Saipa Accountant
full-time
Job Overview:
Our client, an established family-owned property business with shopping centres, residential and office buildings in the boarder Johannesburg area, is looking for an experienced SAIPA-registered Accountant.
You'll take ownership of the final accounting, tax and statutory compliance for 11 companies and 3 trusts.
An internal accountant handles the day-to-day capturing and record keeping. You will be importing the financial accounts from the internal accountant every VAT period, you will update the investment accounts and finalise the management accounts together with other responsibilities that are described below in more detail.
Your function mainly involves reviewing, verifying and finalising the accounting of the entities and complying with the tax and statutory requirements of these entities, ensuring that they are accurate, compliant and on time.
You must be able to do every duty below independently and spot errors, omissions and compliance risks in work prepared by others.
As part of the hand over process, you will be trained by the current financial manager.
Minimum Requirements:
Active SAIPA membership (essential), with several years of post-articles experience
Strong knowledge of SA accounting and tax legislation
Practical experience with VAT, PAYE, provisional tax, company income tax and SARS eFiling, including verifications and queries
Experience preparing and finalising six monthly management accounts for provisional tax calculation
Experience preparing and finalising Annual Financial Statements
Strong general ledger reconciliation, journal and adjustment skills
Proficiency in SAGE Payroll and Excel; MS Windows, MS Office, Outlook and Teams
Independent, detail-oriented and deadline-driven, with a high level of confidentiality and integrity
Key Responsibilities
Accounting: Review records and reconciliations (bank, balance sheet accounts), update investment and trust accounts , prepare journals and adjustments, clear suspense balances and correct errors. Prepare and Finalise Management accounts to calculate 1st & 2nd Provisional tax payable. Ensure all financial documentation is accurate, properly maintained and backed up.
Tax and SARS: Review and authorise VAT and PAYE (EMP201/EMP501); calculate provisional tax and submit IRP6; calculate income tax and submit ITR14, ITR12T, ITR12 and DTR01/02; monitor SARS statements; handle verifications, objections and remission requests if any; manage eFiling user access.
AFS and audit: Prepare and finalise AFS for all 14 entities using existing templates, liaise with external auditors, and coordinate amendments and signing with the director/trustees.
Corporate compliance: AGM and directors' resolution documentation, review CIPC annual returns and upload Beneficial Ownership filings, and liaison with the external secretarial company on trust matters.
General: Keep workflows structured, meet all deadlines, and report risks to the owner immediately.
Systems: SARS eFiling, SAGE Payroll, MS Windows, MS Office, and FNB, Nedbank, ABSA and Standard Bank online banking. Training will be provided on Accounting Package and the internal property invoicing system. MS Access is an advantage.
Advantageous: Property accounting experience; CIPC and Beneficial Ownership filings; working with external auditors; a background in an accounting practice or family business.