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Standard Bank Chartered Accounting CA(SA) Programme 2018 for Young South Africans

by OFA
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Application Deadline: June 15th 2018

Citizenship: South African

Duration: 36 months

If you think you’ve got what it takes to be one of the best and brightest in the accounting field, the Chartered Accounting CA(SA) graduate programme will help you gain the essential financial management skills, commercial exposure and leadership capabilities needed to further a stellar career.

By rotating through our different business areas, you’ll fulfil the requirements of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), and maybe even travel a little on the side by working outside of South Africa.

Key qualifications: Completed or completing SAICA-accredited Certificate in the
– Theory of Accounting,
– Honours (HNS) in Accounting
– Graduate Diploma in Accounting (GDA) or equivalent.

Application Process:

Apply online

You’ll need to create an account, complete your application and attach your CV.

Interviews

If you pass our first screening we’ll invite you to interview- on campus, at our offices or over the phone. We may ask you back for a further interview or psychometric test.

Assessment

The last step, and the most intensive. At our Global Leadership Centre you’ll be taking part in a range of interviews, presentations and team exercises while getting the opportunity to network with some of our most senior bankers.

For any further information please contact Kashmeera Sookhinunthen [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Standard Bank Chartered Accounting CA(SA) Programme 2018 

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South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Student Leadership Summit Essay Competition 2017

by OFA
written by OFA

Application Deadline: 25 August 2017.

The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) is passionate about creating a dialogue that will help to take the economy, and indeed the country, forward. But SAICA does not expect this kind of engagement only from members of the profession. The Institute also requires those studying towards becoming members of the profession to embrace the values of ‘responsible leadership’ that are entrenched in its strategic pillars. One of the ways this is done is through the annual SAICA Student Leadership Summit (SLS). Entries for the 2017 SLS are now open.

SLS is a thought leadership essay competition. Through SLS we aim to get BCom CA(SA) stream students at SAICA accredited institutions not only to think about their own circumstances but to devise solutions to problems that confront our country or the world at large. Every year, we set three thought leadership topics, and ask these students to submit their opinion and, in some cases, conduct research that illustrates their solutions to the issues raised during the essay part of the competition.

‘From these entries, we select the top 30 students who have best illustrated their thought leadership capability, and invite them to Johannesburg for a two-day thought leadership summit. On the first day, we have a networking event where the students are given the opportunity to interact with key business leaders and find out more about how responsible leadership works in the real world. The following day, the students participate in a leadership workshop with various facilitators to help them unlock their unique leadership potential. In addition to this, the top three winning essays will receive some amazing prizes.’

How do students enter?

To enter, students must submit a thought leadership essay of no more than 1 000 words on one of the following topics:

  1. Technology is changing the traditional ways accountants and auditors do business. Outline the risks the profession faces in this regard as well as how the role of the accountant needs to evolve to keep pace with the world of work and remain relevant.
  2. South Africa is a country with an extreme and dangerously wide wealth gap. If left unchecked, this gap could lead to the rise of populist politics which have been described as “the paranoid style of politics of them and us”. This could further lead to unabated civil protest with the potential of bringing the entire country to a standstill. As a concerned citizen and a budding chartered accountant, how can you use your acquired academic and leadership skills towards building a nation based on humanity, trust, a thriving economy, good governance, equality as well as other national values so as to ultimately improve the country’s combined quality of life?
  3. In light of South Africa’s recent downgrade to junk status, how would you sell the country as a viable investment to overseas investors and what do you believe South African citizens can do to turn the junk status perception around?

How to Enter

The SLS competition is open only to students who are studying towards a BCom CA(SA) qualification at a SAICA accredited institution.

To enter, email your 1 000 world essay to [email protected] by no later than 25 August 2017. Include the following information with your entry: full name, contact number, name of university and degree you are studying, student number, email address and word count for your essay.

For any queries regarding entries, please contact SAICA Project Director, Teboho Moephudi at [email protected].

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the SAICA Student Leadership Summit

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SAICA’s Thuthuka Bursary Fund 2018 for Aspiring Chartered Accountants – South Africa

by OFA
written by OFA

Application Deadline: 30 April 2017.

As part of its efforts to fast track the transformation of this profession, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) provides bursaries to talented African and Coloured Grade 12 learners who wish to become a CA(SA) but do well academically but do not have the financial means to study towards a tertiary qualification. This year, SAICA’s Thuthuka Bursary Fund is offering more than 300 bursaries.

The purpose of the project is to annually place between 250 – 300 fully bursared Black African and Coloured students at selected SAICA-accredited universities in cohorts of 50 per university on special undergraduate BCom Accounting education programmes. The accredited universities that are part of the programme are:

• University of Johannesburg
• University of Cape Town (Bachelor of Commerce code CB011 )
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
• Rhodes University
• Stellenbosch University
• University of Pretoria
• University of the Free State
• University of Witwatersrand (WITS)
• North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)

The Thuthuka Bursary Fund is looking for academically strong learners who aspire to become Chartered Accountants. Students who do exceptionally well in Mathematics and have excellent marks in the other subject to qualify for university entrance may apply.

Requirements:

Aspiring CA(SA) learners who wish to apply for the bursary must:

  • Have obtained at least 60% (5 or above on the NSC Scale of Achievement) in Mathematics (NOT Maths Literacy) in Grade 11;
  • Be a South African Citizen;
  • Be African or Coloured;
  • Be in Grade 12 and applied (or be in the process of applying) for a BCom Accounting degree at a SAICA-accredited university offering the Thuthuka programme; and
  • Pass a National Benchmark Test (NBT)

If you tick all these boxes, apply in one of the following three ways:

  • Request an application form by calling 086 107 2422.

What can you expect after you apply?

  • If you meet the selection criteria, you will be asked to apply to two of the TBF-approved universities around the country. (One of which must be the TBF university closest to your home.)
  • You will then be put through a vigorous selection, screening and assessment process, where the TBF university teams will identify possible candidates.
  • Following the release of your Grade 12 matric results, successful candidates will be contracted and admitted to university as a Thuthuka Bursary Fund student.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Thuthuka Bursary Fund 2018 

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