Latest Recruitment at RSM ZA

Job description

We are currently looking for an Administrator & Professional Assistant: Legal Department for our Johannesburg office. Below is a guideline of the role and responsibilities, qualifications and requirements.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Attending to all aspects of the administration of the Legal Department, including time management reporting, WIP reporting, invoicing, following up with clients, etc
• Reporting to Head of Legal and all matters relating to the administration of the Legal Department
• Engaging with clients and members of staff
• Preparing engagement letters
• Preparing client proposals
• Daily management and diarising of professional files
• Managing the diaries of all professionals, including making appointments and attending to travel arrangements
• Filing tasks
• Typing, amending and formatting of documents
• Ad hoc: attending to the personal matters of professionals within the Legal Department

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• At least 5 years’ experience as a Commercial Professional Assistant or Administrator
• Bcom in Business Administration would be an advantage
• Service to 5-7 professionals

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Exceptional spelling and proficiency with English language
• Deadline driven and able to deal with high pressure environment
• Accuracy and attention to detail is crucial
• High level attention to detail is critical.
• Communication & interpersonal skills.
• Sense of urgency & assertiveness
• Computer literacy required at an advanced level: Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word
• High energy level
• Good judgment

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Job description

At RSM we’re always on the lookout for bright and ambitious Trainee Accountants, who want to qualify as Chartered Accountants, to join our offices across the country.

All our offices offer the audit and assurance electives. In Cape Town and Johannesburg we are also able to offer the tax elective. Below are guidelines of the role and responsibilities, qualifications and requirements for Trainee Accountant (SAICA) learnerships.

STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS OF THE SAICA TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR TRAINEE ACCOUNTANTS

• Elective  Skills:
• Audit and assurance, or
• Taxation
• Compulsory Skills:
• Accounting and external reporting, and
• Pervasive professional skills, including business ethics, management and leadership, personal attributes and information technology
• Residual Skills:
• Financial management
• Management decision making and control
• Risk management and governance
• Taxation, and
• Audit and assurance

 
REQUIREMENTS: QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Candidate must:

• Be studying towards, or be in possession of, a SAICA recognised B Com Degree or similar qualification from a South African University which is accredited by the South African Institute of Chartered  Accountants
• Be academically strong and preferably have accounting and maths  at matric level
• Have good written and verbal communication skills
• Be willing to go the extra mile and take initiative
• Be passionate about becoming a Chartered Accountant
• Have strong analytical ability
• Have the ability to work under pressure
• Be deadline driven
• Have attention to detail  and a sense of urgency
• Have high levels of accuracy and thoroughness

TO APPLY

Interested applicants can send their CVs and transcripts to the relevant office:

• Cape Town:[email protected]
• Durban:[email protected]
• Johannesburg: [email protected]
• Tshwane: [email protected]

Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates who meet the requirements of the job description.  Should you not hear from us within 3 weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.
 
WHAT RSM SOUTH AFRICA OFFERS TRAINEES

RSM South Africa falls into the category of medium sized firms and has an extensive multi-disciplinary service offering. So whilst you’ll be connected to industry experts from across the globe, you will also be valued as an individual, mentored as a future leader and recognised for your accomplishments and potential.

We provide extensive training and development in a challenging and rewarding environment to help you achieve your best. This is how we empower you to move forward with confidence and realise your full potential.

This is the power of being understood.

As RSM, we support and empower you every step of the way:

• Individual partner attention
• Supportive nurturing environment
• Focus on mentoring and development
• Wide range of audit experience with a diverse client base
• Firm wide study support in the form of study leave and bursaries for board courses and board exams
• International exposure through secondment opportunities
• Variety of positions available to employees after completion of training contracts
• Exposure to a broad client base across different industries
• Monitoring of professional development and mentoring
• Fun social networking