Accountant Supervisor: Monthly Clients - Durban North
HC Recruit
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Senior position
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Durban North
- Posted 22 May 2026 by HC Recruit
- Expires in 34 days
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Job 2639471 - Ref DBN000294
About the position
DBN000294Account Supervisor: Monthly Clients – Durban North
The supervisor will be accountable for the team's compliance with all internal targets.
Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent Tertiary Accounting qualification.
- BCom Honours in Accounting or equivalent postgraduate qualification. CA(SA) or equivalent designation advantageous.
- Minimum 2 to 3 years practical accounting experience in a professional services environment.
- Prior supervisory or mentorship experience preferred.
- Demonstrated mastery of monthly processing, VAT, payroll, PAYE and management accounts.
- Able to review and sign off others' work.
Technical Competencies & Experience:
- Team Oversight & Review
- Deadline Management
- Where team size and capacity allow, maintain a personal portfolio of monthly clients to the same standard expected of the team
- Handle client queries escalated from accountants in the team — resolving matters that fall beyond the accountant's technical scope or authority
- Prepare and review monthly management accounts, VAT returns, payroll reports and trial balances to the standard required for sign-off
- Coordinate the handover of complete, reconciled trial balances to the AFS department on agreed internal dates
- Liaise with the Personal Tax and Company Tax departments on all tax matters arising within the supervised portfolio
- Coordinate annual compliance obligations — AFS, annual tax, CIPC, BO, ROE, Dividends Tax and Donations Tax — ensuring accountants manage these proactively and on time
- Identify high-potential accountants and raise their development with management — the supervisor is responsible for building the pipeline above them
- Infinity Workflow Management — Personal Updates and Team Oversight
- Firm Policy Compliance
Behavioural Competencies:
- Exceptional communication and reporting skills (written & verbal)
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Attention to detail.
- Self-motivated.
- Strong problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent analytical skills.
IMPORTANT - Only shortlisted candidates meeting the above criteria will be considered. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of applying, please consider yourself unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- Account supervisor
- supervisor of accounts
- accoutning supervisor
HC Recruit
About the agency
Hewitt Colenbrander Recruitment was launched in March 2006 and specialises in recruiting and headhunting for companies needing to fill financial, managerial or IT positions in a variety of industries. The directors of the company are Brian Hewitt and Steve Colenbrander.
Brian Hewitt is a B.Sc. Agric (University of Natal) and MBA (University of Cape Town) graduate with managerial experience in the agribusiness, banking and hospitality industry having worked in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Steve Colenbrander is a B.Com (University of Natal) graduate and founded Colenbrander Incorporated which has grown into a sizeable and well respected Pietermaritzburg accounting firm with clients situated all over KZN.
A critical success factor for business is to employ the right people. Incorrect placements inhibit organisational productivity and can lead to conflict in the work place. Achieving a 'best fit' between company, position and employee are therefore vital for employer and employee alike.
We aim to do this, by understanding our clients - their culture, structure, systems and strategy. We also endeavour to understand the external business environment in which our clients operate. This makes achieving 'best fit' more probable.
Understanding our candidates will be achieved by researching their backgrounds, interviewing them and knowing their aspirations. Where necessary, we will use psychometric profiling. We will then target the organisation and position to which we feel they are best suited.
A 'best fit' between client and candidate, will enable us to add long term value to our clients in a mutually beneficial business partnership.
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