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🚀 2026 ACCA Trainee Accountant – Johannesburg (Illovo)

Company: BDO South Africa
Division: Audit
Location: JHB Illovo
Contract Type: 3-Year Training Contract
Positions Available: 4
Start Date: 2026

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🌍 Launch Your Global Audit Career with BDO

Are you ready to begin your journey toward becoming a Chartered Certified Accountant? Join BDO South Africa as a 2026 ACCA Trainee Accountant and gain hands-on experience in a globally connected firm that operates in over 160 countries.

At BDO, you won’t just complete a traineeship — you’ll build a strong foundation for a successful international accounting career.

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🎓 About the ACCA Traineeship

This is a 3-year structured training contract within the Audit Division designed to help you:

• Gain competencies required to register as a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)
• Develop practical audit experience across multiple industries
• Work with clients ranging from JSE-listed companies to entrepreneurial start-ups
• Build strong professional and leadership skills

From day one, you’ll be involved in real audit work in a fast-paced, supportive environment.

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🌟 What You Can Expect

✔ Continuous growth and development opportunities
✔ Dedicated mentor support
✔ Exposure to diverse industries and clients
✔ Open-door leadership culture
✔ Secondment opportunities (for qualifying staff)
✔ Participation in CSI, Sports & Social initiatives
✔ Work in one of South Africa’s leading audit environments

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📚 Minimum Requirements

To qualify, you must:

• Have successfully completed all ACCA exams OR have 9 ACCA exemptions by December 2025
• Have selected Advanced Auditing as one of your ACCA modules
• Hold an ACCA-accredited degree from a residential university (with auditing as a major subject)
• Be a South African citizen

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💡 Key Competencies

• Strong technical and analytical skills
• High attention to detail
• Effective communication skills
• Professional judgment and integrity
• Teamwork and adaptability
• Commitment to self-development

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📎 Application Documents Required

Please submit:

• Updated CV
• Certified ID copy
• Matric Certificate
• Full Academic Records

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