear, teachable steps.

• Comfortable working with AI models and capable of verifying and questioning their outputs.

• A short Loom video (1 to 2 minutes) is required as part of the application process.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid Time Off in accordance with company policy.

• Observance of Holidays per company guidelines.

• Completely remote work setup.

• CaseWare license and AI training provided.

• Manage a simulated client portfolio and collaborate with an AI partner from day one.

• Long-term, permanent position at the forefront of AI development in accounting.