The Managing Director of tax-assist accountants tm is Imran O’Brien who has a completed his Postgraduate Studies in Accounting and Financial Planning from the University of the Orange Free State, he is currently completing his Masters Degree in Business Administration.

The tax-assist accountants tm team has a wealth of human resources and has employed some of the leading business graduates in accounting and finance from Leading Universities in South Africa through its Graduate Recruitment Programme held annually.

The vision of tax-assist accountants tm is to provide the small to medium enterprises with:
  • the highest level of management and tax accounting,
  • a premium payroll outsourcing solution, and
  • secretarial services focusing on new close corporations and company formations.
Our pricing makes it affordable for all SME’s to make use of our specialised services. The tax-assist accountants tm ethos is to add value to our clients business whilst saving them money through our outsourcing solutions. When we say "add value" we strive to surpass the industry standard service levels in all of our departments whilst delivering innovative and enhancing concepts to our clients.

We want to change the way SME businesses look at their accounting information. Most business owners receive their monthly income statements and put them in a folder in their office and forget about it. Whilst we pay particular attention to the construction of your accounting information, we really get excited about analysing your business through our use of Colourful Charts and Graphs, highlighting clearly for you the important information you need to know about your business and how to make it more successful through the use of our tax-assist accountants tm data analysis reports which brings your accounting data to life.
The founder of the Group, the Late Mr. Ivan Christoper O’Brien, had the vision and strength to see the O’Brien Financial Group through two contrasting generations (1975 – 1994) and subsequently, the post apartheid era, which we proudly call the "New South Africa". In the spirit of True Black Empowerment, tax-assist accountants is a true progeny of the New South Africa.

We are a 100% Black empowered Accounting, Payroll and Secretarial services Firm. Our staff compliment is representative of the demographics of South Africa with many individuals stemming from previously disadvantaged communities, so when we discuss Black Empowerment we believe that we are asking the right questions, which is reflected in our Business Model and various other initiatives.
A Strong Black Empowerment selection criteria is emphasised and the first recruitments for the 2006 Programme has now been completed. As a tribute to the tax-assist accountants company, we received applications from many Honours Graduates candidates from the University of Cape Town and University of Grahamstown.

The O’Brien Financial Group and tax-assist accountants tm are looking for good quality Finance and Accounting Graduates to join our team. Ideally qualified candidates can email their full CV to our recruitment team (email: vacancies@tax-assist.co.za). Our Graduate Recruitment Programme commences in November each year and closes at the end of December when the successful applicants are notified.