Salary: R40,000 R50,000 per month
Flexibility: Hybrid with one day a week WFH
Type: Full-time | Practice-style environment with real flexibility
Location: South Africa (client time zones in SA)

This growing concern helps SMEs get their finance houses in order through better systems, processes and people. The CA(SA) owner leads the work and is hiring a 2IC to be his right hand huge potential to gain commercial experience and be mentored by a top CA(SA) with international experience.

Youll spend about 70% of your time with clients: guiding finance teams through cloud accounting implementations and change management, training people on tools like Xero Practice Manager, and solving messy workflow problems. The other 30% is hands-on accounting: bookkeeping to trial balance, management accounts, VAT and tax.

This is for you if youre a CGMA or SAIPA Accountant from an accounting practice who enjoys talking to people as much as you enjoy clean ledgers. The culture is relaxed, unstructured and high-trust. They are growing fast and want a high-quality 2IC to increase capacity.

BENEFITS:
-Highly competitive salary package-Hybrid flexibility with one WFH day weekly
-Direct mentorship from CA(SA) and a front-row seat to SME optimisation work
-Space to build, improve and influence how things are done

Requirements

Job Specification

Purpose of the role

Act as 2IC to owner, increasing delivery capacity across two lanes:

1. Client-facing systems and change (70%)
   
2. Technical accounting delivery (30%)
   

Key outcomes (first 6 months)

• 46 client implementations live on agreed timelines with high adoption
  
• Documented finance workflows per client, with visible time/cost savings
  
• Monthly management packs delivered on time and error-free for assigned clients
  
• A simple internal playbook for onboarding, training and support
  

Responsibilities

1) Client-facing systems, process and people (70%)

• Map current client workflows and identify bottlenecks
  
• Configure and implement cloud finance tools, especially Xero Practice Manager (or similar)
  
• Train client finance teams and owners, run Q&A and drive adoption
  
• Create SOPs, checklists and lightweight training materials
  
• Track success metrics: cycle times, data accuracy, month-end close time, rework rates
  
• Manage stakeholder expectations and secure buy-in
  

2) Technical accounting delivery (30%)

• Bookkeeping to trial balance for selected clients
  
• Prepare management accounts, reconciliations and month-end schedules
  
• VAT calculations and submissions, assist with tax compliance tasks
  
• Maintain tidy audit trails and working papers
  
• Spot risks and propose control fixes early
  

Minimum requirements

• CGMA or SAIPA articles completed
  
• Degree / Diploma in Finance
  
• Practice background with client exposure; comfortable juggling multiple SMEs
  
• Proven experience implementing or supporting cloud accounting stacks
  
• Bonus: Xero Practice Manager, Xero, Dext, ApprovalMax, SimplePay, etc.
  
• Solid technical base: TB to management accounts, VAT, SARS eFiling
  
• Strong communicator who can train non-finance users and handle resistance
  
• High ownership in an unstructured, low-ego environment
  

Nice to have

• CaseWare or similar working-paper tools
  
• Excel skills including lookups and basic Power Query
  
• Change management or facilitation experience
  

Working style and culture fit

• Builder mindset, practical and calm under pressure
  
• Likes autonomy, gives regular updates, asks early when blocked
  
• Respectful, patient trainer who can meet people where they are

Benefits

BENEFITS:
-Highly competitive salary package-Hybrid flexibility with one WFH day weekly
-Direct mentorship from CA(SA) and a front-row seat to SME optimisation work
-Space to build, improve and influence how things are done

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