Accounts Clerk (Property Management)

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a property management company in Bethlehem. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

You'll be based at a property management company in Bethlehem. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Reconcile creditors statements and sort out differences with suppliers
• Send customer statements and phone accounts that are over 60 days
• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Run petty cash and file slips with proper supporting documents

• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• Matric with Accounting

• Registered with SAIPA or the ICB as a bookkeeper
• Experience with inventory costing in a trading business
• Experience with debt collection letters and handover to attorneys

• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• Office hours with no weekend work

• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.
• Say how far you take the books, for example "to trial balance" or "to management accounts"; it tells recruiters your level.