Staff Accountant

• Run the monthly accounting cycle for a simulated portfolio of small, owner-managed clients
• Check payroll instructions, process payroll, and confirm tax payment dates
• Prepare EMP201 covering PAYE, SDL, and UIF; reconcile it to payroll and prepare payment
• Review monthly client packs and verify all required records are present and cover the correct month
• Capture and code bank and card transactions
• Post stock, depreciation, payroll, creditor, and debtor journals
• Reconcile bank and card accounts and maintain loan and owner’s loan schedules
• Draft monthly management reports with income statement, balance sheet, gross profit analysis, and commentary
• Prepare VAT workings and VAT201 returns every second month and prepare payment
• Clear AI partner review notes, save final versions, and close each month
• Identify inconsistencies and outdated or changed source-file content
• File documents according to the period they belong to
• Request missing or unclear records from simulated client management and bookkeepers
• Flag turnover above the R2.3m VAT registration threshold when a client is not registered
• Document accounting steps, decisions, and judgments as training data for an AI model
• Design and refine step-by-step accounting workflows for AI
• Test AI output against completed work, identify errors, and help fix them
• Use AI models to capture and code transactions, draft reports, and check work
• Participate in the application process, including prequalifying questions, video introduction, possible role-specific assessment, interviews, and background/reference checks

• BCom in Accounting, National Diploma in Accounting, or equivalent
• 0 to 2 years in an accounting practice or finance team, including completed articles or a learnership in progress
• Hands-on month-end experience including capture, bank reconciliations, journals, and management reports
• Working knowledge of South African VAT, PAYE, SDL, and UIF, and EMP201 and VAT201 returns
• Confident with double-entry bookkeeping, journal posting, and bank reconciliation troubleshooting
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and cleaning CSV files with irregular layouts
• Detail-oriented and deadline-driven
• Clear, polite written English for client requests and review responses
• Genuine interest in AI and breaking accounting work into clear, teachable steps
• Comfortable working with AI models and checking and challenging their output
• Experience with Eureka, Sage, Xero, or similar accounting systems (nice to have)
• Experience with Sage Pastel Payroll, Sage VIP, or SimplePay (nice to have)
• SARS eFiling experience (nice to have)
• Registered as a trainee with SAIPA or SAICA, or working towards it (nice to have)
• Exposure to small-business clients with stock (nice to have)
• Updated resume required for application
• Short Loom video of 1 to 2 minutes required; only candidates submitting one proceed to the next step

• Paid in USD, bi-monthly (every 15th and 30th)
• Paid Time Off in accordance with company policy
• Holidays observed per company guidelines
• 100% remote setup
• Long-term, permanent role
• Work alongside an AI partner from day one
• Direct impact on AI development in accounting