Training Outside Public Practice (TOPP)

If you want to be a Chartered Accountant you need to achieve a B.Com Accounting degree, followed by a qualification such as a Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (CTA) or a Post -graduate Diploma in Accounting (PGDA).

You then need to complete a three-year training contract to gain practical experience. This three-year practical is referred to as “serving articles”.

Types of Articles

There are two ways in which you can serve articles:

• Training In Public Practice (TIPP) at an auditing firm.
• Training Outside Public Practice (TOPP) at an Accredited Training Organisation (ATO).

An ATO is an organisation that is accredited by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), an internationally prominent association of Chartered Accountants.

TOPP @ Old Mutual

As a global financial services company, Old Mutual’s TOPP programme will provide you with the dual benefit of qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) while offering exposure to the full scope of its global operations.

In addition, focused personal and leadership development via the Old Mutual Business School and access to over one hundred and twenty Chartered Accountants (CA’s), offer you the exciting opportunity to fast-track a career in the dynamic world of international finance.

Why be a Chartered Accountant @ Old Mutual?

Old Mutual’s dual listing in London and South Africa makes it essential that we attract, train and retain the best skills to ensure that our business practices are of the highest international ethical standards.

Due to the diversity of its businesses, Old Mutual offers a multitude of career opportunities for aspiring Chartered Accountants including:

• Risk & compliance management through our Group Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management.
• Financial management within different business units within Old Mutual.
• Strategy development & implementation for the company.
• Investment analysis and portfolio.
• Specialised lending.
• Providing specialist skills to the group at large through the corporate tax, corporate finance and corporate accounting divisions of the company.
• Asset Management.
• Property development & management.
• Product development & distribution.
• Fund administration.

Exposure to Old Mutual’s international operations will also help you to identify your career interests and strengths while simultaneously providing invaluable on-the-job experience.

Opportunities for secondments to our international offices also exist due to our presence in the United States, the United Kingdom & Sweden.