Siemens South Africa : Chartered Accountant Training Programme 2024

Siemens South Africa is looking to hire a SAICA Accounting Trainees in Midrand. With this Chartered Accountant Training Programme, Siemens provides its trainees with an opportunity to integrate and apply their academic knowledge in a practical environment and help them to develop a base of technical and professional skills to become competent chartered accountants.
This is a three year training programme to become certified as a Chartered accountant with SAICA:

• Based in Accounting & Controlling.
• Rotation in other business divisions, business units or corporate support functions to gain core competencies.

What are the responsibilities for the role? (What does the CA programme involve?)

• Plans, prepares and consolidates balance sheet and P&L statements and reports, according to relevant accounting standards (IFRS, GAAP, local standard etc)
• Prepares reports for division or support function management
• Analyse and evaluate assets and liabilities
• Contributes with analyses relevant for annual financial statements
• Co-operates with vendors, clients in reconciling the account status, on an accountable level
• Keeps abreast with changes of internal guidelines and external accounting standards, and prepares and presents training
• Review and update published guidelines owned by Processes & Projects
• Issue and implement new accounting guidelines
• Investigates project and other adhoc queries from the divisions and support functions
• Plan and prepare budgets and forecast for corporate units
• Capture budget and forecast into Spiridon and ESPRIT
• Allocate Infrastructure costs as per approved budget for distribution to divisions
• Provide support to colleagues in the other African countries
• Provide support to corporate units with respect to specialised reporting required by Head Quarter such as ADSTAR reporting
• Proactively understand and implement Support Function and Financial Reporting Guideline requirements
• Ensures that all SAICA learning requirements technically and professionally are met with in the relevant time period

Through exposure and training on:

• Financial Management
• Management Decision-Making
• Financial Accounting
• Internal Audit
• Corporate Governance
• Auditing & Assurance
• Taxation
• Commercial project management
• Controlling

Requirements

• Completed BCom Accounting Honours (CTA) or equivalent
• High performer
• Analytical thinker
• Strong verbal communication skills