About BDO South Africa

BDO South Africa is a leading professional services firm and a key member of the BDO global network, which is currently ranked as the fifth-largest accounting and advisory organization in the world.

BDO is looking for a junior accountants to work in the Business Services and Advisory Department.

 Job specifications: 

• Responsibility for portfolio of clients (individuals, trust companies and cc’s)
• Perform the following engagements
• Compilation Engagements in terms of ISRS 4410
• Independent Review Engagements in terms of ISRE 2400
• Accounting Officer Engagements in terms of Close Corporations Act
• Ensuring that proper planning is performed before execution
• Ensuring BDO SOP’s are followed at all times
• Proposing journals to client
• Communicating with clients and making engagement arrangements, discuss engagement results
•  Accounting duties: Preparation, processing and maintenance of accounting records for numerous individual companies, cc and trusts from source documents
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparation of audit files and finalization of accounts
• Preparation of monthly management accounts

Job Requirements

• BCom Financial Accounting
• Working knowledge of most commonly used accounting packages (for reporting purposes and ad-hoc processing)
• Detailed knowledge of Caseware working papers

Competencies:

• Good communication skills, internal and external, both written and verbal