Jobs at BDO South Africa

Description

BDO Johannesburg has a vacancy for a Wealth Administrator. Reporting to the Operations Manager, BDO Wealth Advisers.

Responsibilities will include providing support to the Wealth & Healthcare Advisers with the following:

• Process new business applications
• Process increases and alterations on existing business
• Liaison with clients, written and verbal communication
• Capturing and maintaining workflow on the workflow system
• Scan and save all client related documents
• Personal development and training
• Liaison with Wealth & Healthcare Adviser

Requirements

You will be required to have:

• +/- 2 years wealth & Healthcare administration experience
• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Higher Certificate in Financial Planning
• Excellent communication skills
• Computer literacy

This position will require somebody with the following competencies:

• Organisational skills
• Time management ability
• Task driven
• Analytical
• Supportive skills
• Structured

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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

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 

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Description

• Completion of execution on sections
• Completion of analytical reviews on an overall entity basis as well as on specific sections
• Completion of planning and finalization (including SEC reporting documents)
• Manages time and is held accountable for productivity
• Provides frequent progress updates to the UK manager or partner
• Regular online training is required to ensure US legislation compliant

Requirements

Qualifications and experience

Minimum requirements:

• Newly qualified CA(SA) registered or eligible to register with SAICA
• Less than 1-year post-articles experience
• Full IFRS practical audit experience

Preferred requirements:

Independent review experience 

Competencies

• Ability to handle and manage stress
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills for internal and external stakeholder relationship management
• Flexible in terms of working hours when required
• Supervisory experience
• Must be able to work on your own
• Project management skills
• Quality and detail oriented
• Team player