About the position
Our client, a successful and busy, medium sized auditing and accounting practice, is looking for a client-oriented Chartered Accountant to join their team, based in Northern Suburbs CT.
Key Responsibilities:
- Auditing: Scrutinising financial statements meticulously to ensure accuracy, compliance with regulations, and the absence of fraud or misrepresentation.
- Taxation: Calculating and filing tax returns for businesses, trusts and individuals, advising on complex tax laws, and strategising for optimal tax efficiency.
- Financial Reporting: Preparing financial statements that present a true and fair view of a company's financial health, ensuring adherence to accounting standards.
- Management Accounting: Analysing costs, budgets, and performance data to support strategic decision-making.
- Business Consulting: Providing strategic advice on mergers, acquisitions, financial restructuring, and other critical business matters.
- Day to day practice management: managing a team of 15 staffin collaboration with a practice manager and business partner.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- CA(SA) (required) and RA (preferred); registered tax practitioner (good standing).
- 10 years post qualifying experience (PQE) preferred, 5 years PQE minimum.
- Up to date comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of tax.
- IFRS and specifically IFRS for SMEs.
- Knowledge of PPRA, FCA and LPC audit and reporting
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Good at practice and personal administration.
- Good at managing and controlling staff.
- Problem solving attitude.
- Client service orientation.
Desired Skills:
- Chartered Accountant
- CA(SA)
- Accounting
- Management
- Northern Suburbs
- Tax
- Audit
