About the position
Our reputable client based in Westville is looking for a dynamic Chartered Accountant with 3 to 5 post articles experience to join their thriving financial practice.
In this role, you'll take the lead in servicing a significant property client portfolio while overseeing a diverse range of additional entities. This is an excellent opportunity to step into a professional, fast-growing accounting environment that offers strong career progression, exposure to diverse work, and long-term growth potential.
Key Responsibilities:
General Accounting & Financial Management
- Manage full accounting functions for a property client portfolio, including other multiple entities.
- Prepare and maintain monthly management accounts for each entity.
- Perform monthly journal entries, reconciliations, and intercompany eliminations.
- Oversee and produce group consolidated management accounts and cash flow statements.
- Prepare year-end financial statements in accordance with IFRS and assist with the annual audit process.
Taxation & Compliance
- Manage VAT calculations, submissions, and reconciliations across the group.
- Oversee income tax and provisional tax computations and submissions.
- Ensure full compliance with statutory reporting requirements.
- Registration as a tax practitioner is advantageous.
Advisory & Support
- Provide financial insights, trend analysis, and recommendations to support property investment decisions.
- Collaborate with accounting partners and client directors to ensure accurate and timely financial information.
- Support system improvements, process automation, and consistency in reporting across client entities.
Requirements:
- CA(SA) qualification (essential).
- Minimum 3-5 years post-articles experience, ideally in property, investment, or multi-entity group structures.
- Excellent understanding of IFRS, group consolidations, and intercompany accounting.
- Advanced Excel and strong working knowledge of accounting systems such as Xero, Sage, or QuickBooks.
- Proven ability to manage multiple entities, deadlines, and reporting obligations simultaneously.
- Strong analytical, communication, and organisational skills.
- Knowledge of casework working papers is advantageous.
Personal Attributes:
- Professional, detail-oriented, and highly responsible.
- Strong sense of confidentiality.
- Able to prioritise client portfolio while collaborating effectively with internal teams.
- Proactive, self-managed, and able to meet strict reporting deadlines.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
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