ACCOUNTANT

Full Time, 100% Remote, Start ASAP

Lighthouse Finance is searching for an Accountant to join its South Africa-based accounting & compliance team in serving our South African, Dutch and UK clients.

The successful candidate will have experience in executing daily, weekly, monthly and annual bookkeeping, accounting and South African tax compliance matters as well as some internal management reporting experience.

Dutch/UK experience is not necessary; any learning will be provided by our team as on-the-job training (there are more similarities across the world when it comes to bookkeeping than people realise!). We are a predominantly English-language team, so knowledge of the Dutch language is not necessary either.

What We Do

We are a Chartered Accountancy firm that provides bookkeeping, accounting, tax and payrolling (among others) to clients predominantly based in our three core markets of the Netherlands, South Africa and the United Kingdom. We began in Amsterdam in 2016 and have grown to a team of 12. We are fully remote with the bulk of our employees physically based in South Africa.

What You Will Do

The role encompasses the following tasks (varying per client)

Monthly

• Daily & weekly processing of supplier and customer invoices in Dext and Xero (systems are not limited to these)
• Weekly payment batch preparations in Xero and clients bank accounts;
• Supplier account reconciliation, liaise with suppliers and ensure timely payment of purchase invoices.
• Debtor account reconciliations, liaise with debtors and follow up on payments.
• Monthly bank reconciliations in Xero for bank accounts in multiple currencies;
• Support JNR accountants and review JNR accountants month-end bookkeeping work.
• Month-end closes procedures to monthly trial balance. Book various month-end journals, maintain trial balance supporting schedules, prepare monthly management accounts;
• Support SNR accountants with month-end queries and implementing various procedures, accounting policies;
• Communicate via email and video call with monthly clients;
• Review JNR accountants South African VAT rate allocations and VAT returns
• Provide basic South African VAT advisory; for example how to treat a delivery of goods from SA to NL from a South African VAT perspective, what is considered taxable income etc
• Prepare Dutch, South African and UK VAT returns and other supporting declarations
• Prepare VAT reconciliations
• Prepare VAT verification/audit packs for verification/audit requests from the various tax offices

Payroll (South Africa only)

• Prepare and review Monthly payroll, EMP201 returns and UIF declarations for our South African clients;
• Prepare and review bi-annual EMP501 returns and annual COIDA declarations our South African clients;
• Provide basic payroll advisory to our clients ie. medical aid, retirement annuity, travel allowance, pensions etc
• Prepare and review UIF documents required by employees from their Employer ie. maternity benefits Annual Compliance and reporting
• Prepare a simple South African tax computation, IRP6 provisional return and IT14 company tax return South Africa
• Prepare a simple Dutch tax computation, provisional tax return and corporate income tax return
• Prepare an IT14 company tax return and corporate income tax return verification/audit packs for verification/audit requests from the various tax offices
• Prepare annual financial statements compilation file in accordance with company procedures
• Prepare and annual financial statements compilation, including trial balance and supporting schedules, ensuring the accounting items are reported in accordance with either Dutch GAAP, IFRS for SME’s or FRS102;
• Support JNR accountants with preparing annual financial statements compilation files in accordance with company procedures
• Support JNR accountants with preparing annual financial statements compilation trial balances and supporting schedules, ensuring the accounting items are reported in accordance with either Dutch GAAP, IFRS for SME’s or FRS102;
• Provide JNR accountants and clients basic guidance in relation to their applicable accounting standard;
• Provide audit clients with support as their internal accountant, for example prepare schedules and deliver PBC items to auditors
• Prepare and submit annual accounts with the Chamber of Commerce (NL) / Companies House (UK) and CIPC (SA)

Other

• Dealing with SARS, CIPC, Department of Labour for ad-hoc South African client queries and issues requiring resolution

What We Offer

• Fully remote work.
• Flexible working. We don’t believe in the 9-5 mentality, and that means we hire people who we trust to get the job done in a timely manner however they choose to do it.
• Salary range R15k – R20k per month.
• Annual on-site ‘working together’ weeks throughout the year for the team to meet in person and work with each other.
• Generous leave policy.

Requirements & Nice-to-Haves

Requirements

• 2+ years relevant experience in an accounting or bookkeeping firm environment and a relevant degree (BCom(Acc), BAcc, BCompt) OR 4+ years relevant work experience in an accounting or bookkeeping firm environment and a relevant diploma in accounting.
• Proven track record of managing multiple stakeholders (both internal and external)
• SARS experience – eFiling, dealing with disputes, administration
• Highly proficient in Excel;
• A proactive, self-starting attitude;
• Able to work independently without constant in-person supervision.
• Excellent communication skills, this includes email and video.
• You must be resident in South Africa.

Nice-to-Haves

• Dutch or UK experience;
• Remote work experience
• Dutch language skills
• Xero, Dext and/or Syft experience;
• Resident in Cape Town or surrounds;
• A private and dedicated work space which is presentable and quiet for video calls with clients
• Experience on Asana

Other Important Points to Note

• Our company language is English, and you must be able to speak English fluently.
• The interview process will include a short knowledge test to determine your level of accounting expertise.
• Agency applications are not welcome.

Interested? Click ‘Apply’ and we’ll be in touch if you look like a potential match for us!

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