Junior Accountant – Durban needed at BDO South Africa

Description

BDO is looking for a junior accountant 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

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